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  2. Six Words Every College Student Needs to Hear, from an ...

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    As a mom of a college-age young man who is applying to college (he’s an 18-year-old who is still catching up from pandemic-induced scholastic and social challenges), the lived experiences I have ...

  3. Student orientation - Wikipedia

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    The week before the term starts is known as: Frosh (or frosh week) in some [15] colleges and universities in Canada. In the US, most call it by the acronym SOAR for Student Orientation And Registration; [16] Freshers' week in the majority of the United Kingdom and Ireland and Orientation week or O-week in countries such as Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, and also in many Canadian ...

  4. Academic Word List - Wikipedia

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    The Academic Word List (AWL) is a word list of 570 English word families [1] which appear with great frequency in a broad range of academic texts. The target readership is English as a second or foreign language students intending to enter English-medium higher education , and teachers of such students.

  5. Averil Coxhead - Wikipedia

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    Averil Jean Coxhead (born 1966) [1] [2] is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at Victoria University of Wellington, specialising in applied linguistics.She is known for creating the Academic Word List, which is a list of 570 English word families that appear with great frequency in a broad range of academic texts.

  6. Old-School Slang Words That Really Deserve a Comeback

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    You might think that the famous idiom originated at a college party in the 1960s by some preppy frat boys. However, the use of "gas" for enjoyment goes back to the 19 century. There are two uses ...

  7. Some words of advice for incoming college freshmen

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    OPINION: The first year of college can be nerve-wracking and scary, so we spoke to some upperclassmen about the things they wish they’d known when they were incoming freshmen. The post Some ...

  8. List of date formats by country - Wikipedia

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    All examples use example date 2021-03-31 / 2021 March 31 / 31 March 2021 / March 31, 2021 – except where a single-digit day is illustrated. Basic components of a calendar date for the most common calendar systems: D – day; M – month; Y – year; Specific formats for the basic components: yy – two-digit year, e.g. 24; yyyy – four-digit ...

  9. Academic term - Wikipedia

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    After the end of school year on June 30, the Summer holidays follow until September 1 when a new school year starts. Sole exception to this is the final year at high schools, which ends with Graduation of students at the end of May. Universities have two mid-terms.