college acceptance

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College acceptance is the formal notification that a student has been admitted to a college or university.

The term often carries emotional weight—years of academic work culminating in a yes or no: She got her college acceptance yesterday and burst into tears.

The plural refers to the collection of schools that admitted someone: He's comparing his college acceptances before deciding.

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