Hey guys, I'm writing my college essays. Should I be capitalizing 'sophomore' when I use it in my essay? Thanks in advance!
In general, academic year descriptions like 'sophomore', 'senior', 'junior', and 'freshman' are not typically capitalized unless they're used at the beginning of a sentence. The reason they're not capitalized is because they are considered common nouns, rather than proper nouns. However, if 'sophomore' is part of a proper noun, like a club name (for instance, "Sophomore Class President"), then it would need to be capitalized. So in most scenarios, unless 'sophomore' is at the start of a sentence or part of a title, you would write it as 'sophomore' rather than 'Sophomore'.
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