freshman

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Reduced personnel expenses allow the school to operate with as few as 1,200 students, he said, and enrollment in this year’s freshman class ticked up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

He ran the 400 in 52.48 seconds as a freshman, focused more on having fun.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Castellano and his co-founder, Nebiyu Demie, who met working campus jobs as freshman computer science students, moved out of the dorms and straight into an apartment complex owned by their investors, Cambridge-based Link Ventures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

JSerra 2, Servite 1: An RBI double by Ayden Coleman and RBI single from freshman Joey Koenig lifted the Lions to the Trinity League win.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Black students made up less than 9 percent of my freshman class.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama