matriculants

Freshly admitted students

Matriculants are students who have enrolled or registered at a college or university.

The word comes from the verb matriculate, meaning to formally admit or be admitted to an institution of higher education: The matriculants gathered for freshman orientation.

In South African usage, a matriculant is specifically a student who has passed the final secondary school examination.

students

classmates

Students in same course

scholars · pupils · learners · cohort · schoolmates · mentees · dormmates · fellows · batchmates · contemporaries

enrollment

registration

Formal recording of participation

induction · orientation · initiation · newcomers · freshers · enrollees · sign-up · joining · recruitment · commencement

academic

university

Higher education institution

seminars · coursework · syllabus · professors · tutors · scholarship · undergraduate · postgraduate · major · minor

transition

coming-of-age

Youth becoming adulthood

dormitory · homesickness · self-reliance · growth · adaptation

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educational status

matriculantsgraduates

Degree recipients

alumni · dropouts · completers · withdrawers · leavers

completion/persistence

matriculantsdropouts

People who leave early

withdrawals · expelled students · leavers

Family

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