Apr 7, 2013ย ยท Freshmen - 1st year college/university student Sophomore - 2nd year Junior - 3rd year Senior - 4th year However, since the British universities usually have three years in total, are there. Jan 11, 2018ย ยท Here is something I was able to discover on the internet the prime time I confronted the same predicament as you. 1st = primary 2nd = secondary 3rd = tertiary 4th = quaternary 5th =. In English, Wikipedia says these started out as superscripts: 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd, 4 th, but during the 20 th century they migrated to the baseline: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. So the practice started during the Roman.

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The 4th is next to last or last but one (penultimate). The 3rd is second from (or to) last or last but two (antepenultimate). The 2nd, is third from (or to) last or last but three. According to Google Ngram.

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