<p>So as some of you know, I took this semester off, and will return in the summer, but even after the summer, which lets you take 7 credits per summer semester, and I'm only taking one, I'll still be 7 credits short of junior status. Therefore, I will be housed in sophomore housing. I don't know too many kids in my class because I was a transfer, and worry making friends will be harder with juniors, who are well established at school, and if I say I'm a junior and I lack friends, or don't have that many, I could be seen as a loser. Thing is the people I met in the fall, I said I was a soph, which I was, even tho I can explain I took a semester off. But which year should I say I am in the fall, sophomore or junior? I know girls like older guys, and I am older, a year or more so in age than most sophs. But I won't have "junior" status. I also think it may be easier to make friends with the younger kids, who are less socially entrenched. Which year should I say I am?</p>
<p>“junshmore” like my friend says. </p>
<p>I am a year older than most sophs as well…hell, even 2 years older than most sophs now that I think about it. You’re probably right about it being easier to make friends with younger kids as most of my friends are younger than me. So you should prob. just say sophomore to fit in with your friends…and ***** being older at least you can get into bars and stuff and they can’t.</p>
<p>No one really cares about age or grade level in college. You’ll make friends with kids in your dorm regardless of their age or academic level. It’s not like high school. Students transfer in and out of colleges all the time—some during the Spring semester, some during the Fall semester. </p>
<p>Stop worrying about this stuff. You’ll meet kids in classes, in your dorm, in clubs, in the cafeteria, in bars, at parties, on intramural teams, in the gym, and in the library. No one cares about your age or or graduation date. You’ll meet 21 year old freshmen and 18 year old sophomores. You’ll meet 23 year old juniors and 21 year old seniors. Age doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>^ but is it going to be hard to make friends with juniors, who are already socially established and more entrenched in their cliques, thus making them less likely to want to meet new people? Isn’t it better to “be a sophomore” because people are still searching for their friends? And when I talk about this, I don’t mean superficial friends who say “hi” in the hall, but people to hang out with</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter. Lots of kids transfer in as Juniors after spending 2 years at Community College. Others transfer in as sophomores because they didn’t like their first college. Other’s transfer in as 2nd semester freshmen or 2nd semester sophomores because there wasn’t room for them in the beginning of the year.</p>
<p>Again, this isn’t high school. I don’t see why you need to find a label for yourself. Just say that you’re a transfer (if anyone ever asks). You will not be the only transfer student around. Go to the transfer orientation if you’re so worried about this and meet kids there before you even start the school year.</p>
<p>nysmile, I transferred last year, Fall 2008. People have possibly seen me around, so Id be lying if I said I just transferred. I completed fall 2008, and took Spring 2009 off, but am returning for the fall, and even the summer. I told people I was a soph last year, but because I took this semester off, I’ll still be a soph, technically.</p>
<p>so which year should I say?</p>
<p>Always base it on the year you plan to graduate.</p>
<p>Sophomore, or whatever grade level you feel is equal to your maturity level. You don’t want to say you’re a junior then not act like it.</p>