Upperclassmen are the
juniors and seniors in high school or a 4-year college. Freshmen are often intimidated by them, due to the
upperclassmen being older than them and knowing everything more than they do.
Sophomores are still in the
underclassmen ranks, but appear to be more respected than the freshmen. Usually when school is out for the summer, the sophomores are excited to become upperclassmen (aka: juniors) the following year. The juniors are excited to become seniors, and the freshmen are worrying about what will happen to them when they become sophomores.
Here's a story...
Sophomore 1: Hey, school is out! And in 3 more months, we will be
upperclassmen! Also known as
juniors!
Sophmore 2: Ikr! It's gonna be so cool! We can be twice as cool like the seniors!
3 months later...
Junior 1: Yes! We are officially juniors! Lets go scare some freshmen, shall we?
Junior 2: Hell yeah!
After the prank...
Freshman 1: Why do upperclassmen have to be so mean?
Freshman 2: Probably, because they think that they know everything more than we do