College Vocabulary

The graduation ceremonies held at the end of each year.

The largest federal grant program.

The various rewards for completing coursework.

The list of courses offered, with times, places, and professors. 

To say formally what one is studying.  

A ceremony where the new class is officially welcomed and the academic year formally begins. 

Getting two degrees at the same time.

An organization of males that college students apply to and are accepted into or rejected.

A college or university building containing living quarters for students.

Type of class where students sit and learn from professor speaking to them at front of class.

Money given to students who are unable to afford to pay for school.

Important exams given duringthe middle of each semester.

The courses which must be completed by all students regardless of major, usually as frosh/soph.

Exams that are given during the final week of the semester

Pre-paidaccount for student's meals while at college. One can get many or few meals every week.

A college that is not run by the government and not funded by taxes, non-profit. (Stanford).

Anyplace for colleges to live not provided by the college.

Group responsible for like fields of study, for example, chemistry, English, biology, etc.

The words used for getting out of or getting into a class.

An SAT preperation test usually taken in one's sophomore or junior year of highschool.

Important part of the college experience with fun activities to help newstudents adjust.

A student who lives off-campus.

A student's declared secondary field of study orspecialization, as opposed to one's "major."

Money given to a student with no strings attached.

The principal field of study of a student at a university.

The classes: literature, philosophy, and the fine arts, not the hard sciences.

Someone traditionally in charge of a major area of a college.

The ________ will guide and advise, helping the student to make informed choices about classes.

A person who has a bachelors degree.

A college that is run by and funded by the government, always non-profit. For example: UCSB.

A class in college.

System some colleges use of dividing year into three parts rather than two parts (semester).

A degree that generally takes two years of study and is usually given by a community college.

Students who are the first in their immediate family to attend college.

Type of class where students do hands on experiments, usually in science classes.

A major (or classes) intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills. 

Students who are enrolled in 12 or more credit hours have this status.

Application that students must complete to qualify for federal aid.

Anessay the student writes about themselves that they send to some colleges thatrequire it.

Standardized tests accepted by most colleges and universities for admissions purposes