Here, the expression is a shorter version of matriculation college. In a number of Canadian cities, many government-run secondary schools are called collegiates or collegiate institutes (C.I.), a complicated form of the word college which avoids the usual post-secondary connotation.
English Collins Dictionary-English synonyms & Thesaurus &nbsp. rip (rips plural & 3rd person present) (ripping present participle) (ripped past tense & past participle) 1 verb When something rips or when you rip it, you tear it forcefully with your hands or with a tool such as a knife. (=tear). I felt the banner rip as we were pushed in opposite directions... V.
Flemish rippen strip off roughly, Frisian rippe to tear, rip) or else from a Scandinavian source (cf. Swedish reppa, Danish rippe to tear, rip). In either case, from Proto-Germanic *rupjan-, from PIE root *reup-, *reub- to snatch.. Meaning to slash open is from 1570s. Related: Ripped; ripping.