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▶️ Junior:  A third-year student at a secondary school, college, or university.

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▶️ Language requirement:  A requirement of some graduate programs that students must show basic reading and writing proficiency in a language other than their own to receive a degree.

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▶️ Law School Admission Test (LSAT):  A standardized test that provides a standard measure of acquired reading and verbal reasoning skills that law schools can use as one of several factors in assessing applicants.

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▶️ Lecture:  Common method of instruction in college and university courses; a professor lectures in classes of 20 to several hundred students.  Lectures may be supplemented with regular small group discussions led by teaching assistants.

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▶️ Liberal arts & sciences:  Academic studies of subjects in the humanities, the social sciences, and the physical sciences with the goal of developing students' verbal, written, and reasoning skills.

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▶️ Major:  The student's field of concentration.  Major courses represent 25-50% of the total number of courses required to complete a degree.

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▶️ Major professor/thesis adviser:  For research degrees, the professor who works closely with a student in planning and choosing a research plan, in conducting the research, and in presenting the results. 

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▶️ Master’s degree:  Degree awarded upon completion of academic requirements that usually include a minimum of one year's study beyond the bachelor's degree.

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▶️ Midterm exam:  An exam administered after half the academic term has passed that covers all class material up until that point.

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▶️ Minor:  The student's secondary field of concentration.  Students who decide to pursue a minor will usually complete about five courses in this second field of study.

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▶️ Massive Open Online Course (MOOC):  An online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web.  In addition to filmed lectures, readings, and problem sets, many MOOCs provide interactive courses with user forums or social media discussions.

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▶️ Optional Practical Training (OPT):  Optional practical training is one type of work permission available for eligible F-1 students.  It allows students to get real-world work experience related to their field of study. 

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▶️ Placement test:  An examination used to test a student's academic ability in a certain field so that he or she may be placed in the appropriate courses in that field. 

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🟥 Postdoctorate: Studies designed for those who have completed their doctoral degree.

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🟥 Prerequisites:  Programs or courses that a student is required to complete before being permitted to enroll in a more advanced program or course.

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🟥 Qualifying examination:  In many graduate departments, an examination given to students who have completed required coursework for a doctoral degree, but who have not yet begun the dissertation or thesis.

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🟥 Registration:  Process through which students select courses to be taken during a quarter, semester, or trimester.

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🟥 Resident Assistant (RA):  A person who assists the residence hall director in campus dormitories and is usually the first point of contact for students who need assistance or have questions about campus life.

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🟥 Rolling deadline:  Institutions accept applications and admit students at any time during a specific time period until all available spots are filled.

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🟥 Sabbatical:  Leave with pay granted to give a faculty member an extended period of time for concentrated study.