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College Week Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| undergraduate | A student at a college or university who has not yet earned a bachelor's degree. |
| graduate student | a student who continues studies after graduation. |
| admission | The permittance into a college |
| bachelor’s degree | an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies. |
| associate’s degree | a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies. |
| ACT | a college entrance exam, it assesses high school students' general educational development and their ability to complete college-level work in English, math, reading, and science. |
| SAT | standardized tests given in five specific subjects and designed to measure your knowledge and skills in certain subject areas, as well as your ability to apply that knowledge |
| transcript | a list of all the courses that a student has taken at a particular high school or college with the grades that the student earned in each course. |
| financial aid | money provided to a student and their family to help pay for a student's education. |
| major | a specific area of concentration of classes students take during their college career that leads to a degree |
| minor | a smaller concentration and fewer classes than majors |
| credits | Receiving acknowledgement or being awarded for doing something |
| public college | a university that is funded by public means through a national or subnational government |
| private college | A school not administered by local, state or national governments |
| alumni | A graduate or former student of a particular school, college, or university. |