Terryville High School

Terms to Know!

Early Action: an application process by which you apply and receive a decision much earlier than the Regular Decision notification date. However, unlike Early Decision (ED), Early Action is "non-binding." In other words, if accepted by a college under the Early Action plan, you have no obligation to enroll and will have until May 1^st to consider the offer and confirm enrollment.
APPLICATION DEADLINE BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1 AND DECEMBER 1

Early Decision: an application process by which you commit to enrolling to a certain college if you're admitted. You might hear people refer to Early Decision as a "binding" plan. This means that you can apply to other colleges but only one can be marked as your Early Decision college. If admitted to your Early Decision college, you must withdraw your applications from all other colleges. APPLICATION DEADLINE BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1 AND NOVEMBER 15

FAFSA: The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is used by nearly all colleges and universities to determine eligibility for federal, state, and college-sponsored financial aid — including grants, educational loans, and work-study programs. Nearly everyone is eligible for some form of financial aid, so be sure to consider this while applying to colleges. You can learn more about this process by FAFSA.ed.gov or checking out the FAFSA eligibility requirements.

FERPA: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education. 

Financial Aid: Student financial aid is funding that is intended to help you pay education-related expenses including things like: tuition, fees, room and board, transportation, books, and supplies for post-secondary education at a community college, four-year college, or university. Questions about Financial Aid should be directed to individual institutions.

Matriculation: Matriculation is the formal process of entering a university or of becoming eligible to enter by fulfilling certain academic requirements (such as a matriculation examination).

Regular Decision: an application process by which you apply by a specified date and receive an admission decision in a clearly stated period of time. If accepted by a college under this plan, you will have until May 1^st to consider the offer and confirm enrollment.

Restrictive Early Action:  an application process similar to Early Action in that you apply and receive a decision much earlier than the Regular Decision notification date. You'll have until May 1^st to consider the offer and confirm enrollment. With Restrictive Early Action, however, colleges place certain restrictions on your applications to other early application processes.

Rolling Admission: Rolling is the term used for a decision plan that lets students submit an application at any time throughout the year. The institutions that offer this plan review applications as they are submitted and render admission decisions throughout the admission cycle. If accepted by a college under this plan, you will have until May 1^st to consider the offer and confirm enrollment.