senior class

Soon-to-be graduates

The senior class is the group of students in their final year at a high school or college.

Members are seniors, distinguished from the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes below them.

The senior class often has special privileges and traditions: The senior class voted on their prom theme.

Senior class events mark the transition to graduation.

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academic year progression

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Incoming student cohort

freshmen · ninth graders · frosh · junior class · underclassmen

institutional seniority/status

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Incoming student cohort

newcomers · new students · underclassmen · beginners · rookies

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