Am I elligible for transfer? I have a very rare case! Please help me!

Transfer Students
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<p>Okay let me just breifly introduce myself. I am international student.
2011 Winter          Graduated high school
2011 Fall               Started my university in 2011 fall at SUNY
  transfered full ap credits 21(i think)
  fall 2011 all As 12 credits
  winter 2011 23 credits some below As
2012 05~2013 09 Because of personal reasons stopped my education (leave of absence)
2013 09~               Currently serving my duty which will end in 2015 Fall. </p>

<p>And here are my considerations.
1. Would I be able to transfer even after I go to school for one more year? That is if I study at my current school from Fall 2015~Fall2016 and then study in another university from Fall 2016. (my theory: the actual semesters that I have taken is less than or equal to 4, therefore still eligible for transfer) </p>

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<li><p>Would I be able to apply as freshman ? (my theory: since i would be out of school for 3 years for 2015 Fall, I might be eligible for Freshman) </p></li>
<li><p>If answer to both 1 and 2 is no, is there any other way I can be eligible to apply for higher schools like Ivys? </p></li>
<li><p>If you strongly disagree my idea in question 3, why?</p></li>
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<p>I tried to look for similar cases, but my situation is really rare. Just in case you might ask why I took so many credits in the first year, I did so to graduate early and save some tuition.</p>

<p>Thank you for anyone who read my story and I hope someone can help me out.</p>

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<p>1 - When you transfer, your class standing has nothing to do with the number of semesters you attended, it’s all about the number of units you have completed. Most schools who accept transfers, accept transfers at the junior level mostly. Many schools accept sophomore transfers, but when transferring as a sophomore, your HS grades and SAT scores become part of the admissions process. Typically if you transfer as a junior, then only college records matter. Most schools won’t take senior transfers. Those they do, will likely require you to take 2 years worth of classes at their school to be eligible got a diploma with them.</p>

<p>Typically speaking
(0-29 = freshman)
(30-59 = sophomore)
(60-89 = junior)
(90+ = senior)</p>

<p>2- You can’t apply as a freshman. Even of you took classes 20 years ago, you don’t get to start over.</p>

<p>3- transferring to an Ivy is like looking for Big Foot- I won’t say it’s impossible, but it doubtful that it will happen
To you. A very select few (less than 20 people per year) are granted transfer admission to an ivy school. There are certain Ivies that don’t allow admission to transfers at all. You must be at the top, academically speaking, AND have significant meaningful ECs, demonstrated leadership, etc., to even begin to be competitive, and even then the odds are ridiculously slim. </p>

<p>There are many other high quality schools, both private and public, that aren’t Ivies, so you may want to start looking at other schools to transfer. Find a handful of schools that you think are good for you, then review admission criteria for each school separately. Every school’s criteria is different - it’s not one seize fits all. Do your research.</p>

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<p>Thank you for your reply. This really helps. So you are saying the standing matters and not the actual number of years. Or in other words, credits that I earned with APs also counts when applying to transfer. Just wanted to make sure. And… one more thing though, so other universities consider the standing according to my current university’s standing?</p>

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<p>You may want to consider Cornell which is very transfer-friendly Ivy school. I think it is the only Ivy school that encourage transferring -

See <a href=“http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/news/news.jsp?id=5073”>http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/news/news.jsp?id=5073&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>You can’t be consider as a freshman applicant for most school. For example, see <a href=“Transfer Applicants | Undergraduate Admissions”>http://admissions.cornell.edu/apply/transfer-applicants&lt;/a&gt;

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<p>Other universities don’t care what your standing is with your current University with regards to the number of units. The school that you transferred to will possibly not count every unit that you’ve taken at your current school. There will likely be certain classes that will not transfer from your current school to your new school. So for example if at your current school you have 60 units completed, and the transfer school does not accept two of your courses, then the transfer school would say you have completed only 54 units, and they would consider you a sophomore, even though your current school considers you a junior. That may or may not be a big deal to you so you just need to know that going in.</p>

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<p>Thank you everyone for your advice, it really helps^^</p>