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  2. List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union

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    List of U.S. states. The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution.

  3. College admissions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Graduates from a high school in Connecticut in 2008. College admissions in the United States refers to the process of applying for entrance to institutions of higher education for undergraduate study at one of the nation's colleges or universities. [1] [2] For those who intend to attend college immediately after high school, the college search ...

  4. Common Law Admission Test - Wikipedia

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    consortiumofnlus .ac .in. The Common Law Admission Test ( CLAT) is a centralized national-level entrance test for admissions to the 25 out of 27 National Law Universities (NLU) except NLU Delhi and NLU Meghalaya. CLAT was first introduced in 2008 as a centralized entrance examination for admission to the National Law Schools/Universities in India.

  5. Voter registration in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Voter registration in the United States is required for voting in federal, state and local elections. The only exception is North Dakota, although cities in North Dakota may register voters for city elections. [1] Voter registration takes place at the county level in many states and at the municipal level in several states.

  6. Admission to the Union - Wikipedia

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    Admission to the Union is provided by the Admissions Clause of the United States Constitution in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1, which authorizes the United States Congress to admit new states into the Union beyond the thirteen states that already existed when the Constitution came into effect. The Constitution went into effect on June 21 ...

  7. University of California, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    The University of California, Los Angeles ( UCLA) [1] is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School which later evolved into San José State University.

  8. Open admissions - Wikipedia

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    The open admissions concept was heavily promoted in the 1960s and 1970s as a way to reduce discrimination in college admissions and to promote education of the underprivileged. The first major application in the United States was at the City University of New York (CUNY). It later applied the policy only to two-year community colleges since ...

  9. Common Application - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .commonapp .org. The Common Application (more commonly known as the Common App) is an undergraduate college admission application that applicants may use to apply to over 1,000 member colleges and universities in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, as well as in Canada, China, Japan, and many European countries. [1] [2]