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undergrad

[uhn-der-grad] / ˈʌn dərˌgræd /




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His family moved to Ohio and he attended Ohio State as an undergrad.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

An undergrad became a magazine staff writer and received a free ride to Columbia’s MFA program.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

Unlike many peer institutions, the school doesn’t charge incoming students an enrollment deposit—if you say you are coming, they believe you, said Ashley Pallie, Caltech’s dean of undergrad admissions who helped conceive the fraud squad.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Curry was an undergrad at the University of Texas at Arlington and a graduate of the University of Houston Law Center.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2026

“I like an inquiring mind. I did undergrad at Harvard.”

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm

My undergrads are rightly fearful about the climate crisis but working in community to find their way.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

The government will begin a new consultation in the autumn to look at options for a minimum English language requirement for prospective undergrads to access student finance.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

On the evening of Jan. 15, 26 undergrads gathered for dinner in a common room at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to debate the fairness of college admissions post-affirmative action.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 21, 2026

More than 20% of undergrads at Harvard and Brown and 38% at Stanford have registered disabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 8, 2026

At that time, be it remembered, a large proportion of K. undergrads were in residence—now it is otherwise.

From Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O'Donnell




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