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summer melt

summer melt noun: the phenomenon where incoming students who have committed to attend a college or university change their minds during the summer and opt to attend another institution.

Noun

summer melt (uncountable)

  1. The phenomenon where incoming students who have committed to attend a college or university change their minds during the summer and opt to attend another institution.
    • Summer melt sometimes happens when students are admitted over the summer to a school that places the student on a waitlist in the spring.

Questions about summer melt

What does summer melt mean?
Summer melt means the phenomenon where incoming students who have committed to attend a college or university change their minds during the summer and opt to attend another institution.
What part of speech is summer melt?
Summer melt is a noun.

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