CFNC

The College Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC) is a great place to start when you are wanting to explore and plan your future career.

*Remember to keep track of your email and password when creating your account.

https://www.cfnc.org/ 

Things to try on CFNC.org

Take some time to get to know yourself and what jobs might interest you in the future.

• • Click Plan Your Future --> Plan for a Career --> Learn About Yourself, I recommend starting with the Interest Profiler assessment. There are currently 6 assessments on the Learn About Yourself page.

Explore careers by choosing where you'd like to live, your transportation needs, food, entertainment, and more. 

• • Click Plan Your Future --> Plan for a Career --> Reality Check (it's the third option down)

Explore colleges in North Carolina

• • Click Plan Your Future --> Plan for College --> College Search

  • On the College Search page you can narrow down the colleges by using different filters such as admission requirements, sports, academic programs/majors, cost, etc.

Vocabulary

These are words that are commonly used when discussing High School, College, and Career topics.

Application/Apply: a verbal or written request for assistance or admission, asking for something 

Applied Science: the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems

Apprenticeship: the position of one working for an expert to learn a trade

Aptitude: natural abilities towards a specific area/subject

Assessment: the act of judging a person or situation or event 

Assignment: an undertaking that you have been told to perform

Campus: a field on which the buildings of a college are situated

Career: the general progression or course of one's professional life

Certificate: a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

Community College typically offers a wide variety of associate's degree programs and take about 2 years to complete.

Dean: an administrator at a university or college

Degree: an academic title given by universities and colleges to show the completion of a course of study, or as an honorary recognition of achievement. Degree's come in different levels: associate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral.

Diploma: an award given by a school showing that the recipient has completed a course of study

Education: activities that give knowledge or skill

Eligible: qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen

Faculty: the body of teachers and administrators at a school

FAFSA: The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the form you need to fill out to get any financial aid from the federal government to help pay for college.

Freelance: working for yourself

G.P.A.: Grade Point Average, a measure of scholastic attainment computed by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number of credits or hours of course work taken.

Graduate: receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies

Graduate/Grad School: additional university levels beyond the bachelor's degree. Normally master's and doctoral degrees.

Knowledge: the result of perception, learning, and reasoning

Loan: money that is borrowed temporarily (usually at interest)

Major: a person's field of study or academic concentration

Military: the armed forces of a country. The United States military has 5 branches. These are the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard.

Minor: a person's secondary field of study or academic concentration

Professor: a teacher at a college, normally with a masters or doctoral degree.

Recruitment: enlisting people for a job, position, or a cause

Requirement: something that is needed in advance 

Research: systematic investigation to establish facts

Scholarship: financial aid provided to a student on the basis of merit

Secondary Education: education beyond the elementary grades, middle school and above

Skill: an ability that has been acquired by training

Supervisor: one who is in charge and giving  directions

Technical/Trade School: similar to community college, but the programs are all career focused. Technical colleges commonly offer programs in automotive technology, cosmetology, culinary arts, health sciences and skilled trades, such as welding. These programs typically result in an associate's degree, certificate of completion, or diploma.

Tuition: a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education)

Undergraduate: a university student who has not yet received a first degree

University: traditional college typically completed in 4-5 years after high school.