College Knowledge Scholarship


About the Scholarship

The College Knowledge Scholarship is an online quiz competition designed to reward high school students for learning important facts that will help them succeed in college. Use the questions posted below to prepare for the quiz.

Eligibility

All high school students in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties

Award(s)

5-$250 scholarships (one for each member of the winning team)

College Knowledge Championship Trophy to school with highest school/team score

How it Works

The Challenge Round quiz is open for one week at the beginning of March. All students at a high school who take the quiz become part of that school's "team." The top 20 scores at each school are added together to get the school score. The school with the highest score in each county advances their top 5 students who then take the Championship Round quiz. At the end of the competition, the highest scoring team earns a trophy for their school and each member receives a $250 scholarship. To prepare for the quizzes, check out our Notes page on Facebook.

Quiz Dates

Challenge Round: 03/04/2012 - 03/11/2012
Championship Round Dates: 03/18/2012 - 03/25/2012

Quiz Details

To participate, you must register with the Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation at www.cksf.org. For all CKSF scholarship quizzes, 500 points are awarded for each correct answer and one point is deducted for each second taken to complete a question. Results are available immediately to each participant and the overall ranking is available within three hours under the "Results" tab at www.cksf.org.

Quiz Questions

A class such as Biology I that must be taken before you can take a different class such as Biology II is known as __________.

  • general education
  • a prerequisite
  • freshman course
  • a major requirement
  • a minor requirement

 

When considering the cost of college, which of the following is an expense that is generally not included in “tuition and fees”?

  • lab fee
  • student activity fee
  • books
  • technology fee
  • graduation fee

 

A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, does not have to be repaid. Pell Grants are generally awarded to undergraduate students based on __________.

  • competitive essay writing
  • GPA
  • financial need
  • SAT scores
  • letters of recommendation

 

The most important thing to know about taking out an unsubsidized loan is __________.

  • that the interest begins to be added on immediately
  • that like a grant,  it does not have to be paid back
  • it has a higher interest rate than a credit card
  • that the loan must be repaid in one year
  • you can’t repay the loan until you receive your degree

 

To see the rest of the questions that will be on the quiz, visit our Notes page on Facebook.