get into — be admitted (institution)
phrasal verbC1IELTS 7+neutralcommon
To be accepted as a member or student of a school, university, or other selective organization.
Say it like a native
Textbook He was granted admission to a highly selective medical school.
Native He got into a top medical school.
'Get into' is how people talk about being accepted somewhere selective; 'granted admission to' is an offer letter.
Pattern: get into + institution/organization
In use
- She worked hard all year to get into Oxford.education
- Many students feel under pressure to achieve high grades in order to get into prestigious universities.IELTS speaking
Common mistake
✗ She got into to Oxford.
✓ She got into Oxford.
'Get into' already includes 'into' — don't double it with 'to'.
Common collocations
get into + institution— into uni, into Harvard, into med school, into the programme
Don't confuse it
Unlike the B1 sense 'enter a place or state', this sense focuses on the achievement of being accepted by a selective institution, not just physically going inside or starting something.
Related
- get into (become interested in) — 'get into' also has the more basic meaning 'become interested in'; this is the advanced sense.