When does a student become a sophmore at your school?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - GENERAL
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<p>When does a student become a sophmore, is it when they start their second calendar year? Or is when they have enough credits gathered? Can a student become a sophmore after the first quarter if they enter with AP credits? Could community college credits get you into your next year? I ask this to understand whether APs impact when you get your shot at scheduling your next semester’s classes.</p>

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<p>After 44 units (around) are accomplished - at UCSB. With AP and community college credit, a friend of mine has Junior standing and gets prioity scheduling time.</p>

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<p>It seems sensical to distinguish between first/second-years and freshmen/sophomores, the former referring to time and the latter referring to credits accrued.</p>

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<p>Yep, I'm considered a first year sophmore this quarter ;)..</p>

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<p>megathunder, did it affect your day for enrolling in classes yet, or are you still with the freshmen? My d passed the 45 at the end of the quarter and I am wondering when she will reap the advantage for class registration.</p>

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<p>Yea, unfortunately it'll only come into play next quarter though because they were late in crediting APs and did so just a few weeks ago.</p>

<p>Next quarter we'll get priority registration..</p>

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<p>the cutoffs at ucsd are 45 units/soph 90 units/jun and so on. i came in with 72 units, so by the end of winter06 quarter i'll technically be a first year junior. However, since I'm an engineering major, it's almost physically impossible to graduate in under 4 years given the prerequesites, etc...so I guess I'll be a senior for a few years.</p>

<p>Apparently enough people have enough units such that their grade and year don't correspond so people usually ask what year a person is as opposed to their class level.</p>

<p>:)</p>

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<p>Thats pretty impressive Karthik, a first year sophmore is pretty much commonplace nowadays :p..</p>

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<p>Haha yeah...the majority of people I know are first year sophomores, quite a few are really close to being juniors as well. I think those specific terms have lost a bit of meaning now...</p>