<p>Hello all</p>
<p>Can I apply as undergraduate after finishing 2 years college for the same major, like I start it all over again ??</p>
<p>nope
if u have even done a day of college work, u arent a freshman</p>
<p>OMG
am not satisfied with my college academic level</p>
<p>K // i will hide my college courses and apply
Will it work to apply as undergradute after 2 or 3 year of graduating from high school ??</p>
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nope
if u have even done a day of college work, u arent a freshman
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Nope. Different colleges have different policies. I think the majority consider more than 1 year at another college to be the conditions of applying as a transfer rather than a freshman. It also depends on whether you're an international applicant or not and what college you went to previously.</p>
<p>Nah I will hide my college courses
I wont tell them about it</p>
<p>the case would be : Someone applying to freshman yr after 2-3 years from high school graduation
How would they know about my college courses ?
would it work this way</p>
<p>It could, but they would be wondering what the hell you were doing for 2-3 gap years.</p>
<p>So would it be as something to hurt my admission chances ?</p>
<p>I want normal college not ivies not prestigious just any good college for science</p>
<p>man.. why do u try the weirdest things
It wont work... it will make life worse</p>
<p>Just focus on ur stuff and then transfer</p>
<p>Nah
I learnt nothing in those 2 yrs my college is bad</p>
<p>I want to start over again - whats so weird in that </p>
<p>Just let me know, do they accept ppl after 2-3 yrs of high school graduation ? thats my Q </p>
<p>Thanks Antarius for your concern</p>
<p>There is a big difference between starting college 2 to 3 years after high school and wanting to 'start over' after being in college for 2 years.</p>
<p>If you have never attended college and in many places you have less than 1 years worth of credit, you can apply as a a freshman.</p>
<p>If you have more than 1 years of college credits, then you must apply as a transfer student.</p>
<p>Regarding your bad first 2 years, can you turn things around yes. Can you treat that time like it does not exists? no, because your college transcripts are forever and your trying to apply and not disclose the information will get you thrown out of what ever college you do end up getting into.</p>
<p>If you have recieved any kind of federal or state aid, or filed a FAFSA the new school will know that you have been through the college process and have received funds. Things will then start to unravel.</p>
<p>Also, you would have to explain what you have been doing over the past 2 years now involving others in the lie you want to tell.</p>
<p>Just work it out, as you would be suprised at how amenable adreps can be in giving someone a new chance</p>
<p>Why do you want to start all over from the bottom again (just curious)? Aren't there any classes you would prefer to transfer in rather than re-take?</p>
<p>dude, you can't pull it off. i am applying this time around after a 3 year gap and you have to fill in the gap clearly and accurately for them or you have no shot. i had only done one fulltime semester which kept me under the limit for the schools i applied to, so i could apply as a freshmen. you can't hide two years and if you tried you would get rejected everywhere when they found out, and they would.</p>
<p>guys, what about international applicants? i doubt if my 2 years of university can be transferred, there are no credits or smth like that in my country as long as bachelor degree(we study five years, and there are few experimantal colleges offering bachelor/master system). moreover, the reason i enrolled at the college was my escaping from the army in the face of the hardships my family faced and the reasons that didn`t let me to attend classes or study at home. So I guess my situation is a little bit different but still I doubt if any college would consider my explanations and would just point at THE RULES. Are there any colleges for me to apply as a freshman?</p>
<p>One more question! The Yale site says : </p>
<p>if by the end of the current academic year you will have completed more than two full years toward the degree, you are not eligible to transfer to Yale, nor may you apply through the freshman admission process.
<a href="http://www.yale.edu/admit/transfer/application/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.yale.edu/admit/transfer/application/index.html</a></p>
<p>Does this mean that with exactly two years I can apply as a freshman?</p>
<p>to post #14- No, it means you can apply as a transfer... if you have more than two years, you can't apply at all.</p>
<p>to post #13- I would call or email admissions reps at any of the schools you are interested in because i think they would treat internationals differently. your extenuating circumstances will probably also help, as well at the fact that you can't transfer the credits anyway. so i would imagine there are plenty of schools who would let you apply as a freshmen but you need to work it out with them on a case by case basis</p>
<p>It would be up to the college to determine what credits you have are transferable even if you have attended a foreign university. You would still be required to send your transcripts and the school would have them evaluated. </p>
<p>Having 2 years of college means that you can not apply as a freshman but you would apply as a transfer student. when applying you will still have to disclose that you attended university in your home country regardless of the reason or grades that you received. To not disclose would be that you are misrepresenting your self in the application process and is grounds for immediate dismissal.</p>
<p>Read the FA policies carefully because you already know that most schools are not need blind to international students and some do not offer FA to transfer students.</p>
<p>One more question - I<code>ve taken a look at some community colleges</code> sites and I<code>ve not found any information related to limiting one</code>s freshman eligibility. So, am I eligible to apply to a community college as a freshman?</p>
<p>You are either not getting it or you only hear what you want to hear. It is in all likelihood regardless of the school that you apply to, that you are *not a freshman * which mean you will have to apply as a transfer student.</p>
<p>Instead of looking for ways to cirumvent the system, just simply tell your story in your personal statement. Don't tell it as a woe is me but from a perspective of what the experience has taught you and how it has shaped you into the person that you are. </p>
<p>You can also look into schools for adult education because they tend to be more flexible toward students who have had breaks in their education. Columbia/ NYU both have a school of general studies, harvard has an extension school, Penn has a school college for adults.</p>
<p>Hi,
I can understand your wanting to start over again. The official word from any US college is going to be like the following that I copied from one of them:</p>
<p>"A college record is considered to be a continuing one. As a transfer student, you do not have the option of disregarding a poor record and starting over. Acknowledgement of attendance at previous colleges or universities is mandatory. Failure to list on the application each college attended will be considered reason for cancellation of admission or dismissal from the University."</p>
<p>Since you are an international student and have only attended a foreign college, you might be able to get away with it. After all, if you don't tell them, how are they going to know; and colleges aren't in the business of trying to track down that sort of behavior. I expect that a large number of people are going to now post commenting on the fact that lying is bad. If the "college" in your country is not accredited, you might have a explanation as to why you didn't report the time you spent there.</p>
<p>I agree with sybbie about financial aid. The vast majority of US colleges do not offer much in the way of financial aid to international students. Only a few, not all, of the most elite US colleges are need-blind for international students. There can be other sources of finan aid other than the college itself, though.</p>
<p>JackAss: many friends of mine in Vietnam have been in college for 1 years while they started their application process to US universities. Now they are freshmen in US colleges. So, like dufus3709 said, you don't tell them, they won't know.</p>