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The Common Data Set (CDS) initiative is a collaborative effort among data providers in the higher education community and publishers as represented by the College Board, Peterson's, and U.S. News & World Report. The combined goal of this collaboration is to improve the quality and accuracy of ...
A program offered by the College Board that allows students to take college-level courses while in high school and then take standardized tests to demonstrate whether they have attained college-level achievement. Universities and colleges grant students credit on the basis of AP test results.
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Third year student. (Applies to both college undergraduates and high school students. )
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The last date on which a college will accept applications for admission to the coming term.
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Association of institutions located in eastern United States originally organized for athletic competitions. The term has since become synonymous with highly selective prestigious and elite education. The Ivy League consists of: Brown Univ. , Columbia Univ. , Cornell Univ. , Dartmouth Coll. , Harvard Univ. , Univ. of Pennsylvania, Princeton Univ, and Yale Univ.
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A test designed to assess the spoken English proficiency of people whose native language is not English. The TSE is often required of graduate students seeking assistantships.
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Individual attending a US institution by special agreement with a foreign institution. A visting scholar does not-matriculate which means that he or she is not engaged in a degree program. To change status and matriculate in a degree program a visiting scholar must apply for admission to the institution and undergo the usual selection process.
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Award granted to graduate students and which consists of tuition remission and a stipend for part-time teaching or research. (see also graduate assistant; research assistant; teaching assistant)
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Secondary School (grades 7-12 or 9-12). In the 6+6 scheme, the first three years (grades 7-9) are known as 'junior high school' and the final three years (10-12) as 'senior high school'.
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First two years of a bachelor's degree program which consists mainly of courses at the introductory and elementary levels.
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