Masters Academic Standing: What is Mine?

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In the discussion regarding academic standing for grant applications, participants clarified that "Senior" refers to the last year of undergraduate studies in the USA. Mark, who is in his first year of a Master's program, sought confirmation on whether to select "Masters" for his academic standing. The consensus is that he should indicate "Masters" since he is currently enrolled in that program, despite initial confusion about the terminology used in the application process.

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Hello,

I am filling out grants and proposals for the Fall term semester. The question I have is what is my Academic standing if it is my first year into the Masters program. The options given are:

Senior
Masters
Ph.D.

I am assuming Senior means undergraduate? So does that mean that my academic standing at the time of starting the program will be Masters? This is very important because any misinformation on a grant or proposal can lead to rejection.

Thanks in advance,

-Mark
 
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The best advice I can give is call them up. Since you're currently in the masters program, I would say masters, but if you want to make sure, is there a phone number you can call?

Edit:

I misread it, are you currently a senior in college? I'm pretty sure your academic standing is what you currently are, so you would check senior.
 
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Kaleb said:
I am assuming Senior means undergraduate?

In the USA, "senior" means last year of undergraduate.
 
Yeah, its really confusing. I guess I will call them up like you suggested. They need a 'Bachelors' button. It's like they went:

Senior
[STRIKE]Bachelors[/STRIKE]
Masters
Ph.D.

"Current level during this program?"
 

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