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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"freshman, sophomore, junior & senior" was not in collective use at the time Jefferson started UVA.[/quote]

Well it wasn't when most other colleges started either, but they all still use the terms now. [/quote]

[quote]Rather than referring to a student’s year of study, in U.S. high schools and colleges, first year students are freshmen, second years are sophomores, third year students are juniors, and the most experienced are seniors.

Yet although this practice seems uniquely American, its origins date back several centuries to Cambridge where in 1688....
That said, the origins of these individual terms go back even farther.

Freshman
 A child of Modern English, “freshman” dates back to the mid-16th century where it has invariably meant either “newcomer” or “novice.” Its use to denote a “university student in first year,” also dates to the 1590s.[/quote]
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/04/origin-freshmen-sophomore-junior-senior/

[b]Yes nothing really happen before UVA’s founding ....[/quote][/b]

Jefferson conceived of the University in 1802, long before the use of fresh, sophomore, junior, senior crossed the pond from Oxbridge.  If anything, it would be pretentious for UVA to use an Oxbridge connotation in Jefferson's mind.  First/Second/Third/Fourth year indicates the first four years of one's education which should go on throughout life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Virginia[/quote]

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