Future Options for Post-Secondary Education

Question 1

This term refers to applying early but not requiring commitment. Apply early, find out early, but keep options open

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Early Action

Question 2

Additional writing that many colleges require in addition to the personal statement are called

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Supplemental Essays

Question 3

Colleges leading to a bachelor's degree. These include universities and liberal arts colleges.

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4 Year Colleges

Question 4

What criteria you would NOT use to narrow down your list of colleges?

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Where you boyfriend or girlfriend is attending

Question 5

A BA degree is also commonly known as...

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Bachelor of Administration

Question 6

Programs leading to a certificate or associates degree including community colleges and vo-tech

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2 Year Colleges

Question 7

This term refers to when colleges consider your financial need when you apply

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Need Aware

Question 8

This term refers to applying early with a binding agreement that if admitted, you will enroll

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Early Decision

Question 9

These are businesses that operate like corporations w/ "shareholders." Tuition is high. No financial aid is available.

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For-Profit Institutions

Question 10

This term means that you can begin applying as soon as their application opens and the decision arrives in 3-4 weeks

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Rolling

Question 11

The term "priority deadline" typically refers to a deadline where students apply to be considered for merit scholarships

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True

Question 12

Graduates from liberal arts colleges do NOT attend medical school, business school or law school.

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False. I can prepare for grad/med/law/b-school no matter where I go.

Question 13

True or False: A Masters degree comes before a Bachelors degree.

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False, False

Question 14

For Restrictive EA, students only apply EA to that one private school, BUT can also apply EA to:

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All the above

Question 15

These are funded by state governments. Lower tuition for residents but higher tuition (sometimes 2x) for out of state.

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Public Colleges and Universities

Question 16

These offer a broad curriculum across a diversity of subjects, typically smaller communities

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Liberal Arts Colleges

Question 17

These are typically characterized as research institutions with colleges within them

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Universities

Question 18

Many institutions offer these alternative options for standardized testing. See Fairtest.org for schools

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Test Optional, Test Flexible and Test Blind

Question 19

True or False? Admissions can be different at colleges of art, bus, arch, nursing, engineering

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True

Question 20

Colleges have history and traditions. Thinking about Meadows history, what is the book Mrs. Goodman holds on the quad?

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For Whom the Bell Tolls

Question 21

These rely mainly on tuition, fees and private sources of funding.

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Private Colleges and Universities

Questions 21