undergrad

[uhn-der-grad]

noun

Informal.

1. an undergraduate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of undergrad¹

By shortening

Example Sentences

Joyce Kim, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, remembers coming to campus as an undergrad and wincing at the flurry of finance and consulting clubs.

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The current financial duress hasn’t directly affected undergrads, student leaders said, though the future of graduate programs and the university’s principles does color campus conversations.

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As an undergrad at the University of Texas, he swore off weekly Longhorns games and eschewed his beloved Dallas Cowboys to concentrate on writing, a practice he has maintained with Calvinist devotion ever since.

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Here are the schools with highest proportion of foreign undergrads, of those with at least 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students:

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His age notwithstanding, he had an impeccable pedigree: Stanford University undergrad, a stint as Milton Friedman’s research assistant, Harvard Law, a rapid rise at Morgan Stanley, an appointment to the National Economic Council, and more.

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Related Words

• graduate 
• junior 
• pupil 
• scholar 
• undergraduate