[quote=@Grey]
You are the sole 2nd Year. Don't think you need to choose a seat number that's an arbitrary legacy thing left by the CS.

That said you don't have to be a student if you don't want to. There's plenty that I could probably set up for you if you wanna go that route. 
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Yeppers.

The only other 2nd year is an NPC.