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So are more college freshmen and sophomores, in the hopes of improving their own hiring chances later on, campus career counselors say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Benett Pace hit a home run and sophomores Jason Taylor and Zane Scott each delivered two-run singles.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Brown President Christina Paxson said she believed the shooting happened inside a final-exam review session for a principles of economics class where most of the students in the class were freshmen or sophomores.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

Most people would have returned to teaching calculus to hungover sophomores, but Simons doubled down.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025

The sophomores seemed to get smoother with every pull of the oar, and they had been closing fast at the end of that third mile.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown