2017-04-20 TOEFL: college vocabulary

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: Send me an email explaining what score you think your response to this question should get, and why. (If you don’t do this, I will only give you a score for your essay. If you do, I’ll write some comments and check your grammar and vocabulary.)
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College Campus Vocabulary - This is especially useful for conversation listenings and speaking (3 and 5).
academic advisor (the “or” spelling is much more common, especially after “academic”) = a person who helps students with academic decisions and problems
elective = a class you can choose to take; you may need to choose four electives out of 10 options as part of your requirements (That was how they were defined at the University of Michigan. In other universities, electives can be outside your major.)
scholarship = merit-based money to help pay for education
financial aid = other money to help pay (especially need-based)
*student loan = money borrowed (usually from a bank) to pay for education
transcript = a record of all your classes and grades
*report card / grade report = a report of your current or most recent grades
grad school = school to get a master’s degree (after you graduate with a bachelor’s, which you get in an undergraduate program)
freshman (sometimes “frosh”) = student in the 1st year of an undergraduate degree
sophomore = student in the 2nd year of an undergraduate degree
junior = student in the 3rd year of an undergraduate degree
*senior = student in the 4th/last year of an undergraduate degree
major = primary field of study for your degree
(BREAK)
*minor = secondary field of study (fewer required classes than a major)
credit (or credit hour) = “points” (measured in hours or lessons per week) for a class, credit courses in a major are courses that count toward that major
assignment = something you need to do for a class
due date = the date on which you need to be finished with an assignment
extension = extra time for an assignment
tuition = money to pay for classroom instruction
*fees = additional money you have to pay the university for other services it provides
dorm/dormitory = room or building for students to live on campus
*residence hall = another name for the dorm building
make-up test = a second test if you missed the first one
absent = not present in class
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undergraduate student = a student working towards a bachelor’s degree (which takes 4 years)
(undergraduate degree = bachelor’s degree)
graduate student = a student working for a degree beyond a bachelor’s degree (master’s or PhD)
graduate degree = a master’s (1-2 additional years) or PhD (3-4+ additional years) degree
associate’s degree = a degree that took 2 years to complete
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent#Number
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The last two papers in your handout are common names for those things, but different universities have different names for a lot of them.
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p. 73-74 part C - Read the paragraph and explain the meaning of the bold words.
1 declare
2 GPA (This is generally out of 4 points, with a 4.0 being the best possible grades.)
3 semester
4 faculty
5 associate’s degree
6 commencement
7 community college
8 mandatory
9 prerequisites (sometimes called “prereq”; “coreq(uisites)” are classes that must be taken at the same time)
10 transfer
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Tomorrow we will talk about speaking task 6.