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01/29/2013

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addmissions office
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The office responsible for admitting students to the institution
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ACT
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SAT type test
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SAT
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Is the most widely used standardized test for college admissions
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selective admissions
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The ability of a collegeto choose a freshman class from an applicant pool that has more qualified candidates
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open admissions
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is a type of unselective and non competitive college admissions process in united states
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developmental courses
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A pre college level course to develop skills in reading , writing or math that prepares students for college level
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CLEP
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college level Examintion program is a group of standardized tests in the USA that asses college level knowledge
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College Catalog
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A plublication sent to students by college and universities, It provides information about the campus , professor, and also courses
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assessment
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The evaluation of the nature, or estimation of the nature, quality , or of someone or something
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Orientation
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The determination of the relative position of something or someone
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Advising center
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provides transitional support and assistances to new coming freshmans
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core corriculum
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In formal education a corriculum, is the set of courses and their content
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elective
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an optional course of study
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course load
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when a course u are appling for has been filled and other words
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transfer
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an act of moving something or someone to another place
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registrastion
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the action or process of registering or of being registered
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registrastion
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the action or process of registering or of being registered
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course number
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A course number is the number given to a course at a college or unversity
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drop and add
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that period during the early part of an acedemic term when students may change their programs of study
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Withdrawl
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The action of withdrawling something
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Academic calender
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An acedemic term is aa division of an academic year, the time during which a school, unversity is holding classes
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transcript
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A written or printed version of material originally presented in another medium
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GPA
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Grade point Average
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total quality points
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The name for this value , like gpa fiffers among unversities and colleges
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registrars office
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An official for keepin a registeror official records
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freshman
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A first year student at a university ,or a college highschool
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sophmore
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a second year unversity or highschool
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Junior
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Third year of student who atends college or highschool
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senior
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The lats year of student who attends college or highschool
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office of residential Housing
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A student living on compass
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tuition and fees
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Charges for academic credit and other mandatory fees
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financial aid office
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aid,, money to support a worthy person or cause
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Bursars office
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is a senior professional finacial adminstrastor in a school or university
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cashiers office
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The cashiers office is where all unversity fees are paid tution housing meal plans
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purge
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an abrupt or violent removal of a group of people from an organization or place
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An associates degree
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An associates degree is an undergraduate academic degree
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bachelors degree
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A bachelors degree is usually an academuic degree awarded for a undergradate course of major that
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counselors
Definition
A person trained to give guidance on personal or social
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Course description
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The principles of controlled Vocabulary And Thesaurus Design prepares digital project staff
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Plagiarism
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The act of taking someone elses work or ideas and passing them on as its owns
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Prerequisites
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A thing required as a prior condition for something else to happen
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Syllabus
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A outline of subjects in a course of teaching
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