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  2. Student financial aid in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Scholarships may have a financial need component but rely on other criteria as well. Some private need-based awards are confusingly called scholarships and require the results of a FAFSA (the family's EFC). However, scholarships are often merit-based, while grants tend to be need-based. Some examples of grants commonly applied for in the U.S.:

  3. Grading systems by country - Wikipedia

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    Equivalent to a low C in the old grading system. This is generally considered the absolute minimum grade to enter Level 3 courses. 3: D: The English 3 is equivalent to a D to a high E in the old grading system. 2: E: The English 2 is equivalent to a low E to an F in the old grading system. F: 1: G: Equivalent to a G in the old grading system. U: U

  4. National Merit Scholarship Program - Wikipedia

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    The NMSC uses the PSAT/NMSQT as the initial screen of over 1.5 million program entrants. In the spring of the junior year, NMSC determines a national Selection Index qualifying score (critical reading + math + writing skills scores all multiplied by two) for "Commended" recognition, which is calculated each year to yield students at about the 96th percentile (top 50,000 highest scorers).

  5. NFL Week 18 contract incentives: Mike Evans earns $3 ... - AOL

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    A number of big names were playing for big contract incentives in Week 18. Here's who hit their numbers. All information via Spotrac and ESPN. WR Mike Evans, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

  6. HOPE Scholarship - Wikipedia

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    The new scholarship within HOPE, the Zell Miller Scholarship, will cover 100% of tuition for those students who graduate with a 3.7 HOPE GPA and receive a score of 1200 (CR+M) on the SAT or a 26 ACT Composite at public colleges ($4,000 at private colleges), and maintain a 3.3 GPA while in college.

  7. Full-time equivalent - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, full time equivalent equates to the standard 40-hour work week: eight hours per day, five days per week and is the total amount of hours that a single full-time employee has worked over any period. This allows employers to adopt a single metric for comparison with the full-time average.

  8. List of secondary education systems by country - Wikipedia

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    Secondary schools (form 1–5, age 11 to 16) At the end of form 5, a student has the option to sit O-levels. Success opens the option to spend two years in 6th form, where a student may sit A-levels and Intermediates. A-levels are more difficult than Intermediates but both are needed to advance to the next level of education, which is university.

  9. Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C - Wikipedia

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    [7] [11] SR15 provides a summary of, on one hand, existing research on the impact that a warming of 1.5 °C (equivalent to 2.7 °F) would have on the planet, and on the other hand, the steps needed to limit global warming to 1.5 °C. [12]