| 100% | GETIN | 5 | Be accepted to, as a college |
| 90% | GETIN | 5 | Be accepted, as to a college |
| 64% | GETIN | 5 | Be accepted to a program |
| 63% | GOTIN | 5 | Was accepted to a program: 2 wds. |
| 62% | ADMIT | 5 | Accept, as a college applicant |
| 61% | ENDOW | 5 | Give money to, as a college |
| 61% | ENDOW | 5 | Provide funds to, as a college |
| 61% | ENDOWED | 7 | Gave funds to, as a college |
| 60% | FALLSON | 7 | Is left to, as a responsibility |
| 59% | UNDERGO | 7 | Be subjected to, as a medical procedure |
| 59% | SHIRT | 5 | Hold aside, as a college athlete, to extend his eligibility |
| 58% | TAKESAFTER | 10 | Is similar to, as a child to a parent |
| 58% | INJEST | 6 | As a joke, not meant to be taken seriously |
| 57% | DORM | 4 | Where a college freshman is likely to live |
| 56% | AGE | 3 | 35, as a minimum to be U.S. president |
| 55% | BELIEVE | 7 | To accept something as being true |
| 55% | STET | 4 | "Leave as is," to a proofreader |
| 54% | ALSORAN | 7 | Managed as well to be a nonentity |
| 54% | FINAL | 5 | Locked-in, as a guess on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" |
| 53% | BEERBURIALPOLKA | 15 | Lively dance performed as a six-pack is being laid to rest? |
| 53% | GOAS | 4 | Pretend to be, as at a Halloween party |
| 53% | TAKENON | 7 | Chosen to accept, as a challenge |
| 52% | REALISM | 7 | The practice of accepting a situation as it is |
| 52% | DEATH | 5 | "Happy ___ Day," 2017 film starring Jessica Rothe as a college student who is stuck in a time loop |
| 52% | STET | 4 | "Leave as is," to a writer (anagram of "test") |
| 51% | WHISPER | 7 | Talk in a quiet voice, so as not to be overheard |
| 51% | CARROT | 6 | What is dangled metaphorically as a reward to gain a favor |
| 51% | ALLYOUCAN | 9 | A bottomless buffet can be referred to as __ eat |
| 50% | BROKEN | 6 | Suitable to be ridden, as a horse |
| 50% | DROVEIN | 7 | Caused to be scored, as a run |