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Originally Posted by freshnesschronic (Post 313990)

I'm going to apply to switch into the Sports Management Major in the Department of Recreation Sports and Tourism in the School of Applied Life Sciences. That is always a mouthful to explain. I'm undecided right now.

No, it's hard to know everyone in a 38K student population!!!!!

Ah.

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Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 314226)

Umm.....satisfy my curiosity: What is a TA ? and what is a 'sophomore'?

TA = Teaching Assistant

Sophomore = Second Year Student
In America, High Schools and Colleges refer to the students as -
9th grade / 1st year College - Freshmen
10th grade / 2nd year College - Sophomore
11th grade / 3rd year College - Junior
12th grade / 4th year College - Senior

Funny, I thought sophomore and the like were terms used in the English language worldwide. No?

You might be thinking "sophomoric": immature, etc.

We use 'Fresher' for first year of uni. 'First year' for first year of secondary (high) school and first year of college.

Sophomore isn't used as far as I know. Of course it's possible it's used in some of the southern red-bricks but I haven't come across it m'self.

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Originally Posted by freshnesschronic (Post 314299)

Funny, I thought sophomore and the like were terms used in the English language worldwide. No?

No.

(school is not the same throughout the English speaking world, either -In the UK, for example, one starts High School at 11 and stays there for 5-7 years -and wears a uniform ;) .)