<p>I completed one semester (4 credits at my current LAC). I would like to take a semester off to work and then apply to some schools that have a later deadline (April, May). I am very young compared to my classmates, and in retrospect should have done a PG or gap year. So, I was wondering, can I apply as a freshman instead of a transfer with only one semester completed? </p>
<p>You probably don’t have a choice. Once you take college courses for credit after graduation, you are generally considered a transfer student. You can ask at each college you are interested in, but that is the way it usually works.</p>
<p>Yes, you must ask each college. Some won’t consider you a transfer unless you have a certain number of credits, for others any credits after HS makes you a transfer.</p>