undergrad

Example Sentences

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He attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for undergrad and continued at its College of Law, working summers in the boxcar factory where his father was employed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

I had gone to college — undergrad was free on a Pell Grant for low-income students — but borrowed money for graduate school.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Among its residents: the mother, father, grandmother and grandfather of an ASU undergrad.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

For undergrad he attended Purchase College in New York to study acting in a classical program.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

“I like an inquiring mind. I did undergrad at Harvard.”

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm