<p>Or is this just a freshman option? Or does it depend?</p>
<p>I tried searching CC but didn't get good results. It is possible I just failed at searching.</p>
<p>It's generally just for freshmen. Schools do not know how many transfer slots they're going to have until much later in the school year.</p>
<p>However, there may be some schools that have a sort of "early" transfer process; you'll have to check the websites of the colleges you're interested in.</p>