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I'm looking for a proper term for students that join a class mid-course. The suggested term I found was "mid-course student," but that doesn't seem to be an actual term.
"Transfer student" would be the perfect choice, but I'm looking for a term that doesn't include transferring, just late joining.
Newcomer is another term that seems to fit, but it doesn't necessarily refer to students.
Any ideas?
It's not specific to the context, but have you considered "late entrants" or "late enrollees"?
You can replace the "late" with "mid-course" if it suits you better.
