college
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Jacqueline Villatoro, a college counselor at Linda Marquez High School, said most students at the Huntington Park campus take the SAT, because it’s offered for free during school hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
After college, I was cast as one of the leads in the 2006 off-Broadway production of “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The event on 8 October will "bring together leaders from industry, education and the space sector," according to a college spokesperson.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
In my office: an Underwood No. 5 typewriter and a hockey puck in a Plexiglas case — the actual puck from the only goal I ever scored playing college hockey, in 1977.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
For not only had Mamá and Daddy outsmarted segregation and oppression and sent all four of their children to college, but our daughters would be college educated as well.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
The College Board sends test results directly to colleges selected by students.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
So why not call the current system for what it is and let top talented high-school graduates get drafted by NFL teams instead of putting the financial burden on the colleges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
A growing number of private colleges are reassessing how much they charge families to attend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
This is a very real part of life for students at historically black colleges and universities, but that doesn’t make it any less frightening.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
“Lydia’s about to apply to every one of the best colleges in America; meanwhile, my mom is telling me to become a high school dropout.”
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
Vocabulary lists containing college
Education and Academics, List 1
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President Obama's second inaugural address
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Units 6–7
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