What college are you attending?

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I wonder what it means by "what college are you attending"?Does it mean "what college are you studying"? I always used to say this. I never heard about "attending" before.

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

What college are you attending"?

What college are you studying at? (You need the 'at')

What college do you go to? <<<< This is the most common in everyday spoken English, where I live.

What college are you at?

What's your college?

All of the above mean basically the same thing.

In some countries, the words 'college'; and 'university mean the same thing. In some countries, they don't.

Clive

Philip · Answer

User_garyI wonder what it means by "what college are you attending"?Does it mean "what college are you studying"? I always used to say this. I never heard about "attending" before.

Your confusion may be because you are accustomed to hearing the word faculty (or something similar, depending on the language). 'Faculty' in AmEng refers to the instructors. This word might well be the one used with 'studying' in situations your are familiar with.

Vorpar · Answer

The verb "to attend" is often used with going to school, especially primary education.

"Where do you study?" is a more common question for someone in college.

For someone in high school, a more common question would be "where do you go to school?"

As a side note, I believe the question word "which" is more appropriate for the question: "Which school do you attend?"

What college are you attending?

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