inFile with an if/else

[neuroticterror]

I am new to C++ (currently taking it in school) and I have actually been doing well up until this point. But now I am conused and I am hoping someone can help.
We have to write a program that reads data from an input file. The students name, students year (Senior, Junior, Sophomore, Freshman), and five grades for the student.
That part I get. Then we have to take and find the students average based off of the 5 grades. I get that too.
This is where I am stuck. What the computer shows out in the report is based on the students year and average. If student is a senior with an average >= 65 they meet graduation requirements. If student is a senior with an average <= 65 they do not. Same pretty much for the underclassmen except for that they have a commendable achievement or are on academic probation.
I can get the if / else statement to work with the average, but it doesn't seem to read in the student year and I can't figure out why.
Can anyone give me a hand with this?

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <iomanip>
#include <fstream>   

using namespace std;

const int TOTAL_STUDENT_GRADES = 5;

int main()
{
	
	string studentName; string studentYear; string Senior;
	float studentGrade1; float studentGrade2; float studentGrade3;  float studentGrade4; float studentGrade5;
	float studentAverage;


	ifstream infile;  //  Input File Stream object (variable)
	infile.open("student_data.txt");  //  Attach the stream to the file

	// Validate that the file opened successfully

	int i;
	for (i = 1; i <= 3; i++)
	{
		getline(infile, studentName);
		infile >> studentYear;
		infile >> studentGrade1 >> studentGrade2 >> studentGrade3 >> studentGrade4 >> studentGrade5;

		studentAverage = (studentGrade1 + studentGrade2 + studentGrade3 + studentGrade4 + studentGrade5)/TOTAL_STUDENT_GRADES;
	
		cout << "Student Name: " << studentName << endl;
		cout << "Student Year: " << studentYear << endl;
		cout << "Student Grades: " << studentGrade1 << " " << studentGrade2 << " " << studentGrade3 << " " << studentGrade4 << " " << studentGrade4 << endl;
		cout << "Student Average: " << studentAverage << endl;

		infile.ignore(1, '\n');  

		if (studentYear == Senior && studentAverage >= 65)
		{
			cout << "Student DOES meet graduation requirements" << endl;
		}
		else if (studentYear == Senior && studentAverage <= 65)
		{
			cout << "Student DOES NOT meet graduation requirements" << endl;
		}
		else if (studentYear != Senior && studentAverage >= 65)
		{
			cout << "Commendable Achievement!" << endl;
		}
		else
			cout << "Student is on academic probation." << endl;
	}

	infile.close();  //  Close the input stream

	return 0;
}

**I thought inFile pretty much worked as cin, so why isn't it seeing what studentYear is when it reads in and working on my if statements??

VERY VERY CONFUSED!!!

[hanst99]

What is your input file?

[neuroticterror]

my input file is named "student_data.txt"

The example we are using has the following data:
Theresa A. Smith
Freshman
97 95 93 88 91
Robert J. Jones III
Senior
99 96 95 100 97
Joan K. Banks
Senior
67 69 75 55 50

[zwA4jE8b]

getline(infile, studentName);
infile >> ws;

getline does not automatically skip whitespace like the regular extractor

so what is probably happening is that studentName is beginning with a newline char.

[zwA4jE8b]

getline(infile, studentName);
infile >> ws >>  studentYear;
infile >> studentGrade1 >> studentGrade2 >> studentGrade3 >> studentGrade4 >> studentGrade5;