Red Tape

To interview	to question or converse with esp. in order to obtain information or ascertain personal qualities.
To register	to record formally and exactly
To enrol for admission	to register for the classes
To select classes/ courses	to choose classes
To drop a course	to abandon or give up the course
To add a course	to take up an additional course for personal interest, not for a credit and to pay for it additionally.
Bachelor of Art	a man or a woman who has taken the first university degree
Master of Art	a person who has received an academic degree higher than a bachelor’s but lower than a doctor’s.
Doctor of Philosophy	a person who has earned one of the highest academic degrees conferred by university usually by spending several years in advanced study of a specialized field by writing an acceptable dissertation and by passing numerous rigorous examination
Student IP	a means of identifying student’s personality.
Thesis	lengthy written essay submitted for a university degree.
Paper	set of printed examination questions on a given subject
To confer a degree	to give or grant a degree.

Financing

full-time fees	the money paid for the whole course
part-time fees	the money paid for half a course
grants	a sum of money given especially by the government to a student for studies a student/research grant a local authority/government grant They gave/awarded her a grant to study abroad for one year.
student financial aid	financial support given to a student
to apply for financial aid	to request financial support, usually officially, especially by writing or sending in a form
to be eligible for financial assistance	to fulfill the conditions for receiving financial support
Scholarship	an amount of money given by a school, college, university or other organization to pay for the studies of a person with great ability but little money: He got/won a scholarship to Eton. Paula went to the Royal College of Music on a scholarship.
academic fees	money paid for studying
housing fees	money paid for housing
a college work-study job	any kind of work in summer at the college you study (to earn money)

Language focus assignments Exercise 1. Find out which words are correct and incorrect.

Aplicant Senior Transfe student Asociate

Freshman Undegraduate Night student Professor

Sofomore Graduete Teaching asisstant Counselor

Jiniar Part-time student Asisstant professor Prospective

Exercise 2. Choose the correct answer:

1. A student in his second year or with second-year standing at a college is…

   1. transfer student;

   2. senior;

   3. sophomore.

2. University student who has not yet taken a degree is …

   1. sophomore;

   2. undergraduate;

   3. senior.

3. A student in his last year before graduating from an educational institution is …

   1. freshman;

   2. applicant;

   3. senior.

4. A member of a college or university faculty who ranks immediately above an instructor and immediately below an associate professor is …

1. counsellor;

2. assistant professor.

3. teaching assistant;

5. A faculty member assigned to advise students on personal, academic and vocational matters is…

1. teaching assistant;

2. professor;

3. counsellor.

6. A person who has received an academic degree higher than a bachelor’s but lower than a doctor’s is…

1. Associate professor;

2. Master of art;

3. Counsellor.

7. To abandon or give up the course means…

1. to flunk smb;

2. to drop a course;

3. to add a course.

8. To question or converse with esp. in order to obtain information or ascertain personal qualities means…

1. to give or grant a degree;

2. to enrol for admission;

3. to interview.

9.Lengthy written essay submitted for a university degree is…

4. paper;

5. thesis;

6. tenure.

10. To take up an additional course for personal interest, not for a credit and to pay for it additionally

means…

1. to confer a degree;

2. to select classes;

3. to add a course.

Exercise 3. Try to guess who or what is meant in the following definitions: