First Year Student versus Freshman

[PeppyGPhiB]

My school still uses Freshman, etc. because there aren't many "fifth year" students - as a private school almost everyone graduates in four years. For first year students who enter with college credit from AP and such, they are classified according to their credits standing, which would be either Freshman or Sophomore. Therefore, some first-year, recently graduated high school students enter as sophomores. But for purposes of policies that extend to all first year students - such as mandatory on-campus housing - they would still refer to them as first-year students.