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College Vocabulary

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Definition
show standardized college entrance exams  
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Dorm   show
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Major   show
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show secondary focus of study  
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AP   show
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Pre-AP   show
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FAFSA   show
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show a second-cycle academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice  
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show a degree granted after a two-year course of study, especially by a community or junior college  
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Financial Aid   show
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show independent school that sets its own policies and goals, and is privately funded  
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Bachelor's Degree   show
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show typically calculated by adding all the numbered grades you've received and dividing them by the number of credits you've taken  
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Work Study   show
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Community College   show
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Graduate   show
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Undergraduate   show
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show unit of measuring educational CREDIT, usually based on the number of classroom hours per week throughout a term  
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Grant   show
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show sum of money borrowed from a financial institution or bank by an individual or entity, for a reason, that requires repayment along with the interest after the term expires, for which it is repaid  
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Scholarship   show
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show a sum of money charged for teaching or instruction by a school, college, or university  
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show the cost associated with the place where you live and the meals that you eat on a college campus  
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show is predominantly funded by public means (taxes) through a national or subnational government  
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HBCU   show
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show academic subjects such as literature, philosophy, mathematics, and social and physical sciences as distinct from professional and technical subjects  
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show an educational institution that offers two years of studies corresponding to those in the first two years of a four-year college and that often offers technical, vocational, and liberal studies to the adults of a community  
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show is the number of students who attend a school or university divided by the number of teachers in the institution; smaller the ratio the smaller the classes  
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In State   show
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show refers to students who do not live in the state of the public college  
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Student Organization   show
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show a list of criteria that a student must submit with their college application in order to be accepted to a college or university  
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