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GPA |
Is a number representing the average value of the accumulated final grades earned in courses. |
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Private College |
Is an independent school that sets its own policies and goals, and privately funded |
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Public College |
Is a university that is funded by public means through a national or subnational government |
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Co-Educational Institution |
Teaching both male and female students at the same institution. |
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SAT |
A test of a student's academic skills, used for admission |
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ACT |
A standardized college admissions test |
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Associate's Degree |
A degree granted after a two-year course of study |
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Bachelor's Degree |
An academic degree conferred by a college upon those who complete the undergraduate |
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Master's Degree |
An academic degree conferred by a college upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree |
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Doctorate Degree (PhD.) |
Any of several academic degrees of the highest rank awarded by universities and some colleges |
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Major |
A major is a student’s chosen field of study |
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Minor |
A minor is designated as a specific number of credit hours in a secondary field of study |
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Double Major |
involves a student's working for two different university degrees in parallel, either at the same institution or at different institutions |
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Study Aborad |
Any of a number of arrangements by which Purdue students complete part of their degree program. |
