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College & Career Vocabulary

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An award letter is official notification from a school where you have been accepted and outlines your financial aid award package.

a)

award letter

b)

benefits

c)

scholarships

d)

tuitions

2.

_________ are any perks offered to employees in addition to salary. The most common benefits are medical, disability, and life insurance; retirement benefits; paid time off; and fringe benefit

a)

award letter

b)

benefits

c)

scholarships

d)

tuition

3.

A grant or payment made to support a student's education, awarded on the basis of academic or other achievement.

a)

award letter

b)

benefits

c)

scholarships

d)

tuition

4.

A sum of money charged for teaching or instruction by a school, college, or university.

a)

award letter

b)

benefits

c)

scholarships

d)

tuition

5.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletes from 1,268 North American institutions and conferences.

a)

NCAA

b)

dorms

c)

taxes

d)

professor

6.

-A large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution.

-A university or college hall of residence

a)

NCAA

b)

dorms

c)

taxes

d)

professor

7.

A sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc. a burdensome charge, obligation, duty, or demand.

a)

NCAA

b)

dorms

c)

taxes

d)

professor

8.

A teacher of the highest rank in a college or university.

a)

NCAA

b)

dorms

c)

taxes

d)

professor

9.

Any grant or scholarship, loan, or paid employment offered to help a student meet his/her college expenses. Such aid is usually provided by various sources such as federal and state agencies, colleges, high schools, foundations, and corporations.

a)

financial aid

b)

FAFSA

c)

school counselor

d)

SAT

10.

Free Application for Federal Student Aid is a form completed by current and prospective college students (undergraduate and graduate) in the United States to determine their eligibility for student financial aid.

a)

financial aid

b)

FAFSA

c)

school counselor

d)

SAT

11.

Listen to students' concerns about academic, emotional or social problems. Help students process their problems and plan goals and action. ... Work on academic boards to improve learning conditions.

a)

financial aid

b)

FAFSA

c)

school counselor

d)

SAT

12.

-A test of a student's academic skills, used for admission to US colleges.

-Scholastic Assessment Test

-As defined as the Scholastic Assessment Test, now called the SAT Reasoning Test, which is a test that measures the reading, writing and math levels of high school juniors and seniors

a)

financial aid

b)

FAFSA

c)

school counselor

d)

SAT

13.

A ________ is simply a specific subject that students can specialize in while aspiring to a college degree. Typically, between a third and half of the courses you take in college are in your major or related to it. ... In some majors, you prepare for a specific career

a)

major

b)

ACT

c)

minor

d)

application

14.

-Entrance exam used by most colleges and universities to make admissions decisions

-American College Test

• Math

• Reading

• Science

English

• Writing (optional)

a)

major

b)

ACT

c)

minor

d)

application

15.

An academic ________ is a college or university student's declared secondary academic discipline during their undergraduate studies. ... To obtain an academic ________, a total of three years of study at a university in a selected subject is the usual requirements

a)

major

b)

ACT

c)

minor

d)

application

16.

The action of putting something into operation.

a)

major

b)

ACT

c)

minor

d)

application

17.

A person with whom one works in a profession or business.

a)

colleagues

b)

class size

c)

Common App

d)

safety school

18.

Refers to the number of students in a given course or classroom, specifically either (1) the number of students being taught by individual teachers in a course or classroom or (2) the average number of students being taught by teachers in a school, district, or education system.

a)

colleagues

b)

class size

c)

Common App

d)

safety school

19.

Is an undergraduate college admission application that applicants may use to apply to any of more than 800 member colleges and universities in 49 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in Canada, China, and many European countries.

a)

colleagues

b)

class size

c)

Common App

d)

safety school

20.

Is a college that you will almost certainly get into because your standardized test scores, class rank and high school grades are well above the average for admitted students. Also, safety schools will always have relatively high acceptance rates. (sometimes called a "back-up school")

a)

colleagues

b)

class size

c)

Common App

d)

safety school

21.

One in which your academic credentials make you competitive for admission. Your GPA, standardized test scores, and class rank fall within the average range for that particular school. You have a very reasonable chance of gaining admission to a target school, but there are no guarantees.

a)

target school

b)

career school

c)

GPA

d)

salary

22.

Essentially, a career college is a private or public institution that offers career education through a range of certifications and degrees in a variety of career-specific fields. (also known as technical or vocational schools)

a)

target school

b)

career school

c)

GPA

d)

salary

23.

Essentially, a career college is a private or public institution that offers career education through a range of certifications and degrees in a variety of career-specific fields. (also known as technical or vocational schools)

a)

target school

b)

career school

c)

GPA

d)

salary

24.

Calculated by adding all the numbered grades you've received and dividing them by the number of credits you've taken. In high school, it's simply a matter of tallying your grades and dividing that total by the number of classes.

a)

target school

b)

career school

c)

GPA

d)

salary

25.

A fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly or biweekly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker.

a)

target school

b)

career school

c)

GPA

d)

salary

26.

A meeting of people face to face, especially for consultation.

a)

interviews

b)

resume

c)

letter of recommendations

d)

community college

27.

A brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job.

a)

interviews

b)

resume

c)

letter of recommendations

d)

community college

28.

Is a letter, memorandum, or online form in which a writer (usually a person in a supervisory role) evaluates the skills, work habits, and achievements of an individual applying for a job, for admission to graduate school, or for some other professional position.

a)

interviews

b)

resume

c)

letter of recommendations

d)

community college

29.

Sometimes called junior colleges, are two-year schools that provide affordable postsecondary education as a pathway to a four-year degree.

a)

interviews

b)

resume

c)

letter of recommendations

d)

community college

30.

A four-year degree meaning it typically takes four years of full-time study to complete your bachelor's degree. In these four years, you will complete 120 semester credits or around 40 college courses. ... Bachelor degrees are also sometimes called baccalaureate degrees.

a)

Bachelor's Degree

b)

gap year

c)

acceptance rate

d)

supervisor

31.

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

a)

Bachelor's Degree

b)

gap year

c)

acceptance rate

d)

supervisor

32.

Is the rate at which applicants are accepted. It is calculated by dividing the number of accepted students by the number of total applicants. For example, if College A has 100,000 applicants and accepts 5,000 students, their acceptance rate is 5%.

a)

Bachelor's Degree

b)

gap year

c)

acceptance rate

d)

supervisor

33.

A person who supervises a person or an activity.

a)

Bachelor's Degree

b)

gap year

c)

acceptance rate

d)

supervisor

34.

The action or process of officially recognizing someone as having a particular status or being qualified to perform a particular activity.

a)

accreditation

b)

study abroad

c)

internship

d)

fee waiver

e)

loans

35.

Is the term given to a program, usually run through a university, which allows a student to live in a foreign country and attend a foreign university. ... Other programs simply provide a dorm or apartment for the student. There are also study abroad programs for high school students and college graduates.

a)

accreditation

b)

study abroad

c)

internship

d)

fee waiver

e)

loans

36.

The position of a student or trainee who works in an organization, sometimes without pay, in order to gain work experience or satisfy requirements for a qualification.

a)

accreditation

b)

study abroad

c)

internship

d)

fee waiver

e)

loans

37.

Program initiated by a state or institution that allows specific individuals to have a “waiving” or a refrain from paying a portion of tuition/fees the students are traditionally charged. ... As a result, students who have received a waiver have a reduced cost of matriculation.

a)

accreditation

b)

study abroad

c)

internship

d)

fee waiver

e)

loans

38.

A thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest.

a)

accreditation

b)

study abroad

c)

internship

d)

fee waiver

e)

loans