<p>Why do people say they're in the class of 20whatever even though a lot of people don't graduate in four years? If you expect to graduate in five years, should you say you're in the class of 20(whatever+1) even though most people in that class are younger than you?</p>
<p>I’ve never heard people say they were in the class of 20whatever, unless they were high school students or they had already graduated from college (and therefore, were actually a part of the class of whatever).</p>
<p>Perhaps, they say it as a way of expressing when they plan on graduating. I’ve never heard it personally, but it doesn’t seem like an unreasonable thing to do.</p>
<p>In my experience, it’s a much more common thing to say that you’re a first year, second year, etc, as a way of expressing how far along you are in college. I don’t really know when saying what class you’re in becomes particularly relevant, unless you’ve already graduated, and even then, I rarely ever hear anyone talking about it.</p>
<p>I don’t know anyone who says that unless they graduated…cuz you were in that class.</p>
<p>I put '14 cuz I know unless I fail miserably that I will graduate.</p>
<p>Another who doesn’t really hear that.
On resumes and such, I put the year that I anticipate graduating. It can always be changed. If you’re not sure when you’ll graduate, then adjust accordingly.</p>
<p>I don’t know why people say this, but I do know peope say it. I say it…well not like in the Class of 2017, but I’m in groups related to people of the class of 2017. </p>
<p>I can understand saying you’re in the Class of 2017, though. You’re expected to graduate in four years, at my university anyways.</p>
<p>I consider myself part of the Class of 2017, even though I’m getting my masters and it’ll be 2018.</p>
<p>Generally, your class is with those who entered the same year as you…not necessarily those who you graduate with…</p>
<p>At my highly-selective school with a 95% 4-year graduation rate, everything is done by ‘class year.’</p>
<p>At my old school, which had a 31% six-year grad rate, and many students were part-time/non-traditional, we never had any conception of class year.</p>
<p>My about section on Facebook says “Class of 2016” because that’s when I’m SUPPOSED to graduate, but that’s about the extent that I use my graduating class. If I end up taking an extra year to graduate, then I’ll go ahead and change it. </p>
<p>I refer to myself as a sophomore or a 2nd year, and I’ve found that there isn’t as much of a rally with one’s graduating year as there was in high school. Back during my senior year, everyone ran around screaming “Class of 2012 baby!”, but no one does that here. Lol</p>