encourage(s) – v. to tell or advise someone to do something
challenge – n. a difficult task or problem
undergraduate degree – n. a degree that is given to a student by a college or university usually after four years of study
master’s degree – n. a degree that is given to a student by a college or university usually after one or two years of additional study following an undergraduate degree
applied – v. asked formally for something such as a job, admission to a school or a loan, usually in writing
scholarship – n. an amount of money that is given by a school or an organization, to a student to help pay for the student's education
endowment – n. a large amount of money that has been given to a school or hospital, and that is used to pay for its creation and continuing support
accounting – n. the skill, system, or job of keeping the financial records of a business or person
academic – adj. of or relating to schools and education
jealous – adj. feeling or showing an unhappy or angry desire to have what someone else has
intramural – adj. in which the students of one school compete against each other instead of competing against other schools
transform(ed) – v. to change something completely and usually in a good way