Can I be considered a transfer student on my application for Spring 2014?

[vabryn]

<p>Hello CC! First time posting here, love this site by the way. Anyways, I am a community college and independent studies junior student who can finish high school with a CHSPE in two months OR complete high school by the end of 2013 with a little plan since college classes count as double. Though I want to enter a university, such as Sonoma, for the Spring 2014 semester (to finish the rest of GE there; to get into real work-mode/get comfortable to the campus) but they are not accepting first-time freshman applicants for spring...currently this is my first semester at college, and by the end of the 2013 year I will have both semesters completed with about 18-27 units completed, depending if I take a summer classes....now since I am already in college, but still in high school until possibly the end 2013...could I be still considered a lower-division transfer student (for any college)?</p>

[vabryn]

<p>pweese help d:</p>

[HImom]

<p>Call Sonoma and ask them–that’s clearest. Also, get the name & contact info for whomever you speak with. Your HS college counselor should also be able to help.</p>

[mikemac]

<p>who is providing your HS counseling? You need to work with this person to understand your options. </p>

<p>The UC schools say

A transfer applicant is a student who has enrolled in a regular session at a college or university following high school. Students who meet this definition cannot disregard their college records and apply as freshmen. (A student who attends a college summer program immediately after graduating from high school or who has completed college work while in high school is still considered a freshman applicant.)

CSU says

If you complete college units after the summer following graduation from high school, you are considered a transfer student.

So while I won’t guarantee my answer is correct, from what I can see you are going to be a freshman applicant to the CSU or UC system.</p>