Talk:Super senior

This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Higher education This article is within the scope of WikiProject Higher education, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of higher education, universities, and colleges on Wikipedia. Please visit the project page to join the discussion, and see the project's article guideline for useful advice.Higher educationWikipedia:WikiProject Higher educationTemplate:WikiProject Higher educationHigher education Education Low‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Education, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of education and education-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.EducationWikipedia:WikiProject EducationTemplate:WikiProject Educationeducation Low This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

There's a related term in collateralized debt obligations in part responsible for the downfall of AIG, who mispriced them - see http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/aig-execs-say-super-senior/story.aspx?guid={6A12F8EA-7D5B-4978-A8BA-33944DE992F8}

If there's going to be a page on super senior collateralized debt obligations it'll need to disambiguate here.

Edward Vielmetti (talk) 02:02, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

I'm tempted to add poor counselor/adviser advice under the poor choice of classes section, but I have no citation save seeing my friends get screwed over back in the day. That said, this article doesn't have many citations at all. I also have a moral dilemma about putting up that bit, because most advisers do know what they're doing and I don't want to scare current students into poor choices. 49giantsharks (talk) 18:51, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

I have added Subsections on 5 Year Programs and Community College Transfers under Causes since it dosen't seem that anyone has addressed them yet.

Also if someone takes a Year off from school but is only in their 4th Year of actual schooling then they are generally not considered "Super Seniors"- even if they may be 5 or more years out of High School (that is sometimes true with Co-Ops as well)- I'm thinking maybe that should be addressed. Usually "Super Senior" status doesn't kick in until some is in their 9th Semester (if it is a 2 semester per year college otherwise adjust accordingly) of taking classes or later—Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.98.40.217 (talk) 23:13, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

In schools where 5 years is the norm, due to either a five-year program or a co-op program, the term super-senior is not used, at least not until the 6th year. Instead such schools will have an additional named year. For example, at Northeastern University, the normal term is 5 years, and the third year is called "Middler" year. After that, fourth year is junior year and fifth year is regular senior year. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.82.135.13 (talk) 20:37, 17 July 2018 (UTC)