<p>I applied and was accepted early decision to a good state school.
I applied for many reasons: it is a good school, I feared rejection from other schools, and at the time I generally thought it is where I wanted to apply. </p>
<p>To make it simple, by now I realized that the place is not where I want to go to school at all, and it is generally the biggest mistake of my life. The school I am going to is not the calibur of where I should go. I really need the chance to apply to other schools.</p>
<p>I do not know what to do. I could transfer but the schools I really want to apply to generally don't take transfers, and if they do, they take very few. Can I take an interim year and apply to other schools as class of 2012? I have something very meaningful to do during the interim year that will definately make me a stronger applicant. Can I apply as a spring term entrant?</p>
<p>Don't try to convince me otherwise, I have many reasons for doing what I'm doing that I do not want to explain here, I cannot remain at my current school . I just need advice on what to do so I can apply to other schools.</p>
<p>In my opinion, you're probably just panicking. It could be OK. Worse comes to worse, you go for a year and transfer. </p>
<p>Transfer admissions depend on the school. For some places it's harder than getting in as a freshman. BUT if you make great grades, then your odds go up considerably.</p>
<p>Do you know WHY this school isn't right for you? Is it too easy/too hard? Too far from home? Examine your reasons.</p>
<p>If you think it's too easy. Get over yourself and go for a year.</p>
<p>let me say i believe in mistakes, and I don't think you should panic cuz your going to realize that maybe is not a mistake. Im a god believer and I don't think you made a mistake, because later on your going to realize that things happen for a reason.....don't worry and look at in a good way, you never know...most things happen for something good, and going to that college is not negative and terrrible.</p>
<p>I know that just going to the state school will not riun my life, and that many people would be delighted to be in my position now, but many months plus summer of reflection, my choice to apply ED was a very brash and ill thought out, influenced mainly by numbers and stories of the strong applicants who got rejected from thier schools and not considering successful admits and my own strengths. I worked hard throughout my life with the goal of being best at what I do, and not with the goal of going to a single college, and when it came to choosing colleges I just didnt know what to do and made an impulsive choice, and sold myself short.</p>
<p>The problem is, I feel that this way I am not living up to my potential, and all the years of hard work and achievement, while not wasted, was never realised and put to the test of college admissions. I am doing myself and my family, who would much rather me to go to a "better" school, a disservice.</p>
<p>The school I am going to is a decently ranked school. However, without sounding pretentious, I feel that the students there and going there is not exactly as ambitious/hardworking/high achievement as me, and that I really belong in "School B", and I really want the opportunity to apply with the same chances as everyone else.
School A, on the other hand, is not "easy," it is not as prestigious but that does not correspond with difficulty. In fact, it is known to be hard to get good grades, and going there doesnt mean that I'll get better grades than if I went to a more prestigious school.
Els- School B would be along the lines of Yale, which almost doesnt accept transfer, and similar schools I would like the chance to apply to are much more likely to take me as a freshman applicant than a transfer.</p>
<p>then i would say that definitely taking a year off and re-applying as a freshman is something you can definitely do.</p>
<p>just make sure you do something in the meantime. it's going to be rough to miss out on your first year of college, but i guess that's just the price you pay.</p>
<p>I'd say first call up the admissions office of your state school and ask them about deferral. You want to make sure that your spot at the state school is secured in case something goes wrong during your gap year. If you can defer, I say go for it. You say you have something meaningful to do so it should all be good. Then get to work on reapplying. Remember that you're going to have to go through getting recs and transcripts again so make sure your GC and teachers are aware of your plans. I know there are a lot of people here who will try to dissuade you from a gap year but I think they're a good option for some people. I myself was strongly considering taking one until I fell in love with my college. I say have an amazing year off, but don't 100% cross your state school off your list. Anything can happen. You might change your mind.</p>