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undergraduate

[uhn-der-graj-oo-it, -ayt] / ˌʌn dərˈgrædʒ u ɪt, -ˌeɪt /


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Parents, who could previously borrow up to the full cost of their child’s undergraduate attendance, are also now limited to borrowing up to $20,000 a year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

I spent four years of undergraduate living at a fraternity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

He began that manuscript, which takes place on the reservation, as an undergraduate at Princeton, in Toni Morrison’s long-fiction workshop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Computer science became the most popular undergraduate major at the flagship Ann Arbor campus, according to Michigan’s budget office.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

While I was desultorily attending graduate school, I met in the coffee shop one day a Miss Myma Minkoff, a young undergraduate, a loud, offensive maiden from the Bronx.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Chandrasekaran and Raman met in 1999, when they were both undergraduates at Harvard University.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The number of Dartmouth undergraduates declaring computer science as their major peaked in 2021 at 263, up 209% from 2013, according to Dartmouth data.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Signers would cap international undergraduates at 15%, require the SAT or ACT and freeze tuition for five years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

About a third of its 16,000 undergraduates are in fraternities or sororities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

David Rockefeller, a member of the Harvard College Class of 1936 and longtime University benefactor, has pledged $100 million to increase dramatically learning opportunities for Harvard undergraduates through international experiences and participation in the arts.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker


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