- AAS, Associate Of Applied Science
- An AAS degree means "Associate Of Applied Science" degree. This college degree is generally obtained at most two year colleges.
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- Academic Adviser
- This is a senior faculty member in your area of concentration who is
assigned to advise you on course selections and requirements. Before you declare
your major, you will be assigned a temporary faculty adviser.
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- Academic Subjects
- Courses such as English, science, history, social studies, mathematics,
or foreign language. Courses such as music, tech arts, student aide, farm
studies, business, keyboarding, and driver education usually are not
academic courses.
- Academic Year
- The period of time during which school is open, usually the period period between
Sometime in August until May or June.
- Accelerated Study
- This program allows you to graduate in less time than is usually required.
For instance, by taking summer terms and extra courses during the academic year,
you could finish a bachelor’s degree in three years instead of four.
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- Accredited
- Recognized by an accrediting agency as meeting certain standards or
requirements. Accreditation can be for the school as a whole or just
specific programs.
- ACT Test
- Standardized test created by American College Testing. The ACT measures your aptitude in English, mathematics, reading, and science reasoning. Many colleges require students to take this test then submit their scores when they apply for admission. Most students take the ACT or the SAT (below) during their junior or senior year of high school.
- Admissions Decisions
- Admit You’re in! You are being offered
admissions to the college to which you applied. Your high school will receive
notification, too.
Admit/deny You have been admitted but
denied any financial aid. It is up to you to figure out how you are going to pay
for school.
Deny You are not in. The decision is made
by the college or university admissions committee and is forwarded to you and
your high school.
Wait list You are not in yet but have been
placed on a waiting list in case and opening becomes available. Schools rank
their wait list in order of priority, and unfortunately, the more competitive
schools have years when they never draw from their wait lists. After a certain
time, a rejection notice is sent.
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- Advanced Placement (AP) Courses
- High-level, quality courses in any of twenty subjects. The program is
administered through the College Board to offer high school course descriptions
equated to college courses and correlated to AP examinations in those subjects.
High schools provide the courses as part of their curriculum to eligible
students. Based on the composite score on an AP test, which ranges from 0 to 5,
a college may award college credit or advanced placement to a participating
student. A score of a 4 or 5 on the AP test is usually required by colleges for
credit or advanced placement in college courses. A 3 is sometimes acceptable in
foreign languages and some other subject areas. Some colleges limit the number
of AP credits that they will recognize. Check schools’ policies on AP credits.
- Alternative Assessment
- This method personalizes the admissions process and offers students an
opportunity to be viewed more individually and holistically. Less emphasis is
placed on standardized test scores and more on the interview, portfolio,
recommendations, and essay.
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- Alternative Loans
- Also referred to as Private Loans: Educational
loan programs established by private lenders to supplement the student
and parent education loan programs available from federal and state
governments.
- American College Testing (ACT) Program Assessment
- An alternative to the SAT, this test has gained wide acceptance by a broad
range of institutions in recent years and is given during the school year at
test centers. The ACT tests English, mathematics, reading, and science
reasoning. These subject test scores can be used in lieu of SAT II subject
tests, which are required for admission to some of the more competitive
colleges. The score is the average of all four tests; the maximum score is 36.
- Associate Degree
- A degree granted by a college or university after the satisfactory
completion of a two-year full-time program of study or its part-time equivalent.
Types of degrees include the Associate of Arts (A.A.) or Associate of Science (A.S.),
usually granted after the equivalent of the first two years of a four-year
college curriculum, and the Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.), awarded upon
completion of a technical or vocational program of study.
- Audit
- To take a course for non-credit purposes. Audit students do not take
tests or write papers or receive a grade.
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- Award Letter
- A notice from a financial aid office to a financial aid applicant that
specifies the financial aid programs and dollar amount of a each financial
aid award.
- Award Year
- The academic year for which financial aid is requested (or received).
- Award Package
- This is the way colleges and universities deliver their news about student
eligibility for financial aid or grants. The most common packages include Pell
Grants, Stafford Loans, and Work Study.
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