undergraduate

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As an undergraduate at Harvard, he majored in history and dreamed of becoming a professor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Despite having an undergraduate and a master's degree, Sophie said she had applied for 300 jobs in the past year with just one interview and no success.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The discovery happened unexpectedly while Chan was still an undergraduate student.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

These models show what a national strategy should look like: public investment, corporate sponsorship, university research capacity and continuous pathways from undergraduate study through doctoral work.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

When I was a college undergraduate in the early 1950’s, I was fortunate enough to work in the laboratory of H. J. Muller, a great geneticist and the man who discovered that radiation produces mutations.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan