Do you consider your class standing by years completed, units completed, or date of graduation?

[Syringer]

I'm having a hard time deciding whether I'm really a junior or sophomore..

In terms of high school graduation, which was 2002, I'm going to be a sophomore in the fall, and do indeed plan on graduating in 2006.

However, I do have enough units to be considered a junior, and in fact was accepted to UCLA for the fall term as a junior transfer..so in the eyes of the school I am in fact a junior.

So the question is, what exactly am I?

Not that it really matters, just bored 🙂

 

[minendo]

Credits.

 

[notfred]

When I have enough units completed that I fall into the "Junior" category printed in the course catalog, then I'm a junior. Doesn't mamter how many years it took, or when I plan on graduating.

What if I took one class per semester? If I went by years, I'd be a senior for about 15 years.

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: notfred
When I have enough units completed that I fall into the "Junior" category printed in the course catalog, then I'm a junior. Doesn't mamter how many years it took, or when I plan on graduating.

What if I took one class per semester? If I went by years, I'd be a senior for about 15 years.

Ditto. I've already got enough credits that I've been a senior for a year....but I changed majors not too long ago, so a lot of those credits are useless except as electives 😱

Nate

 

[Syringer]

But what about people that go into college with enough units to be a sophomore? Are they never a freshman?

 

[AreaCode707]

graduation date

 

[Syringer]

..

 

[Dingleberries]

*note to self, poison ivy makes terrible toilet paper.

 

[Marauder-]

Suck it up - you're 2nd year - so you're a sophomore.

I mean, it's really stupid to just preface every introduction w/ I'm a junior but this is my 2nd year here or I'm a sophomore but I have enough credits to be a junior.

 

[thraxes]

courses completed.

Given up looking at the lesson plan for such and such a semester. I need a few more courses to complete my basic degree and only then can I go on to specialize in the direction I want. The problem is that not all courses are offered during the same semester or in certain semesters they are done by profs that will make 70% of the class fail (in my mind a waste of time, rather concentrate on the other subjects, pass them and do that course next semester with a better prof)

 

[vi edit]

Credits.

X-XX Freshman
XX-XX Sophomore
XX-XXX Junior
XXX-XXX Senior

Actual numbers vary by School/program.

 

[dullard]

Legally you are a Junior. But that is because schools use a really stupid (in my opinion) scale to make the students fell like they are progressing fast and thus won't drop out.

For example at my university you need 27 credits to become a sophmore. Then you need 26 more credits to become a junior. Then you need 36 more credits to become a senior. Finally you need an average of 46 more credits to graduate with just a major (add more if you double major or have minors).

See how it is quite uneven? To me that is a stupid scale. Most students are freshmen for just one semester. Most students are sophmores for just one year. Then most students are juniors for 1.5 years and seniors for 2 years.

So in my opinion you are a sophmore. Legally you are a junior.

 

[HokieESM]

Officially, its credits. But that's rather silly in a lot of cases... i.e. I was a senior upon ENTRY to NC State because I brought in 96 credit hours. Of course, I graduated three years later. :-/ I think that, if anything matters, its graduation date.... or the classes you're in. When I was in ME, I started out in sophomore courses (i.e. statics) with regular sophomores. So I started as a "real" sophomore... and graduated accordingly.

In real life, does it matter? nope... not a lick. The ONLY thing that might matter is that some employers "frown" upon people taking excessively long to get their degree (barring, of course, co-ops and/or working a full-time job). Hell, graduate degrees are, by nature, variable in length--I've seen people finish their PhD in a year, and a friend of mine just finished after his SIXTH year (his advisor is my advisor... argh). So I wouldn't worry about it. 🙂

 

[shopbruin]

we go by years. "what year are you?" "i'm a third year" or fourth year, or fifth year, etc etc.

i hardly ever hear anyone go "i'm a senior" unless they're actually graduating that year.

you'll be a first year transfer.

 

[gwlam12]

same here. my class standing is different from my year as a student, so i just go by year.