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Classification of Students

For purposes of enrollments and determining eligibility for certain student activities, a division of students by class is made by the Office of the Registrar at the end of each semester on the basis of the number of credits earned and according to the following schedule:

• less than 28 (freshman)
• 28 to 55 (sophomore)
• 55 to 87 (junior)
• 88 and above (senior)

Students who have matriculated at Michigan State University and have achieved junior standing (56 semester credits) may earn credits from two-year institutions, up to the 56-semester credit limit.

Email Communications

The College of Engineering will utilize the Confidential Message Center to send important messages regarding such topics as college admission, academic warning letter, etc. If you receive a message from the Confidential Message Center it will have a subject line that reads, "Office of the Registrar Confidential Message" and you will be directed to a sign-in page.  Sign in with your MSUNetID and password to retrieve your message.  You may also retrieve your messages from the Office of the Registrar's website.

You are given the option to delete messages from view, but you're not deleting messages from teh system.  You can retrieve past messages by clicking on the "View All Messages" button.

MSU Student Email Communcications NOtice can be found on the Libraries, Coputer & Techonology guidelines and policies website.

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