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Sophomores are often a delightful mix of knowing the ropes and overconfidence.
This can lead to the well-known phenomenon of the sophomore slump. The sophomore slump is a malady suffered by students who basked in the soft glow of the dean's list during their first year not because of quality of mind, but rather because of a regimen of good work habits prompted by terror. Mistaking the results of hard work for genetic genius, these students quit working in their second year, depending instead on luck. The resulting slump is regrettable, but predictable. July 2000 .