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What Do I Know About College?
What Do I Know About College?
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What is a suitcase college?
Students do not stay at the college
College that allows for friends to stay overnight
Where students stay for the week and go home on the weekends
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How do I know what category a college falls into on my list?
What my friends that go to that college say
How prestigious I think the college is
What my friends or friends' parents tell me
Based off of colleges acceptance statistics from prior year
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What degree traditionally requires four years to graduate?
Associate's Degree
Doctorate Degree
Master's Degree
Bachelor's Degree
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What is a two year degree called?
Doctorate
Bachelor's Degree
Certificate
Associate's Degree
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What is true about Universities?
Larger and offer more majors with more degree options
Are more expensive than colleges
Contain several smaller colleges inside of university
Better than colleges
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What's the difference between Early Action (EA) & Restrictive Early Action (REA) applications?
REA restricts the number of schools you apply to EA
REA gives you a higher chance of acceptance versus EA
Nothing
You can only apply to 3 schools EA
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What is a Rolling Admission Deadline?
The college reviews applications on a continuous bases
Students negotiate the application deadline with the college
You will always be accepted to this institution
Application deadline is always in May
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What type of degree comes after an undergraduate degree and allows you to focus more in depth?
Bachelor's Degree
Master's Degree
High School Diploma
Certificate
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What is a Regular Decision Application Deadline?
Best application to use for highly selective schools
Deadline comes before Early Action and Early Decision
Last deadline for colleges to read applications
Doesn't have an application deadline
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What is a liberal arts college?
College focused on broad knowledge and develop intellect
College focused on science and math
A college that only cares about the arts
Anything goes
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What is the difference between in state and out of state?
In state costs less than out of state
Out of state colleges are better
Nothing
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What is accurate about private colleges?
They are better than public colleges
Sometimes provide generous financial aid packages
Receive money from private donations and tuition & fees
High tuition and fees
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What is accurate about a for- profit college?
Tend to have higher costs
They are all bad
Should investigate graduation rates and debt rates
Businesses that offer programs focused on specific career
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What is NOT one of the 5 components for college admissions?
Type of school you go to
Activities
GPA & Test Scores
Leadership
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What is accurate about a public college?
Not funded by state and local governements
Lower tuition offered
Funded by local and state governments
Higher tuition
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When Creating my College list what should the list entail?
The colleges I think I deserve to go to
A balanced list of Reach, Range, and Really Sure colleges
All Colleges I will get into
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What are some key areas you should think about when creating a college list?
Ranked as a top party school
Are my friends going there
Campus Environment
Geographical location
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Open Admission Applications
You will be accepted as long as you have a hs diploma
Found mostly at four year bachelor programs
Test scores and GPA are extremely important
Used primarily in international schools
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What is NOT true about Early Action application deadline
Increases your chances of being accepted
Does not require a prior commitment to attend if accepted
You must accept right after you have been accepted
Can apply to more than one school
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What is NOT true about Early Decision Application Deadline
You can only apply to 1 school with this deadline
Must agree in advance to enroll if accepted
Doesn't need to be my first choice school
Provides a higher chance of getting accepted
