matriculation

British  

/ məˌtrɪkjʊˈleɪʃən /

noun

1. the process of matriculating

2. (in Britain, except Scotland) a former school examination, which was replaced by the General Certificate of Education (Ordinary Level), now superseded by the General Certificate of Secondary Education

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Explanation

Matriculation is a noun meaning admission to a group, particularly a school. Matriculation is what hopefully follows after you send in your application. Though the dictionary sense of matriculation is admission, in practical use matriculation takes place when you enroll at a school. In other words, you can’t just be accepted to complete matriculation; you have to have to enroll, register, and matriculate. If you get a letter from a college or school with a list of what to do before your matriculation, those are the things you need to do before you arrive on campus — like send a big check!

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matriculation

Here's David Tennant in his matriculation photograph for the Junior Academy, taken in 1982.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026

Two matriculation cards are signed “Archibald Wright Graham.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2022

Sure, finance people cared about area demographics, but “of equal importance” was maintaining “respectable matriculation and college admissions statistics.”

From New York Times ● May 7, 2021

The Learning Policy Institute praised the network’s “integrated and rigorous approach,” and said that its New York City schools’ college acceptance and matriculation rates were also above average.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2021

Such was the foolish logic of this program of social reform: Because many Hispanics were absent from higher education, I became with my matriculation an exception, a numerical minority.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

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