semester
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Students do a semester or year abroad through Verto and then are guaranteed admission to a partner school, typically contingent on meeting a GPA-threshold.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
In 1970, during her last semester of undergrad, Leath married Ed Dossett, whom she met at East Tennessee State before he moved on to law school.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
They gave daddy $855.53 per semester for four or five years.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
My dad said, `No, Mr. Wahl, I’ve got to pay $855.53 for that boy’s semester.’
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
“I took a class last semester with this crazy old hippie, Professor Weltzer. He was funny, made everybody call him Rick. Anyway, what do you write? Poems? Short stories? Screenplays?”
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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