<p>c_r is correct, you apply as a transfer, but it would have been true even if UChicago accepted spring transfers.</p>
<p>It is the number of units/terms you will have completed by the time you TRANSFER, not when you APPLY. While definitions of who must apply as a transfer vary from school to school, it it ALWAYS the number of units/terms completed before you matriculate, not when you apply. It’s just like when you applied as a fr, you are evaluated for admission BEFORE all of your classes are complete, but matriculate based your FINAL record.</p>