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Higher education

Post-secondary education at universities, academies, colleges, and institutes of technology etc.

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Higher education

Law School Admission Test (LSAT)

Education; Higher education

A standardised external examination used by law schools to assess applicants' verbal, analytical and reasoning skills.

Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT)

Education; Higher education

A standardised external examination (formerly known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test and then the Scholastic Achievement Test) of mathematical, verbal and analytical skills, taken by high school ...

Language requirement

Education; Higher education

An institution's requirement that its graduates master one or more foreign languages.

Senior

Education; Higher education

Fourth year student (Applies to both college undergraduates and high school students)

Withdrawal

Education; Higher education

Formal process of leaving an institution before (and without) completing a degree.

High school

Education; Higher education

Secondary School (grades 7-12 or 9-12). In the 6+6 scheme, the first three years (grades 7-9) are known as 'junior high school' and the final three years (10-12) as 'senior high school'.

Lower-division

Education; Higher education

First two years of a bachelor's degree programme which consists mainly of courses at the introductory and elementary levels.

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