First Year Student versus Freshman

[LAblondeGPhi]

(this was true when I attended a couple of years ago) At UCLA, undergrad students generally use the terms "First year" , "second year", etc. to eliminate the annoying caveat "...with sophomore/junior/senior standing" whenever you're asked what year in school you are.

As a first year/freshman, everyone starts out by saying "I'm a freshman with sophomore standing", because everyone is so darn proud of those AP units.

I have no idea if the school officially uses those terms.

[aephi alum]

An undergrad is a freshman, a sophomore, a junior, a senior, or a super-senior. Being a super-senior is not uncommon, and not a stigma - it usually means you're double majoring, you're pursuing a combined bachelor's/master's in a five-year program, or you switched majors after your sophomore year and had to take the core classes for your new major after spending your soph year taking core classes for your original major.

A graduate student is a <insert ordinal number>-year grad student.