COLLEGE QUESTIONS

what is an associate degree?

• A title conferredby colleges and universities to indicate the completion of a course of study or the extent of academic ahcievement.

• - A period, typically an academic year, taken by a student as a break between secondary school and higher education.​

• A two-year college degree that you can obtain from a community college, junior college, online university, or some four-year institution in the US. In terms of education, the degree falls between a highschool diploma.

• the intention is that candidates produce original contributions in their field knowledge within a frame of academic excellence. A dissertation or thesis is prepared under the supervision of a tutor or director.

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undergraduate degree that typically takes 4-5 years to complete?

• master's degree

• bachelor's degree

• doctoral degree

• professional degree

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What is a credit hour in college?

• the driving hours of truck drivers and bus drivers.

• one hour of class time, and two hours outside class time. The unit of measurement used to indicate the amount of instructional and leading time requires to achieve the student learning outcomes of a credit-bearing, regardless of modality.

• work that people do without payment to help other people, and which people may sometimes be ordered to do as punishment for crimes that are not too serious.

• the amount of time someone spends at work during a day.

The common application is a college app that...

• helps you get scholarships

• allows you to apply to multiple schools at once.

• allows your to interact with professors

• you use to send your work to your professors

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Academic advisor:

• An administrator who leads a particular academic unit

• leader of a school, responsible for overseeing its daily operations, ensuring that the school runs smoothly, and providing educational leadership to the students, faculty, and staff.

• person who supervises or oversees others, particularly in a large organization or institution. It is often used in professional settings, such as hospitals, construction sites, and school districts.

• Someone under the registrar’s office that provides students with information pertaining to their degree, courses and university regulations. They help students navigate academic and personal concerns that may influence their academic performance.

a community college is:

• higher education institution, generally leading to an associate degree, certificate, or diploma. It offers many affordable courses including 2-year associate degree programs that are often used as credits by students seeking to transfer to 4- year degree programs.

• is an institution or professional school specializing in legal education, usually involved as part of a process for becoming a judge, lawyer, or another legal professional within a given jurisdiction.

• are schools that are not dependent upon national or local government to finance their financial endowment. Unless privately owned they typically have a board of governors and have a system of governance that ensures their independent operation.

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What's a room and board?

• a campus-based housing and meal plans. This may include apartment or even a house, paying 5,000 a month to stay in.

• . It includes the cost of campus-based housing and meal plans. In the case of “room”, this may include an on-campus dormitory, apartment, or another type of housing provided through the school’s office of residential life.

• an apartment the school gets you but must pay rent.

• a cafeteria you go to eat with teachers and advisors.

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what is FAFSA?

• an undergraduate college admission application that applicants may use to apply to over 1,000 member colleges

• is an educational application that connects you to your school teachers, students and families through communication features, such as a feed for photos and videos from the school day.

• a free Application for Federal Student Aid.

A Course Load in College is the total of high school or college courses someone is taking in order to complete their program of study.

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• false

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a degree is a title conferred by colleges and universities to indicate the completion of a course of study or the extent of academic achievement.

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