first-year student

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Geiser argued that the high school GPA outperforms the SAT in predicting first-year student success once income and race are controlled.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Although this kind of research is typically handled by experienced scientists, geobiologists Sterling Nesbitt and Michelle Stocker brought Srivastava onto the project as a first-year student.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

At the picturesque University of Memphis, in a wealthy enclave, first-year student Claire Norwood, 18, feels reassured the troops are in town.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Kahaari Kenyatta, a first-year student also at The New York University School of Law, said the experience has reminded him why he got into law.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

He was a first-year student at Dillard University, hoping to become a sociologist, to “do something for our people.”

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin