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PART II
UNIT I
HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE US
THEMATIC VOCABULARY
1. Going to college
: university, college, junior college/commu-
nity college, professional school, graduate school, institute, academy; 
Ivy League; to choose/select a college (public or private); to find out 
about the university ranking, admissions requirements, financial as-
sistance available; applicant; to apply for admission, to apply to be-
tween three to six colleges in the last year of high school; application 
including a transcript with the list of all the courses taken and all the 
grades received in high school; SAT (=Scholastic Aptitude Test), to 
take Preliminary SAT, ACT (=the American College Test), Achieve-
ment tests (=special tests in a subject), TOEFL (=the Test of English 
as a Foreign Language); standardized test scores; GPA (=Grade Point 
Average), a general assessment of the applicant’s character.
2. Financing higher education
: public/private colleges and uni-
versities, Endowment, to charge tuition (fees), full-time, part-time 
fees, housing fees, to apply for financial assistance, to award financial 
assistance as part of a package; grants, scholarships, loans, part-time 
jobs on campus; to win/get a grant, scholarship; to pay extra for room 
and board; to work full-time in the vacations.
3. People at university or college
: Board of Trustees; University 
President, Academic vice-president, dean, assistant dean; faculty; 
counselor, professor, full professor, associate professor, assistant pro-
fessor, instructor; TA (teaching assistant); student body; freshman, 
sophomore, junior; undergraduate (student), graduate student (grad); 
history/biology/psychology major; part-time/full-time student, 
transfer student, night student, A-student; campus; fraternity; soror-
ity; alumnus (pl. alumni).