AVID: College/Career unit Vocabulary

The number of hours that must be completed to graduate by class types is your....

• GPA

• Credit Hours

• Resume

• Transcript

An American 501 nonprofit organization, primarily known for a standardized test designed to assess high school students' academic achievement and college readiness.

• ACT

• GPA

• SAT

• STAAR

A number that indicates how well or how high you scored in your courses on average. It’s meant to score you during your studies and shows whether your overall grades have been high or low.

• AP/Pre AP

• Credit Hours

• GPA

• ACT

Test that is intended to measure literacy, numeracy and writing skills that are needed for academic success in college. The test assesses how well the test-takers analyze and solve problems—skills they learned in school that they will need in college.

• ACT

• GPA

• AP/Pre-AP

• SAT

honors classes

• ACT

• SAT

• AP/Pre-AP

• GPA

an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.

• Occupation

• Career

• Salary Pay

• Hourly Pay

Fixed amount of money or compensation paid to an employee by an employer in return for work performed.

• Career

• Occupation

• Hourly pay

• Salary Pay

Job or profession

• Career

• Occupation

• Hourly Pay

• Salary Pay

Paid for all of the hours you work. If an employer wants more of your time, they have to pay you more.

• Career

• Occupation

• Hourly Pay

• Salary Pay

Institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

• Community College

• College

• University

• Trade School