Accreditation: Recognition of a college or university by any of the regional or national accrediting bodies, indicating that the institution as a whole has been judged to be meeting its objectives.
ACT Assessment (ACT Test): A group of tests administered by ACT and required or recommended by many colleges as part of the admission process. The tests measure educational development in English, mathematics, reading, science reasoning and writing ability. Given at specified test centers throughout the year.
Advanced Placement: Granting of credit and/or assignment to an advanced course on the basis of evidence that the student has mastered the equivalent of an introductory course.
Aid Package: A combination of aid (possibly including a scholarship, grant, loan, and work) determined by a college financial aid office.
Candidates Reply Date: A policy among subscribing institutions that permits students to wait until May 1 to choose, without penalty, among offers of admission/financial aid.
CEEB Code: College Entrance Examination Board. La Salle High School’s CEEB
Code is 361021
College calendar: Common systems of instruction time ---
Traditional semester—two approximately equal semesters
Early semester—two semesters, the first ending before Christmas
Quarter—three equal terms of about 12 weeks each
Trimester—calendar year divided into three equal semesters, the third semester replaces summer school
4-1-4—two equal terms of about 16 weeks each, with a 4-week interim term
College transfer courses: Courses intended for transfer of college credit to a bachelor’s degree program elsewhere.
Common Application: The Common Application allows a student to fill out on application and copy it for colleges and universities that subscribe to this system.
COMPASS: A comprehensive computer-adaptive testing system from ACT that helps place students into appropriate college courses and maximizes information needed to endure student success. It measures students’ mathematics, reading, and writing skills, and reports results immediately.
Cooperative work-study education: A program in which the student alternates between full-time college study and full-time paid employment related to the area of study. Under this plan, the bachelor’s degree often requires five years to complete.
Credit: Is granted upon successful completion of a course that meets for a minimum of 8,100 minutes of instruction.
Credit by Examination: A program through which many colleges grant course credit based on results of the Advanced Placement Exams (AP), the CEEB College-Level Examination Program (CLEP).
CSS Profile Financial Aid Application: The CSS Profile is a financial aid form that sometimes is used by private colleges and universities in determining need based institutional financial aid. It is used in addition to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The information requested on the PROFILE is more detailed than FAFSA. This form allows institutions to make preliminary financial decisions before the Federal
Government makes their determinations. There is a fee associated in filling the PROFILE.
Early Action: The application process in which students make application to an institution of preference and receive a decision well in advance of the institution’s regular response date. Students who are admitted under early action are not obligated to accept the institution’s offer of admission or to submit a deposit until the regular reply date (not prior to May 1).
Early Decision: The application process in which students make a commitment to a first-choice institution where, if admitted, they definitely will enroll. Should a student who applies for financial aid not be offered an award that makes attendance possible, the student may decline the offer of admission and be released from the early decision commitment.
Early admission: Admitting students of superior ability into college courses and programs before they have completed the standard high school program.
Expected Family contribution (EFC): The financial figure used to determine eligibility for federal student aid. You can calculate your expected family contribution using the Financial Aid Need Estimator. (See FAFSA website)
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA): The application required for students to be considered for federal student financial aid. Obtain a FAFSA from a high school or college for the appropriate year usually available in November). The FAFSA is processed free of charge, and it is used by most state agencies and colleges.
Grants: Awards based on financial need that do not require repayment.
Grants are available through the federal government, state agencies, and educational institutions.
Honors program: Any program offering opportunity for superior students to enrich their educational experience through independent, advanced, or accelerated study.
Independent study: An arrangement which allows a student to earn college credit through individual study, usually planned with and supervised by a faculty adviser.
NCAA Initial-Eligibility Certification: In order to participate in intercollegiate sports at NCAA Division I and Division II colleges, student-athletes must submit their high school transcript, the Clearinghouse “Student Release Form,” and ACT/SAT scores to the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse. When registering for either test, students should enter “9999” as one of the college choices to have test scores sent to the Clearinghouse.
Open Admissions: The policy of some colleges of admitting virtually all high school graduates, regardless of academic qualifications such as high school grades and admission test scores.
Regular Decision: The application process in which an institution reviews applications as they are completed and renders admission decisions to students throughout the admission cycle.
Scholarships: Awards to students based on merit or merit plus need, which do not need to be repaid.
SAT: A test of verbal, mathematical and writing abilities given by the
College Entrance Examination Board at specified test centers throughout the year and required or recommended by many colleges as part of the admission process.
Student Aid Report (SAR):
Information received approximately 3– 6 weeks after your FAFSA has been processed. It reports the information from student applications and, if there are no questions or problems with an application, the SAR reports the Expected Family Contribution (EFC).
Transcript: The official record of high school or college courses and grades, generally required as part of the college application. |
