Order column by a separate `List` variable

Question

I need to sort the results of an entity framework query by the index of elements in another list.

I tried the suggestion found elsewhere, like

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Answer 1

this should do the trick:

private IEnumerable PopulateQuery(string selectedCampus)
{
    var list = new List {"Fall","Mid","Spring"};
    return _db.MiaLog1A.Where(m => m.Campus == selectedCampus)
        .AsEnumerable()
        .OrderBy(m => m.StudentName)
        .ThenBy(m=> list.IndexOf(m.Term));
}