Students

The student body of a ___ or college is divided into ___ and undergraduates. Graduate have already received their ___ degrees, while ___ have not. The undergraduates belong to one of four ___ according to their ___ of study. These are ___, sophomore, ___, and senior classes. Most schools also admit ___ students who take a number of ___, but are not working towards a ___.

Students ___ vary considerably from ___ to school. Some institutions are ___, with both men and ___students. Others admit ___ of only one ___.

A ___ institution has ___ men’s and women’s colleges. They are controlled by the same central ___ and are usually ___ on the same campus or nearby ___.

V. Put each of the following words into its correct place in the text.

achievement	adjustment	admit	attitude
average	colleges	common	failure
grade	letter	marking	method
minimum	occasionally	pass	percentage
perfect	progress	record	reports
school	teacher

Examination Grading

Grading is a ___ used in schools to ___ student achievements. Almost every ___ keeps a record of each student’s ___ in order to have some basis for measuring his ___. The record supplies information for ___ to parents. Universities and ___ often use this information to help determine whether they should ___ a student.

For a long time, the most ___ method of recording achievement was by ___, with a mark, or ___, of 100 per cent representing ___ achievement. The ___ mark for a ___ was usually 70 per cent, and for ___ work, about 80 per cent. Today, the letters A, B, C, D, E, and ___ F, are much more commonly used. The mark A stands for exceptional achievement, and E or F means ___.

A few schools use no ___ system at all. Instead, each ___ writes a detailed ___ to the parents. Such letters report the student’s progress, ___, activities, and social ___.

VI. Put each of the following words into its correct place in the passage below.

advance	approximately	balance	beginning
cash	credit	currency	delayed
fees	full	holders	installments
mail	money	payment	visa

Payment Plans

Tuition __ are payable in ___ in full at the time billed. Students may pay by ___, cheque, __order or __ card (Master Card or __). Foreign students must pay in British ___.

___ may be made by telephone for credit card ___. Payment may also be by ___. However, the College is not responsible for lost or __ mail.

Students who do not pay in ___ in advance automatically choose the deferred payment plan of two equal ___. The initial payment is due ___ two weeks prior to the ___ of each term. The ___ is due four weeks after the beginning of the term.