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▶️ Financial aid:  A general term that includes all types of money, loans, and work/study programs offered to a student to help pay tuition, fees, and living expenses.

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▶️ Freshman:  A first-year student at a secondary school, college, or university.

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▶️ Full-time student:  One who is enrolled in an institution taking a full load of courses; the number of courses and hours is specified by the institution.

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▶️ Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT):  A standardized test for MBA applicants that measures basic verbal, mathematical, and analytical writing skills that have been developed over a long period of time through education and work.

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▶️ Grade Point Average (GPA):  The combined average of a student's grades for all academic coursework completed.  In the United States, grades are usually assigned in letters and are based on a 4.0 GPA scale. 

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▶️ Graduate:  A student who has completed a course of study, either at secondary school or college level.  A graduate program at a university is a study course for students who already hold a bachelor's degree.

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▶️ Graduate Record Examination (GRE):  A standardized test of verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and analytical writing that measures readiness for graduate-level study.

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▶️ High school:  The U.S. term for secondary school.

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▶️ Higher education:  Postsecondary education at colleges, universities, professional schools, technical institutes, et cetera.

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▶️ Honors program: A challenging program for students with high grades.

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▶️ Institute:  A postsecondary institution that specializes in degree programs in a group of closely related subjects; for example, Institute of Technology.

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▶️ International student adviser (ISA):  The person at a university who is in charge of providing information and guidance to international students in areas of government regulation, visas, academic regulations, social customs, language, financial or housing problems, travel plans, insurance, and legal matters.

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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.