The latter could require more intense coursework, and that might not be appropriate for every matriculating student.

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The teenagers are matriculating to two related industries, college and professional sports.

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In some cases fee-paying students know they are matriculating with a fake university but see it as an easy way to obtain a diploma.

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More than half of those matriculating from SSDI in 2011 left because they had reached full retirement age, and therefore transferred onto traditional Social Security benefits.

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We started with surveys of each school's class of 1994, asking students to disclose (anonymously) their compensation just before matriculating, after graduation and four and a half years later.

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Because the rankings consider the grade-point averages and scores on the Law School Admissions Test, schools are pulling out the stops to make sure the highest-caliber students are applying and matriculating.

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Jack Abraham, after matriculating as an undergraduate at Wharton, popped by his office weekly with new business ideas, says Lodish, before stumbling on a consumer facing inventory and pricing site as a junior.

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