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  • adjective Bound for college; soon to attend college.

Etymologies

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college +‎ bound

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Examples

  • They broke the youth into four categories: 40 percent were working-class “stayers;” 20 percent were collegebound “achievers” and they often left for good; 10 were “seekers” joining the military to see the world; and the rest were “returners,” those who eventually came back home but only a small number of whom were “high fliers,” i.e., professionals.

    Is a brain drain “hollowing out” rural America? « A Progressive on the Prairie 2009

  • They broke the youth into four categories: 40 percent were working-class “stayers;” 20 percent were collegebound “achievers” and they often left for good; 10 were “seekers” joining the military to see the world; and the rest were “returners,” those who eventually came back home but only a small number of whom were “high fliers,” i.e., professionals.

    A Progressive on the Prairie » Is a brain drain “hollowing out” rural America? » Print 2009

  • Schools with kids from wealthier families (and a high percentage of collegebound students) are not viewed as good prospects by military recruiters.

    "does anybody know what posthumous means?" 2005

  • Schools with kids from wealthier families and a high percentage of collegebound students are not viewed as good prospects by military recruiters.

    Archive 2005-06-01 2005

  • Jean-Claude Brizard have talked about the need to increase opportunities not only for collegebound students but for those who bypass college to enter the workforce immediately.

    News - chicagotribune.com 2011

  • Jean-Claude Brizard have talked about the need to increase opportunities not only for collegebound students but for those who bypass college to enter the workforce immediately.

    News - chicagotribune.com 2011

  • DEAR DEBBIE: On the contrary-thank YOU for a "tip sheet" every collegebound senior should see.

    Fore, right! 2010

  • DEAR DEBBIE: On the contrary-thank YOU for a "tip sheet" every collegebound senior should see.

    Fore, right! 2010

  • DEAR DEBBIE: On the contrary-thank YOU for a "tip sheet" every collegebound senior should see.

    Fore, right! 2010

  • He also recently wrote a piece in the National Book Foundation s fifth edition, a reader for collegebound student s.

    Garden City News 2010

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