I'm a first year student vs I'm my first year as student

The correct phrase is "I'm a first-year student." The incorrect phrase "I'm my first year as a student" is not commonly used in English.

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I'm a first year student

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that the speaker is in their first year of being a student.

Examples:

I'm a first-year student at the university.
She's a first-year student studying biology.
Are you a first-year student too?
He's excited to be a first-year student.
Being a first-year student can be challenging.

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My brother is a first-year student.
So, it's after 6 years that we have a first year student as our Miss Shioichi.
First-year students will have the opportunity to sing publicly twice.
I was a first year student last year.
In the history of this school we have never performed the work of a first-year student and certainly no one of your age.
Practically. I mean, when I was a first-year student in law school, my mom's business had collapsed, so I was supporting her.
Then why teach a first-year student a procedure your interns should be doing?
And all the bad first year students will be sitting on my lap.
Not many first-year students could take on a troll... ...and live to tell the tale.
No, one of the first-year students, dobbing up here as a waitress tonight for a bit of pin money.
And I'm not here to be poked and prodded like a first-year med student.
Don't treat me like a first-year law student.
Vicky, would you mind showing these first-year students something of what we do.
I've been ignored mostly and barely been allowed to perform any task beyond the skills of a first year medical student.
A first-year law student would have that I.D. tossed at trial.
Because even a first-year phrenology student could see that this man... is a cold-blooded murderer.
Mr. Wilson's a first-year med student and Dr. Yang is showing him the ropes.
What are you, like, a first-year psychology student or something?
When I was a first-year law student, I used to say that the only thing worth dying for Is the truth.
The madcap vehicle, the cockamamie hair, the clothes designed by a first-year fashion student...

I'm my first year as student

This phrase is not correct in English and is not commonly used.

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First-year students will have the opportunity to sing publicly twice.
My brother is a first-year student.
Any one of my first year law students would know better than to sign this, but I guess they don't teach you about contracts in acting school.
And I'm not here to be poked and prodded like a first-year med student.
So, it's after 6 years that we have a first year student as our Miss Shioichi.
And all the bad first year students will be sitting on my lap.
Not many first-year students could take on a troll... ...and live to tell the tale.
No, one of the first-year students, dobbing up here as a waitress tonight for a bit of pin money.
To me, it is totally incomprehensible, as it is to my first year economics students.
I was a first year student last year.
In the history of this school we have never performed the work of a first-year student and certainly no one of your age.
Practically. I mean, when I was a first-year student in law school, my mom's business had collapsed, so I was supporting her.
Then why teach a first-year student a procedure your interns should be doing?
That's exactly why I like seeing first-year med students Here once a year.
Any first-year medical student will tell you that.
Any first-year medical student will tell you that.
To the first year medical students.
Don't treat me like a first-year law student.
Appears to be basic Newtonian mechanics... the stuff of first-year engineering students.
Any first-year med student knows that an increased heart raten is a sign of trouble.

Alternatives:

I'm in my first year as a student.
I'm starting my first year as a student.
This is my first year as a student.
I'm a student in my first year.
I'm a first-year student.

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I'm a first year student vs I'm my first year as student