Avid Glossary (preparing for college)

A doctorate is one of the highest level of an academic degree

What is an award letter?

Need a letter of recommendation for college admission?

Is Aptitude a natural ability or talent?

What is an Associate's Degree

What’s does ED stand for?

Money earned in job obtained through the help of the college‘s financial aid office.

Bachelor's degree is a four- year degree from a college for a superscribed course of study

A transcript is the official record of high school or college courses and grades.

What is a diploma?

A class rank is a students approximate standing in their graduation class.

What is admission?

Application process where a student submits an application to an institution by specific date

What is a scholarship?

What is the ACT?

Grants, scholarships, loans

What is the honors program?

What is an Advanced Placement Test?

Grade point average

The subject of study in which students chose to specialize in

A Certificate is awarded upon successful completion of short-term vocational or career program

Who are grants awarded to?

what is an Application?

Usually requires two additional years of full-times study after completion of Bachelor’s

Open admission

Are the SAT and ACT considered standardized Tests?

Extracurricular activities are school activities such as sports, drama, or music

A degree is an indicator of a student’s overall scholarship performance.

What does PSAT stand for?

Opportunities that are available after graduation from high school

A non-profit agency establishes by the American council on education(ACE)

Credit hour of value given to college classes that denotes the time a student will spend

Common Application

When College reviews an application

What’s does EA stand?

FAFSA stands for Free application for federal student aid

PreAct- A curriculum-based test and examination of interest and skills for tenth graders.

College level examination program is credited by the College Board examination program

An amount the students and their families are expected to contribute towards education

College Entrance Exam

What is a student aid report?

Deferred emission allows an dmitted/accepted student to postpone enrollment for one year.