Can someone explaine to me what a sophmore is and how the grades in US schools work?

Question

Im from South Africa and want to know how US school systems are set out. At what age do US kids go to school,high school, graduate? Difference between university and colledge? Any info will help.

Answer 1

Greetings Jane, from Green Bay, Wisconsin.
If you will be moving to the States, you can find more on the web by searching for school information for the city you are interested in. I have a couple local examples below.

For a public school system, elementary school often begins with Kindergarten, and runs through grade 5. A child generally starts school if they are 5 years old at the beginning of the school year. This can vary from one school district to the next.

Middle school (aka junior high school) includes grades 6, 7 & 8.

High school finishes off with grades 9 (freshman), 10 (sophomore), 11 (junior) and 12 (senior). With 13 years of education under their belt, and hopefully some of it in their brains, the student is ready to graduate around the age of 18.

In the US the terms college and university are used somewhat interchangeably. The name a school chose to give itself may have something to do with how it was founded, and its original educational mission.

Answer 2

Hii :) ,

Okay a sophmore is a 10th graaader
US school systems just go by grades & stuff Elementery grades like 1-5 sometimes 6 matters what part of US .Middle School 6-8 the US High School 9-12 then College for 4 years matters what degree you want.University & College kindaa the same in a way there not thoough.

Answer 3

Kids typically start school at the Age of 5 This is Kindergarten and is part of Grammer school.

Grammer School - Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th grade.

Middle School - 6th 7th, 8th grade. Note, in some schools the 6th grade is part of grammer school.

High School - 9th/Freshman, 10th/Sophmore, 11th/Junior, 12th/Senior.

College/University - 13th/Freshman, 14th/Sophmore, 15th/Junior, 16th/Senior.

Graduate School - 17th/1st Year Graduate, 18th/2nd Year Graduate

A college generally is 13th - 16th grade. A University typically has a Masters Program (17th-18th Grade)

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

i became going to enable you comprehend "dont subject approximately it".... i sailed with the aid of excessive college subject unfastened, have been given a B conventional did very nicely on the ACT, ok on the SAT and have been given into the college that i wanted. besides the shown fact that now that i actually am a sophmore and had a poor freshman 3 hundred and sixty 5 days, Im freaking out and stressing approximately my possibilities in entering into medical college. actually in the process the final week ive been obsessing approximately determining each element i might desire to do to make helpful i'm getting in, and ive come to the tip that i'll get it provided that i thoroughly artwork my *** off. in any case approximately your subject, entering right into a ordinary college isnt as aggressive as entering into med college, yet you nevertheless might desire to accomplish a little making plans. make certain your suited college alternatives, examine the avg grades, try score, and what sort of extracurriculars people who get in usually have. once you have got here across all that out, you will possibly be able to desire to set targets on all those factors and artwork complicated in the direction of them. in case you dont make the grades you have chose for the time of one semester artwork greater beneficial complicated the subsequent one so which you additionally could make up for it. comprehend that youre not even midway with the aid of excessive college and additionally you will possibly be able to noticeably lots make up for something so far.

Answer 5

Wrong section, Jane. Try the education section. The Yanks will tell you.