college

Degree-granting institution

College has different meanings in different English-speaking countries, but its commonest meaning designates an institution of learning, usually one for post-secondary education: He’ll attend college in the fall.

Occasionally, college designates people who come together for a specific, and usually specified purpose, as the Electoral College, which elects the U.S. president and vice president.

campus

dormitory

Student living building

gymnasium · auditorium · quad · bookstore · commons · stadium · chapel

academics

lecture

Educational spoken presentation

seminar · textbook · research · thesis · major · minor · degree · elective · credits · prerequisites

financing

scholarship

Educational funding or erudition

bursary · merit-based · need-based · FAFSA · work-study · endowment · stipend · debt · bursar

graduation

commencement

Act of starting

transcript · accreditation · matriculation · honors · regalia · convocation · tassel · ceremony · procession · graduate

years

freshman

First-year student

undergraduate · first-year · upperclassman · underclassman · transfer · nontraditional

sociallife

roommate

One sharing living quarters

  • dormOn-campus student housing
  • friendsVoluntary close relations
  • partiesOrganized social gatherings

fraternity · sorority · clubs · intramurals · tailgate · homecoming · orientation · rush · mixer · all-nighter

career

internship

Supervised professional trial period

recruitment · co-op · entry-level · references

Categories
Opposites
educational level

collegekindergarten

Early schooling for youngsters

preschool · elementary school · primary school · nursery school · grade school

academic vs. non-academic life paths

collegeworkforce

All available workers

military service · employment · blue-collar work · nonacademic · anticollege

institutional formality

collegeself-education

Independent pursuit of knowledge

autodidacticism · school of hard knocks · street smarts · life experience · on-the-job training

Phrases
Family

collection, collected, colleague, collecting, collective, collector, colleges, colleagues, collections

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