What is a sophmore & freshman ??

Im not from the US and was wondering what is a sophmore and a freshman? and
im guessing senior is above those two? what are the levels of high school ?
see where im from we just call it High School thats all...

Ok, the levels of highschool are.
9th grade = Freshman
10th grade = Sophmore
11th grade = Junior
12th grade = Senior.

After 12th grade begins college. Hope that helps :D

Yeah alot, cause where im from its just high school and thats years 8,9,10,11,12 although year 11 12 is the senior years !! Thanks later

It might help to know that after high school, if you go to a 4-year college, the terms freshman, sophmore, junior, and senior are used again. They basically mean your first, second, third, and fourth year at a four-year school.

Freshman are the newest students, in their first year.
Sophomores are second-year students. (Sopho-more literally means wise fools, like sophisticated moron; these are the ones who think they know their way around but aren't very big yet.)
Juniors and seniors are the older students who are supposed to be more serious. Juniors have one year left before graduation, and
Seniors are the oldest students, in their final year.

These are mostly just names, an excuse to dramatize your place in the school. It's much more satisfying to tease a freshman than a ninth grader. A senior sounds more impressive than a twelfth grader or eighteen-year-old, even though these are words for the same person.

If you are experiencing the US as an international student, you might want to know about some other high-school phenomena:
Often, US high schools have a junior and senior prom, or fancy dance, near the end of the school year. Only juniors or seniors are allowed to buy tickets (though others may be invited as dates). For many students, Prom is very important -- who you go with, what you wear, and whether you embarrass yourself in the process can be discussed for months.

Homecoming is another big social dance, nearer the beginning of the school year. Two students, usually seniors, will be elected as homecoming queen and homecoming king, and may wear special costumes, ceremonially start the dance, ride in parades, etc. Homecoming usually follows a big football game, which the home team is supposed to win, in the fall.
(While we're on the topic, a Sadie Hawkins dance is one where the girls are supposed to invite the guys.)

In the US, a lot of your social status depends on your own personal standing or popularity. The class you are in in high school, what sports you play, or what job you have, are more likely to impress people than who your family is, what religion you follow, or where you are from.
To escape this social trap, many young people (and adults) deliberately find friends who share a common interest outside of work or school, such as animals, art, theater, music, hiking, politics, church, or family.

um well see the first level is 9th grade so its called Freshman...then the 2nd level is 10th grade and its called sophomore and the third level is juniors which is 11th grade then the last level is 12th grade which is seniors the last grade in high school

9th grade -Freshman
10th grade - Sophmore
11th grade - Junior
12th grade - Senior.

I am a Freshman (all the people pick on the freshman :{ )

freshman are the students entering high school for there first year(9th grade) sophmores are the second years (10th grade) Juniors are the third years (11th grade) and seniors are the last years (12th grade) then it starts all over in college...

What about grade 8 is that included in highschool?
I'm not from the US either.

8th grade is included in middle school, not high school.

Freshman is 9th grade, Sophomore is 10th, Junior is 11th and 12th grade is Senior.
hope that answers your question.

Freshman is the first year in high school, then comes the sophomore year and then your junior and then lastly your senior year it was kinda confusing to me when I first got here because I am from mexico but you get use to it

A FRESHMAN IS A 9TH GRADER AND A SOPHMORE IS A 10TH A JUNIOR IS 11TH AND SENIOR IS 12TH AND THEN you WILLK GRADUATE

freshman- 9th grade
sophmore- 10th grade
junior- 11th grade
senior- 12th grade

There are indeed US schools that include 8th grade at the high school levels. In at least once such school, the 8th-graders are referred to Sub-Freshmen or Subbies.

As stated elsewhere, 9th-12th grade and 1st-4th year in college are referred to as Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior.

In college, students in their 5th year or above will often be referred to as Super-Seniors

Yes another thing you need to know is that Seniors and Juniors are upper classmen. You don't mess with them unless you want the next two years to be a pain. Also the lower classmen (sophmores and freshman) usually stay huddled in groups to prevent trash canning. This is a process were the upper classman takes a lower classman and places them into a trashcan head first. Swirlies are considered juvenile and should not be used.

if you guys are going to answer the question at least inform him it's SOPHOMORE not SOPHMORE.

LMFAO!!!
sexualettiquite: if you guys are going to answer the question at least inform him it's SOPHOMORE not SOPHMORE.
I THINK I NEARLY DIED LAUGHING. =D

I only have 5 years of high school.
We start high school from 7th grade.
:S
I'm In my 4th year.
There's:
1st form
2nd form
3rd form
4th form
and 5th form.

I'm in 4th form. WOOT me.
So, I don't think the Freshmen, Sophmore, Junior, and Senior applies...(?)

Im fron Wales and we start comprehensive (High School) in year 7 ( Grade 7) and we dont have middel school . Im in grade nine and I've been in High school for 3 years now so the countried are really different . x

for high school it goes freshman = 9th, sophomore = 10th, junior = 11th, and senior = 12th.

im not from usa either,, but here in england we only go to school till 16 so it weird that you go until 18 .. also I just worked out that what you call like 8th grade is actually year nine(so same as 10th grade to you) to us and what you call 9th grade is actually year ten to us ,, I looked it up as I was confused that people in grade 9 to you were 14/15 while people on year 9 for us are 13/14 :D

Well its Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior