<p>I'm homeschooled and in 12th grade, and have been taking some courses at a community college and am currently taking one. I was rejected from four schools and waitlisted at one. Many schools say there is no minimum requirement for credits completed (I will have completed 23 by mid-May) and I have a transcript which I can send them by the second week of May. I have taken these courses as a non-matriculating student, but I've been able to get a job on campus as a tutor, and have joined the Phi Theta Kappa society lately based on my performance in the six or so courses. I also won a math competition there.... What I'm trying to say is that I'm just as active on the campus as any other student there, so would I qualify as a transfer applicant, or must I be taking the courses as part of a curriculum to apply to other schools? If so, would I be able to send my applications for the upcoming Fall 2009 semester?</p>
<p>You may be able to transfer to many schools but you should know that many schools will not allow high school students completing college courses before graduation to transfer; normally this is to the student’s benefit. </p>
<p>At this point, only rolling admissions schools are accepting applications.</p>
<p>Where are you looking at and what do you want to major in? If accepted, you may have to declare a major on the spot. Do you mind mentioning what courses you’ve taken?</p>
<p>(Note: I’ll likely be graduating early next year with ~55-63 credit hours, so I’m kind of in the same boat.)</p>
<p>Okay so I have completed 5 courses, and am taking my 6th at the moment. 23 credits total. The courses, in order of completion, are: Algebra II, Precalculus I, Standard Freshman Composition, Biology 101 (Introduction to Biology), Precalculus II, and Calculus I (taking currently). </p>
<p>I am homeschooled so I received my GED in January, seeing as how I can’t get a HS Diploma anyway, why not get my GED asap? So technically I have graduated, but I don’t know how colleges will look at this. </p>
<p>I am looking to apply to two schools which rejected me, Vanderbilt and UVA, and one which waitlisted me, URochester. I don’t know how Rochester will go though, I have to call them to find out how that would work since I’m waitlisted… I want to add 4-5 more schools to my list and want to major in Neuroscience. What do you think? And I may be able to get a recommendation letter from my Precalculus II professor. I already got one from my Bio 101 professor which I put on my CommonApp.</p>
<p>Come on I really need some help with this!!!</p>
<p>I don’t think that you can be considered a transfer student since you have never matriculated at a college before. I don’t know for sure though. </p>
<p>1) There is a list published in early May of schools that still have openings. There are always some pretty good schools on that list. </p>
<p>2) Some schools in Canada (Not McGill or Toronto) are still accepting applications. For example, Queen’s University may still be accepting them. Queen’s is just over the New York border in Kingston. They have neuroscience. Actually, the satellite campuses of Toronto are still accepting applications, just not the St. George campus. Carelton University in Ottawa has a June 1 deadline for regular applications. There may be others. I think that you can apply to Ontario schools with a single application, no essays. </p>
<p>3) Some schools like Edinburgh in Scotland have an application deadline in June. They also have a “Freshman Year Abroad” program. You can go there and then transfer. </p>
<p>Here is a link to my post last year which had a bunch that still had openings.
<a href=“NACAC 2008 Space Availability Survey RELEASED - College Search & Selection - College Confidential Forums”>NACAC 2008 Space Availability Survey RELEASED - College Search & Selection - College Confidential Forums;
<p>University of Pittsburgh has had late openings for the past two years. You should call the office of any school before you apply to make sure they still have openings. </p>
<p>Good Luck</p>
<p>If you matriculate at your community college, would they count these classes toward an Associates degree? It might be to your advantage to be an official student there for a semester or so so that you can take advantage of their transfer counselors and any articulation agreements that they have. Stop by the transfer office the next time you are on campus and ask if this can be worked out somehow.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, here is a list of rolling and late deadline colleges and universities:</p>
<p>[Late</a> & Rolling Deadline Schools](<a href=“http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/LateDeadlineSchools.asp]Late”>Late Deadline Schools: Finding one and getting in with a great college essay)</p>
<p>There are disadvantages to applying as a transfer. Financial aid at most schools will not be as generous, so if that’s an issue for you, make certain to check policies.</p>
<p>I got it all figured out. I called Rochester and they told me that even though I have a GED, I still must complete the entire twelfth grade to qualify as a transfer student. I’m going to take courses at a state school and transfer for Spring 2010.</p>
<p>Wait a minute. Did they actually say that you would be admitted for Spring 2010? Or did they say that you could apply as a transfer for Spring 2010 (in which case they can reject you again!). Huge difference. If it’s the former that’s great, but I’d get it in writing before I gave up on applying to other schools for Fall 2009. If it’s the latter, I’d move on and make a few more applications.</p>
<p>If I was guaranteed admission for Spring 2010, I’d be too happy to even breathe. No sir, unfortunately I am not GUARANTEED admission, but I do believe my chances are quite good considering I have just about everything they’re looking for and the guidance counselor from the university whom I spoke to told me to call her before I begin my Fall 2009 semester at the state school ( I applied as undeclared, since the state school doesn’t have neuroscience) so that she can help me work out a schedule which would optimize my chances of getting admitted for Spring 2010. She was very encouraging and I felt she was excited that I would be applying again since I made sure to let them know I wanted to attend Rochester and that it was my first-pick school.</p>
<p>Wait a minute, do you actually have an admission in hand from the state school? I thought that you got rejected at all the schools that you applied to. </p>
<p>Also, don’t you think that if they were to have room for you in Spring 2010, that they would have room to take you off the waiting list. Do they expect a lot of people to drop out midway Freshmen year? I don’t think that they have any idea how many people will agree to attend. I suspect that you will either get in off the waiting list (and your phone call may have greatly helped your cause - good job), or you won’t get in for Spring 2010 either because they got way oversubscribed. It’s the same class!</p>
<p>I think you’d be better off continuing to file applications until you have an acceptance from a school that has neuroscience that you can attend in Fall 2009. If you get in off the wait list, no harm done</p>
<p>Well Stony Brook University is on a rolling admissions basis, and I know I’ll get admitted there if URochester waitlisted me. I applied roughly two weeks ago, and should hear from them by the end of April. I will attend SBU in Fall and apply to Rochester sometime during October 2009 since their deadline for Spring admission is Nov 1. My only problem is that I don’t know what to add to my app before then. Meaning, I won’t be able to send them the transcript for Fall 2009 in October, obviously, so what should I do in the meantime to greatly increase my chances? I wanted to do something fun and very useful in the summer, maybe getting to do some research at Brookhaven Laboratory, where my dad works. (He knows alot of people who can help me out…) </p>
<p>Now, RockerDad, as much as your posts are teasing my brain, I have accepted that Rochester probably won’t get me off the waitlist and that indeed my chances may be slim for Spring 2010, but I won’t go sending tons of rolling admission apps until one of them says yes. SBU doesn’t have neuroscience so I chose my major as undeclared, and if I cannot get in anywhere in Spring 2010, I’ll apply as a transfer for Fall 2010. As much as I hate living at home another year (it’s literal torture, you may have no idea what kind of headaches a family can cause someone who wants to achieve more than his siblings), I really want to get to know the world OUTSIDE my tiny apartment. (Been homeschooled most of my life so you can only imagine…) Besides, going to a private school of high standards is what I dream of. Sadly not many schools have neuroscience that are on a rolling admission basis. I know I can get a minimum of 5K scholarhip because I’m part of the PTK society. Rochester will give me the scholarship if I’m accepted, and many other schools offer similar rewards. Just need to wait and see what happens…</p>
<p>I had read that SUNY applications were up 50% this year because they are so inexpensive. I hope that you get into Stony Brook with an application this late. No disrespect intended, but I am not as sure as you are that you will be admitted at this late juncture. At least you will know soon enough. </p>
<p>You can certainly do what you want. In post #4, you sounded like you really wanted some help. I wasn’t suggesting sending off “tons of rolling admissions applications”. What I was suggesting is making a few telephone inquiries to admissions offices of some carefully selected decent schools that ended up undersubscribed last year come May 1 to see if they anticipate being undersubscribed this year also. </p>
<p>For example, the College of Wooster is a private liberal arts college in Northeast Ohio, ranked on US News in the seventies and one of the “Colleges that Change Lives”. It has a neuroscience major. It seems like a very good school with good opportunities. I would call them, introduce yourself and see if they would consider an application at this late date. They may say yes or they may say no. They are private, and I suspect they will say yes. I would do the same with the University of Pittsburgh, which is also very highly regarded and has a lot of good students who attend. Their whole application would take about 30 minutes. That may be less promising because public schools are hot this year because they are cheaper. If those two don’t look like they will bear fruit, I’d wait until the NACAC list comes out to see who is on it. It’s going to be an unusual year for colleges because of the economy. Nobody knows who is going where because of money. I suspect that list will have several really good private schools that simply miscalculated and ended up undersubscribed. If you’re lucky, Rochester is one of them and you will get off the waitlist. Nobody knows though. There is no experience with an economic decline this fast. </p>
<p>I suggested Canadian schools because they are all public and and thus this year shouldn’t be that different from all other years, so those with late deadlines should still have openings. Many of those are very good. Their applications take all of 15 minutes and are entirely numbers based. </p>
<p>Whatever you decide, I wish you the best of luck.</p>
<p>I was actually considering McGill but even though canadians pay 18K/year (give or take a few), I’d pay a private institution price, and I heard from many people here on CC.com that McGill is not very generous with financial aid, and I can’t afford to pay more than 11K/year out of pocket. Regarding the strange economic circumstances, you’re certainly right about no one knowing for sure what the outcomes will be for many private schools. I know Rochester hasn’t looked at their waitlist for the past two years, so I’m hoping that because of the economy that things may change this year. Luckily my dad’s job is very stable and the lab he works at is actually getting over-funded.</p>
<p>Where can I find last year’s NACAC list??</p>
<p>I can’t find it anymore, but the link I gave in post #5 was a pretty good summary. </p>
<p>I didn’t realize that you needed aid too. That’s going to make things much more difficult. When the new list comes out, they list schools that still have aid available. Canadian schools are roughly 16K US dollars for tuition and fees not counting housing. The Canadian dollar is only 80 cents right now, so when you look things up, don’t forget that. It’s still not a bad deal right now, but if you can only afford $11K, it’s going to be tough. Good luck.</p>
<p>I don’t think Stony Brook is a sure thing for you at all. You applied late (rolling admissions doesn’t mean what you seem to think it means) and it’s been a very competitive year. Good luck, but definitely come up with a backup plan for the fall. Also, Stony Brook does have a neuroscience concentration within the biology major (plus excellent departments in bio, psych, linguistics, philosophy, and computer science–all of the fields that make up neuroscience as an interdisciplinary field) so you might want to research a little more thoroughly.</p>
<p>I think SUNY Oswego, Fredonia and Buffalo State (which is NOT the same as UB) still have openings. I beleieve the 50% increase in apps was generated by Binghamton ED apps – while many other sunys also have increase, I dont think that much. Also, too late to consider CUNY honors, which offers some great programs.</p>