Semester Exam
AVID Semester Exam Project Spring 2014
AVID Assignments
Due Dates
May 29,2014 A day
May 30,2014 B day
Part I.
Please define/discuss the following:
1. Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship-
2. Bachelor’s Degree-A bachelor’s degree is a four-year degree. It typically takes four years of full-time study to earn a bachelor’s degree. In these four years, you will complete 120 semester credits or about 40 college courses.
3. Associate’s Degree-An associate degree is a two-year degree, meaning that for most people, it takes two years of full-time study to earn this degree. When you have your associate degree, you will have completed your freshman and sophomore years of college.
4. Master’s Degree-A master’s degree is the first level of graduate study. To apply for a master’s degree you usually must already hold an undergraduate degree (a bachelor’s degree).
5. Ph. D-a doctorate in any discipline except medicine, or sometimes theology.
1. FAFSA-The Free Application for Federal Student Aid is the form used by the U.S. Department of Education to determine your Expected Family Contribution by conducting a “need analysis” based on financial information, such as income, assets and other household information, which you will be asked to provide.
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7. Pell Grant- is money the government provides for students who need it to pay for college. Grants, unlike loans, do not have to be repaid. Eligible students receive a specified amount each year under this program.
8. Work study- or relating to a college program that enables students to work part-time while attending school.
9. Internship- is an opportunity offered by an employer to potential employees, called "interns", to work at a firm for a fixed, limited period of time. Interns are usually undergraduates or students, and most internships last for any length of time between one week and 12 months.
10. Major important, serious, or significant.
11. Early Action-is a type of early admission process
AVID Assignments
Due Dates
May 29,2014 A day
May 30,2014 B day
Part I.
Please define/discuss the following:
1. Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship-
2. Bachelor’s Degree-A bachelor’s degree is a four-year degree. It typically takes four years of full-time study to earn a bachelor’s degree. In these four years, you will complete 120 semester credits or about 40 college courses.
3. Associate’s Degree-An associate degree is a two-year degree, meaning that for most people, it takes two years of full-time study to earn this degree. When you have your associate degree, you will have completed your freshman and sophomore years of college.
4. Master’s Degree-A master’s degree is the first level of graduate study. To apply for a master’s degree you usually must already hold an undergraduate degree (a bachelor’s degree).
5. Ph. D-a doctorate in any discipline except medicine, or sometimes theology.
1. FAFSA-The Free Application for Federal Student Aid is the form used by the U.S. Department of Education to determine your Expected Family Contribution by conducting a “need analysis” based on financial information, such as income, assets and other household information, which you will be asked to provide.
2.
6.
7. Pell Grant- is money the government provides for students who need it to pay for college. Grants, unlike loans, do not have to be repaid. Eligible students receive a specified amount each year under this program.
8. Work study- or relating to a college program that enables students to work part-time while attending school.
9. Internship- is an opportunity offered by an employer to potential employees, called "interns", to work at a firm for a fixed, limited period of time. Interns are usually undergraduates or students, and most internships last for any length of time between one week and 12 months.
10. Major important, serious, or significant.
11. Early Action-is a type of early admission process