United States Student

1 united states

1.1 first year
1.2 second year
1.3 post-second year
1.4 graduate students
1.5 vocational school

united states

in united states, first official year of schooling called kindergarten, why students called kindergarteners. kindergarten optional in states, few students skip level. pre-kindergarten, known preschool (and shortened pre-k ) becoming standard of education academic expectations youngest students continue rise. many public schools offer pre-kindergarten programs.

in united states there 12 years of mandatory schooling. first 8 solely referred numbers (e.g. 1st grade, 5th grade) students may referred 1st graders, 5th graders, once in middle school before high school ratio referred 6th, 7th, 8th graders. upon entering high school, grades 9 through 12 (high school) have alternate names students, namely freshman, sophomore, junior , senior. actual divisions of grade levels belong division (whether elementary, middle, junior high or high school) matter decided state or local jurisdictions.

accordingly, college students called freshmen, sophomores, juniors , seniors (respectively), unless undergraduate program calls more traditional 4 years.

first year

the first year of college or high school referred freshman year. freshman (slang alternatives derogatory in nature include fish , new-g , fresher , frosh , newbie , freshie , snotter , fresh-meat , skippie , etc.) first-year student in college, university or high school.

second year

in u.s., sophomore, called soph, second-year student. outside united states, term sophomore used, second-year students called second years . folk etymology indicates word means wise fool ; consequently sophomoric means pretentious, bombastic, inflated in style or manner; immature, crude, superficial (according oxford english dictionary). assumed formed greek sophos , meaning wise , , moros meaning foolish , although etymology suggests origin now-defunct sophumer , obsolete variant of sophism .

post-second year

students massachusetts institute of technology

in u.s., junior student in penultimate (usually third) year , senior student in last (usually fourth) year of college, university, or high school. student takes more normal number of years graduate referred super senior . term used in college, can used in high school well. term underclassman used refer collectively freshmen , sophomores, , upperclassman refer collectively juniors , seniors, sophomores. term middler used describe third-year student of school (generally college) offers 5 years of study. in situation, fourth , fifth years referred junior , senior years, respectively, , first 2 years freshman , sophomore years.

graduate students

a graduate student student continues his/her education after graduation. examples of graduate programs are: business school, law school, medical school, , veterinary school. degrees earned in graduate programs include master’s degree, research doctoral degree, or first professional degree.

vocational school

students attending vocational school focus on jobs , learning how work in specific fields of work. vocational program typically takes less time complete four-year degree program, lasting 12–24 months. liberal arts required in four-year universities less important these students because skills necessary careers take precedence in order timely completion of program.