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Your Cheat Sheet to College Lingo

Don’t understand any of the college lingo your student is using? This list of terms will have you up to speed in no time.

College Lingo

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There are currently 3 terms in this directory beginning with the letter R.
Registrar:
University official who maintains academic records for all students.
Resident Assistants (RAs):
Students who work for the Residential Life department and are responsible for a specific group of student apartments. More about RAs.
Retention/Graduation GPA:
Used to determine students’ eligibility to remain enrolled or graduate; activity courses and forgiven course work (course that has been repeated) are not calculated in this.