Across
- 2. A term to describe the admissions process at many top-notch universities in the United States. Colleges search for something that makes a student's application special. Using this method, even having attained perfect test scores and a perfect GPA doesn't guarantee admission into the college of choice. Colleges look beyond test scores and GPA at extracurriculars, talents, personality, and background (Lentz para 22).
- 3. The two languages that students were expected to be able to read and translate when Harvard was first established (Lentz para 1).
- 5. Abbreviation of the the name of a university where Lori Loughlin’s daughters famously gained admission through devious means (Johnson para 2). The daughters, Olivia Jade Giannulli and Isabella Rose Giannulli are no longer enrolled at this private university which is located in Los Angeles.
- 10. Institutions that select the best and the brightest young people after an objective and rigorous selection process (Smith para 6).
- 11. Top Price of a five-year full-service consulting package at Ivy Coach, a New York City college-advising company (Smith).
- 14. Institutions that do not require test scores in hopes of helping disadvantaged students gain admission to competitive universities (Ake-Little para 1).
- 15. the process of applying for entrance to institutions of higher education for undergraduate study at one of the nation's colleges or universities (Ake-Little para 2).
- 16. Often used to give a numerical quantity to the cumulative high school or college grade performance. This can be both weighted and unweighted depending upon what the difficulty of classes taken was. This is typically calculated by adding all the grades received and dividing them by the number of credits taken.
Down
- 1. The requirements for admission at both Harvard College and Yale College during throughout the 17th century (Lentz para 1).
- 4. A critical component of a college application where one has the chance to impress colleges with your interests. Generally speaking, students from disadvantaged backgrounds, who tend to either be underrepresented minorities or hail from economically depressed regions can not participate in the same offerings of these as more affluent students (Ake-Little para 3).
- 6. An indispensable ingredient of university life that helps provide the best possible learning environment for all students (Chen para 9).
- 7. Test prep courses for the SAT and ACT are a ______ dollar industry. Many parents choose to also hire consultants for their children to achieve the highest scores possible (Smith para 9).
- 8. Lawyer and educator who is serving as the 19th president of Columbia University (Bollinger para 1)
- 9. Examples of these examinations include the American College Testing (ACT) and Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT). They are just one of the many items in the admissions toolkit (Buckley para 4).
- 12. college admissions counselor who raised money from wealthy parents to fraudulently inflate entrance exam test scores and bribe college officials (Johnson para 2).
- 13. One of the most popular undergraduate admission applications that students can use to apply to more than 800 member colleges and universities