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- Welcome!
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- There is free pizza available!
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- At the conclusion of the evening there will be a drawing for
three $500 scholarships!
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- Which one is not a type of education loan? A) Peer-to-peer
education loan B) Consolidation loan C) Public Student loan D)
Private Student Loan
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- The late Christopher Reeve (Superman) was the roommate of which
actor at Juilliard School of Performing Arts? A) Michael Keaton B)
Robin Williams C) Kurt Russell They were the only two students to
be accepted into the Advanced Program in 1973
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- Which of the following was not the valedictorian of their high
school class? A) Jodie Foster B) Natalie Portman C) Conan OBrien D)
Matt Damon
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- Which of the following did not attend New York University?
A)Adam Sandler B)Lady Gaga C) Sarah Jessica Parker D) Anne
Hathaway
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- The Governor of Connecticut, Dannel Malloy, received his
undergraduate degree from which college? (unscramble) BOSTON
COLLEGE SOBNTO LECOLGE
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- Which of the following is a type of federal student loan? A)
Dennys B) Perkins C) IHOPs
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- What is the Connecticuts state insect? (unscramble) PRAYING
MANTIS RYPNGIA TAMSIT
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- Guidance counselors and libraries are useful tools for finding
local scholarships.
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- What was the unemployment rate in 2013 for high school
graduates who did not attend college? A) 4.8% B) 8% C) 7.5% D) 15%
The unemployment rate for college graduates was 4.0%
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- Which of these colleges is not considered Ivy League? A) Brown
B) Dartmouth C) Stanford D) Columbia
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- Now is a good time to grab some pizza!
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- Approximately 80% of college students change their major at
least once during their college career.
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- What percentage of students attend a college that is less than
50 miles from home? A) 12 % B) 35% C) 52%
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- What is the most common item stolen from college students? A)
Cell Phones B) Laptops C) Textbooks
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- PEZ candy is still manufactured in the city of Orange
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- By 2014, undergraduate enrollment in 4-year colleges is
expected to increase by 16%.
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- There are an average of 42,500 college student marriages every
year.
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- Federal Student Loans have helped 62 million students and their
families fulfill their potential and realize their dreams.
Studentloanfacts.org
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- A) Jane Seymour B) Oprah Winfrey C) Meryl Streep Which award
winning actress graduated from Yale University in 1972?
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- The best college for a student is not necessarily the most
prestigious but the college that offers a student the most
opportunities to develop their interests.
http://facts.randomhistory.com/facts-about-us-colleges.html
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- A) University of Florida B) The Ohio State University C)
Arizona State University D) University of Minnesota Which college
had the largest enrollment in 2012-2013?
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- Victims lose how much to scholarship scams every year? A) $20
million B) $5 billion C) $100 million
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- Which is the oldest college in the United States? A) William
& Mary B) Harvard C) Princeton D) Yale Hint: It is also the
oldest corporation in the United States!
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- Al Gore was the college roommate of this Oscar-winning actor.
A) Harrison Ford B) Robert De Niro C) Tommy Lee Jones D) Al Pacino
Hint: Played Marshal Samuel Gerard in the movie The Fugitive Tommy
Lee gave the nomination speech for Al Gore at the 2000 Democratic
National Convention
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- The first intercollegiate football game took place on November
6, 1869. Teams from Princeton and Rutgers met in New Brunswick, New
York with each team having twenty-five players. Rutgers won
6-4.
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- What percentage of students are accepted by their #1 college
choice? A) 23% B) 34% C) 58%
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- 54% of full-time students at two-year and four-year colleges
were female.
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- What percentage of students apply to four or fewer colleges? A)
21% B) 67% C) 94%
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- Attention: Dont forget there is free pizza!
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- Which was the most expensive college in 2013-2014 with a
sticker price of $61,977? A) Johns Hopkins University B) Wesleyan
University C) New York University D) Sarah Lawrence College
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- Most college students require 9 hours of sleep in order to
reach their highest academic performance, however on average
college students get about 5-6 hours of sleep per night. About 20%
of college students suffer from sleeping disorders.
http://www.infobarrel.com/Facts_About_College_-
_10_Fun_College_Facts
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- How many capital cities has Connecticut had? A) Three B) Five
C) Two D) One Hartford has remained the capital city of Connecticut
since 1875
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- There are four remaining all-male, four-year colleges: Wabash
College, Hampden-Sydney College, Morehouse College, and St. Johns
College.
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- Which is a sign that a scholarship might be a scam? A)
Application fees B) You dont have to apply for the scholarship C)
Guaranteed to win scholarship D) All of the above
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- In the show The Office, which character graduated from Cornell
University?
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- Andy Bernard (Played by Ed Helms)
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- Conan O Brien graduated from which college in 1985? A) UCLA
School of Theater, Film and Television B) Harvard University C)
William & Mary Received his degree in History and American
Literature
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- What percentage of students took out loans for college? A) 46%
B) 56% C) 66%
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- What is an interest rate? A) The rate of increase that students
receive as part of their student loans B) The price a borrower pays
for the use of money C) The rate at which lenders help support
students educations
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- Which former President of the United States did not attend Yale
University? A) George H.W. Bush B) Jimmy Carter C) Bill Clinton D)
George W. Bush
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- Dont forget to grab some pizza!
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- Who is your lender if you take out a Federal Stafford loan? A)
Your college B) Department of Education C) Your Congressperson
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- Which section was most recently added to the ACT? A) Science B)
Writing C) Reading This section was added in March, 2005
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- Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, PA has an acceptance
rate of 3.2% which is the lowest in the United States.
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- From 1945-2012, the number of B.A. degrees awarded annually in
the U.S. rose from 157,349 to approximately 1.7 million.
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- $2,800 is the average food budget for a college student in a
year
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- Speaking of food, last chance to grab some pizza!
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- And dont forget about the three drawings for $500 scholarships
at the end of the evening!
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- A)Franklin Chang Daz B)Walker Gillette C)Brian Jordan This
University of Connecticut graduate went on to fly seven missions in
the space shuttle.
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- Welcome to College Night!