College Admissions Glossary Quiz

An agreement between two-year and four-year colleges that makes it easier to transfer credits between them.

• Early Decision

• Self Reported Academic Record

• Articulation Agreement

• Early Action

Permission from a college that has accepted you to postpone enrolling in the college.

• Deferred Admission

• Admission

• Open Admission

• Holistic Admission

An option to submit an application to your first-choice college before the regular deadline. When you apply, you get an admission decision earlier than usual but it comes with a binding decision.

• Regular Decision

• Priority Deadline

• Early Action

• Early Decision

The decisions made by the college admissions committee about which applicants receive acceptance letters and which applicants do not.

• Open Admission

• Admission

• Admission Requirement

• Deferred Admission

An option to submit an application to your first-choice college before the regular deadline. When you apply, you get an admission decision earlier than usual.

• Early Action

• Early Decision

• Regular Decision

• Rolling Admission

A college applicant with a relative (usually a parent or grandparent) who graduated from that college. Some colleges give preference to these applicants.

• Need-Blind Admission

• Holistic Admission

• Articulation Agreement

• Legacy

A policy of making admission decisions without considering the financial circumstances of applicants. Colleges that use this policy may or may not offer enough financial aid to meet a student's full need.

• Early Decision

• Need-Blind Admission

• Application Fee Waiver

• Personal Statement

A policy of accepting any high school graduate, no matter what his or her grades are, until all spaces in the incoming class are filled.

• Regular Decision

• Rolling Admission

• Open Admission

• Holistic Admission

Measure the academic skills needed for college-level work. Help determine what courses you are ready for and whether you would benefit from remedial classes.

• Personal Statement

• Test Optional/Test-Blind

• Self Reported Academic Record

• Placement Test

The date by which your application—whether it's for college admission, student housing, or financial aid—must be received to be given the strongest consideration.

• Priority Deadline

• Articulation Agreement

• Waiting List

• Super Score