sophomore

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As a director, Wilde lands this jump with gleeful ease, making it clear what she meant when she recently described the dreadful reaction to her sophomore film, “Don’t Worry Darling,” as “liberating.”

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2026

Gauri Kshettry, a rising sophomore at Princeton who founded Strata, an AI tool to streamline industrial reports, still sees education as a necessity for intellectual growth and as a safety net.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 5, 2026

Nadeen Noel was a high-school sophomore when she discovered she was among a group of about 50 students targeted by a group of boys in Iowa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

This sophomore effort from New Orleans duo Twisted Teens is as much a punk album as it is an Americana folk album, as loud as it is thoughtful, as crunchy as it is tender.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

Elizabeth Cuthrell recalls being fourteen years old, a high school sophomore, and in the grip of turmoil and unhappiness in her home life when she first encountered Volpe.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove