open admission

noun

An unselective and noncompetitive college admissions process, where the only entrance criterion is a high-school diploma or a certificate of attendance or General Educational Development (GED) certificate.

Similar
open enrollment
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounopen admission (countable and uncountable, plural open admissions)

plural open admissions

  1. UScountableuncountableeducationAn unselective and noncompetitive college admissions process, where the only entrance criterion is a high-school diploma or a certificate of attendance or General Educational Development (GED) certificate.

    Synonyms: open enrollment

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn unselective and noncompetitive college admissions process, where the only entrance criterion is a high-school diploma or a certificate of attendance or General Educational Development (GED) certificate.

Similar
open enrollment
Also see
open enrollment
Cite this entry
APA

open admission. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/open%20admission

MLA

“open admission.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/open%20admission. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “open admission,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/open%20admission.

Source: open admission on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.