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College vocab
college vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| University | Instituion of learning at the highest level. |
| Community College | Made for a specific community ( Example : Bucks County Communtiy College). |
| Admissions | The office you apply to/ send in college applications. |
| Undergradute | A student in a unversity who is earning there first degree. |
| Graduate | A student who has their bachelor's degree and is earning a second more advanced one. |
| Tuition | The charge or fee for instruction. |
| Credit | Measure of your learning |
| Major | The specific area that you are studying |
| Minor | a secondary specialization of what your learning. |
| Bachleors Degree | A degree that is completed by a undergrate |
| Associates Degree | a degree awarded after 2 years of study |
| Scholarship | The sum of money or other aid granted to a student. |
| Grant | It is a privilege or a right some of money that is given |
| FAFSA | Free Application for Federal Studnet Aid |
| Financial aid | monetary support as a loan or scholarship |
| State university | a college supported by state government |
| Liberal arts | General knowledge of the arts packed into one course, natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences |
| Humanities | relgious studies, english, history, philosphy |
| Private university/ college | heavy student loans and donors fund these types of school |
| Doctorate | Any several academic degrees of the highest degree |
| Pre Requisite | required before hand |
| registrar | Register students records grades prepares students transcripts |
| teaching assistant | teaching fellowship |
| transfer | to withdraw from one school and go to a diffrent one |
| transcript | A certified record of a students achivements through out there studys |
| GPA | a messaure of scholastic attainment |
| Dean | the head of a faculty in a college |
| room and board | room as your dorm or housing |
| dormitory | a building containg private/ semi private rooms for students |
| semester | half of the academic year |