Undergraduate
noun
A student who is studying for their first degree at a university or college.
She is an undergraduate studying biology at Yale.
Often appears as...
- undergraduate student
- undergraduate degree
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Academic
noun
A student who is studying for their first degree at a university or college.
She is an undergraduate studying biology at Yale.
Often appears as...
- undergraduate student
- undergraduate degree
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Education Status
Refers to students working towards their first university degree, often a bachelor's degree.
He's an undergraduate in his second year at Harvard.
Pro Tip 2/3Degree Progress
Often used to differentiate from 'graduate' students, who are pursuing advanced degrees beyond their first.
She'll apply for graduate school after finishing her undergraduate studies.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Level
Used to describe both the education level and the type of courses or degree program.
Undergraduate courses at the college are designed to build foundational knowledge.
Pro Tip 1/3Education Status
Refers to students working towards their first university degree, often a bachelor's degree.
He's an undergraduate in his second year at Harvard.
Pro Tip 2/3Degree Progress
Often used to differentiate from 'graduate' students, who are pursuing advanced degrees beyond their first.
She'll apply for graduate school after finishing her undergraduate studies.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Level
Used to describe both the education level and the type of courses or degree program.
Undergraduate courses at the college are designed to build foundational knowledge.
Pro Tip 1/3Education Status
Refers to students working towards their first university degree, often a bachelor's degree.
He's an undergraduate in his second year at Harvard.
Pro Tip 2/3Degree Progress
Often used to differentiate from 'graduate' students, who are pursuing advanced degrees beyond their first.
She'll apply for graduate school after finishing her undergraduate studies.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Level
Used to describe both the education level and the type of courses or degree program.
Undergraduate courses at the college are designed to build foundational knowledge.
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What doctors don't know...
a piece of research where he found evidence of precognitive powers in undergraduate students, and this was published in a peer-reviewed academic journal and most of the people who read this just said, "Okay, well, fair enough, but I think that's a fluke, that's a freak, because I know that if I did a study where I found no evidence
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Stuart Firestein: The...
sense of smell works and how the brain might be working, and, well, frankly, it's kind of exhilarating. But at the same time, it's my responsibility to teach a large course to undergraduates on the brain, and that's a big subject, and it takes quite a while to organize that, and it's quite challenging and it's quite interesting,
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Reimagining Dinosaurs...
anjali just said um so when um we're looking at the kinds of instruments that people use to analyze fossils and fossil organic matter and molecules that has definitely changed quite a lot in the past so when i started out of god as an undergraduate student everyone was all about mass spectrometry people are still all about mass
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The new era of positive...
We find this is a strengthener of relationships. And fun versus philanthropy. It's so heartening to be in a group like this, in which so many of you have turned your lives to philanthropy. Well, my undergraduates and the people I work with haven't discovered this, so we actually have people do something altruistic
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Your brain on video...
The other lesson is that general wisdom carries no weight. I showed that to you already, like we looked at the fact that despite a lot of screen time, those action gamers have a lot of very good vision, etc. Here, what was really striking is that these undergraduates that actually report engaging in a lot of high
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Donald Sadoway: The...
and even some undergraduates. And I was able to attract really, really good people, people who share my passion for science and service to society, not science and service for career building. And if you ask these people why they work on liquid metal battery, their answer would hearken back
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Unleash your inner...
participating around the world congregating they're all undergraduates this overwhelming enthusiasm to invent and contribute still has a shortage of one other very important resource it's very simple space where these new ideas can actually be tested that's when a
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On positive psychology -...
strengths and we find this is a strengthener of relationships and fun versus philanthropy by that so heartening to be in a group like this in which so many of you have turned your lives to philanthropy well my undergraduates and the people I
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Why you should love...
statistics is almost the reverse of that. But actually, I was a late convert to the world of statistics myself. If you'd asked my undergraduate professors what two subjects would I be least likely to excel in after university,
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Gene editing can now...
to genetically engineer an organism and include a gene drive, is something that basically any lab in the world can do. An undergraduate can do it. A talented high schooler with some equipment can do it.
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What doctors don't know...
a piece of research where he found evidence of precognitive powers in undergraduate students, and this was published in a peer-reviewed academic journal and most of the people who read this just said, "Okay, well, fair enough, but I think that's a fluke, that's a freak, because I know that if I did a study where I found no evidence
Video examples
Stuart Firestein: The...
sense of smell works and how the brain might be working, and, well, frankly, it's kind of exhilarating. But at the same time, it's my responsibility to teach a large course to undergraduates on the brain, and that's a big subject, and it takes quite a while to organize that, and it's quite challenging and it's quite interesting,
Video examples
Reimagining Dinosaurs...
anjali just said um so when um we're looking at the kinds of instruments that people use to analyze fossils and fossil organic matter and molecules that has definitely changed quite a lot in the past so when i started out of god as an undergraduate student everyone was all about mass spectrometry people are still all about mass
Video examples
The new era of positive...
We find this is a strengthener of relationships. And fun versus philanthropy. It's so heartening to be in a group like this, in which so many of you have turned your lives to philanthropy. Well, my undergraduates and the people I work with haven't discovered this, so we actually have people do something altruistic
Video examples
Your brain on video...
The other lesson is that general wisdom carries no weight. I showed that to you already, like we looked at the fact that despite a lot of screen time, those action gamers have a lot of very good vision, etc. Here, what was really striking is that these undergraduates that actually report engaging in a lot of high
Video examples
Donald Sadoway: The...
and even some undergraduates. And I was able to attract really, really good people, people who share my passion for science and service to society, not science and service for career building. And if you ask these people why they work on liquid metal battery, their answer would hearken back
Video examples
Unleash your inner...
participating around the world congregating they're all undergraduates this overwhelming enthusiasm to invent and contribute still has a shortage of one other very important resource it's very simple space where these new ideas can actually be tested that's when a
Video examples
On positive psychology -...
strengths and we find this is a strengthener of relationships and fun versus philanthropy by that so heartening to be in a group like this in which so many of you have turned your lives to philanthropy well my undergraduates and the people I
Video examples
Why you should love...
statistics is almost the reverse of that. But actually, I was a late convert to the world of statistics myself. If you'd asked my undergraduate professors what two subjects would I be least likely to excel in after university,
Video examples
Gene editing can now...
to genetically engineer an organism and include a gene drive, is something that basically any lab in the world can do. An undergraduate can do it. A talented high schooler with some equipment can do it.
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Alan J. Heeger
American Physicist
My undergraduate years at the University of Nebraska were a special time in my life: the combination of partying and intellectual awakening that is what the undergraduate years are supposed to be. I went to the university with the goal of becoming an engineer; I had no concept that one could pursue science as a career.
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Carol S. Dweck
American Educator
My undergraduates, at first, get all starry-eyed about the idea of finding their passion, but over time, they get far more excited about developing their passion and seeing it through. They come to understand that that's how they and their futures will be shaped and how they will ultimately make their contributions.
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Christina Romer
American Economist
The basic idea that if you increase government spending or you cut people's taxes that stimulates the economy and lowers the unemployment rate, is a very widely accepted idea. It's in every economics textbook, that's what we teach our undergraduates, and I certainly try to teach them the truth.
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Paul Bloom
Canadian Psychologist
It's really difficult working with kids and with babies because they are not cooperative subjects: they are not socialized into the idea that they should cheerfully and cooperatively give you information. They're not like undergraduates, who you can bribe with beer money or course credit.
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Frank Rich
American Journalist
In the bubble decade, making money as an end in itself boomed as a calling among students at elite universities like Harvard, siphoning off gifted undergraduates who might otherwise have been scientists, teachers, doctors, entrepreneurs, artists or inventors.
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Alonzo Church
American Mathematician
I was an undergraduate at Princeton, and I was pressed by the math department to go on to graduate school. Actually they gave me fellowships that paid my way, otherwise I would not have been able to continue.
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Woodrow Wilson
American President
Generally young men are regarded as radicals. This is a popular misconception. The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life.
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Derek Bok
American Lawyer
Despite the hours spent debating different models of general education, the choices faculties make rarely lead to any significant difference in the cognitive development of undergraduates.
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Marco Rubio
American Politician
The loans I took out for my undergraduate degree were manageable. But my legal education was more expensive, and I paid for it almost entirely through public and private loans.
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Ana Kasparian
American Educator
Before I finished my undergraduate degree, I found 'TYT' and dedicated myself to helping it grow into a digital news empire.
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Alan J. Heeger
American Physicist
My undergraduate years at the University of Nebraska were a special time in my life: the combination of partying and intellectual awakening that is what the undergraduate years are supposed to be. I went to the university with the goal of becoming an engineer; I had no concept that one could pursue science as a career.
Quote examples
Carol S. Dweck
American Educator
My undergraduates, at first, get all starry-eyed about the idea of finding their passion, but over time, they get far more excited about developing their passion and seeing it through. They come to understand that that's how they and their futures will be shaped and how they will ultimately make their contributions.
Quote examples
Christina Romer
American Economist
The basic idea that if you increase government spending or you cut people's taxes that stimulates the economy and lowers the unemployment rate, is a very widely accepted idea. It's in every economics textbook, that's what we teach our undergraduates, and I certainly try to teach them the truth.
Quote examples
Paul Bloom
Canadian Psychologist
It's really difficult working with kids and with babies because they are not cooperative subjects: they are not socialized into the idea that they should cheerfully and cooperatively give you information. They're not like undergraduates, who you can bribe with beer money or course credit.
Quote examples
Frank Rich
American Journalist
In the bubble decade, making money as an end in itself boomed as a calling among students at elite universities like Harvard, siphoning off gifted undergraduates who might otherwise have been scientists, teachers, doctors, entrepreneurs, artists or inventors.
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Alonzo Church
American Mathematician
I was an undergraduate at Princeton, and I was pressed by the math department to go on to graduate school. Actually they gave me fellowships that paid my way, otherwise I would not have been able to continue.
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Woodrow Wilson
American President
Generally young men are regarded as radicals. This is a popular misconception. The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life.
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Derek Bok
American Lawyer
Despite the hours spent debating different models of general education, the choices faculties make rarely lead to any significant difference in the cognitive development of undergraduates.
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Marco Rubio
American Politician
The loans I took out for my undergraduate degree were manageable. But my legal education was more expensive, and I paid for it almost entirely through public and private loans.
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Ana Kasparian
American Educator
Before I finished my undergraduate degree, I found 'TYT' and dedicated myself to helping it grow into a digital news empire.
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