college admissions
Getting into school
College admissions is the process by which students apply to and are accepted into colleges and universities.
The term covers everything from application essays and standardized tests to the decisions institutions make about who gets in.
College admissions season starts in the fall.
The phrase often appears in discussions of competition, fairness, and access: The college admissions scandal revealed how wealthy families gamed the system.
- applicantsThose seeking acceptance
- GPACumulative academic score
- early decisionCommitted application with deadline
- early actionNonbinding accelerated college application
- waitlistRoster of pending hopefuls
essay · transcript · holistic review · safety school · regular decision · ACT · test optional · portfolio · merit-based selection · standardized test · financial aid · AP exams · leadership qualities · application fee · class rank · SATs · parents · extracurriculars
- academicsprofessor, course, university professors, math, professors
- higher educationuniversity, degree, diploma, graduate school, law school
- selectionchoosing, picking, selection committee, shortlist, shortlisting
- Matchingmatching, preference list, proposer, donor matching, housing allocation
- South Asian Educationprimary schools, secondary schools, high schools, colleges, universities
- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
college admissionsgraduation
Completing academic requirements formally
college, colleague, admission, colleagues, admissions, collegiate, collegial, collegian, collegiality