freshman class

Entering students together

The freshman class is the collective body of first-year students at a school, college, or university.

The term groups incoming students as a cohort: The freshman class this year is the most diverse in the school's history.

It often appears in contexts of orientation, statistics, or shared identity among new arrivals.

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enrollment · newcomers · first day · pledge · initiation · homecoming · rookies · greenhorns · newbies · registration · syllabus · declared major · dormitory · dorm life · roommate · making friends · backpack · midterms

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Final-year student body

graduating class · upperclassmen · seniors · juniors · junior class

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Former armed forces members

old guard · alumni · old hands · graduates

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