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  2. Egerton University - Wikipedia

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    The school was founded in 1939, and was originally named Egerton Farm School. It was established by a large land grant of 740 acres (3 kmĀ²) by Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton. The school's original purpose was to prepare white European youth for careers in agriculture. By 1955, the name had changed to Egerton Agricultural College.

  3. Freshman - Wikipedia

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    Freshman class artwork, from East Texas State Normal College's 1920 Locust yearbook. A freshman, fresher, first year, or colloquially frosh, is a person in the first year at an educational institution, usually a secondary school or at the college and university level, but also in other forms of post-secondary educational institutions.

  4. List of universities and colleges in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Egerton University: Njoro: 1988 Egerton Farm School, Egerton Agricultural College 1939 Main campus - Njoro, Nakuru Town Campus College (NTCC), Kenyatta campus. 5 Maseno University: Maseno: 1991 Maseno Govt. Training Institute, Siriba Teachers College 1955 Oginga Odinga University 6 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology: Kiambu ...

  5. Early entrance to college - Wikipedia

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    Early entrance to college. Early entrance to college, sometimes called early admission or early enrollment, is the practice of allowing high school students to be accelerated into college, one or more years before the traditional age of college entrance, and without obtaining a high school diploma. In some cases this is done individually.

  6. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - Wikipedia

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    History and nature. The degree is currently awarded in institutions in the United Kingdom and countries formerly part of the British Empire.. Historically, Bachelor of Medicine was also the primary medical degree conferred by institutions in the United States and Canada, such as the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, the University of Toronto, the University of Maryland, and ...

  7. Egerton Rothesay School - Wikipedia

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    History. Egerton Rothesay School arose from the amalgamation of two Berkhamsted prep schools Rothesay, a pre-preparatory school founded in 1922 and situated in Charles Street, was bought in 1981. Three years later, Egerton School, founded in 1951 and located a few hundred yards along the same road, was purchased.

  8. Legacy preferences - Wikipedia

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    Legacy preference or legacy admission is a preference given by an institution or organization to certain applicants on the basis of their familial relationship to alumni of that institution. It is most controversial in college admissions, [3] where students so admitted are referred to as legacies or legacy students.

  9. College admissions in South Korea - Wikipedia

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    The South Korean college entrance system requires all graduating high school students (or those with equivalent academic standing) to take an entrance exam called the College Scholastic Ability Test [1] which takes place once every year. Admission to universities in South Korea is heavily dependent on applicants' test scores and grades.