freshman year

First university chapter

Freshman year is the first year of a four-year educational program, typically high school or college in the United States.

It marks the transition into a new institution, often associated with adjustment, inexperience, and finding one's footing: I gained fifteen pounds freshman year, We met freshman year and have been friends ever since.

Opposites
academic progression

freshman yearsenior year

Last year before graduation

fourth year · last year · junior year · third year · sophomore year

institutional standing

freshman yearsenior year

Last year before graduation

veteran status · graduation · postgraduate · tenure · career peak

Family

year, freshman

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