<p>i'm looking forward to apply to Harvard next year, but one problem that really bothers me is that i want to enter Harvard as Freshman, not as international transfer..FYI,right now i'm taking an undergraduate degree in my country,it's my second year..i'm planning to take a different major at Harvard..my friend told me that my chance to be accepted as international transfer is almost 0% because Harvard is one of the most highly competitive university...should i disclose the information about me taking an undergraduate degree in my home country ?? please help me .......</p>
<p>Harvard isn’t accepting transfers at this point in time (lack of housing)</p>
<p>Lie if you want to, but you’ll have to come up with a plausible excuse for what you’ve been doing the past two years. And if Harvard finds out, you might get an acceptance retracted.</p>
<p>Although, Chlormel (user on here) has been successful in getting univs to let her apply as a freshman. She was doing law in an African country, which would be totally unrelated to any majors in the US univs, so she wrote to them and was successful. She’s now enrolled at Dartmouth.</p>
<p>hmm, i think i’m going to disclose everything to them…it’s better to be rejected than having my acceptance retracted…lol</p>
<p>You can write that you were a student , as long as you didn’t get your degree you can count as a freshman , but only if you tell them the truth and tell them that you agree to give up anything from your current college , meaning you won’t get any points for classes you took</p>
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NO. Permission to apply as a freshman is strictly ONLY given by the university on the case-by-case basis.</p>
<p>It is unlikely they would give someone 2 years into college permission to apply as a freshmen.</p>
<p>Truth is it probably doesn’t matter. To get into Harvard as an international you need to be truly exceptional inside of the classroom and out. It would be pretty much impossible to have been a full time student and also accomplish what Harvard would have expected during the years since high school so the lie would not have worked.</p>
<p>If you want to study in the states, choose realistic schools that accept transfers.</p>
<p>I’m not planning to apply as international transfer at all because i’m not going to take the same major…it’s useless to apply for international transfer if you are not going to study the same thing, right ??</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, why is it so much more competitive to apply to Harvard as an international student?</p>
<p>Harvard admits fewer than 10% of its domestic applicants each year. I have no idea what the figures are for international students. Considering the odds, I’d say you are better off to expend your energy on applying to other places.</p>
<p>BobiBob - You will be considered a transfer student because you have completed two years of university level studies. How long you will have to be at the new university will depend on how many of your old credits transfer. If you are changing fields, it is entirely possible that you could be at the new university for three years (or more) in order to complete the graduation requirements in that field of study.</p>
<p>It does not matter if you are changing majors, you will still be considered a transfer.</p>
<p>gezz…i’m caught in a strange situation, having transfered and my credits are useless in a new major(if i am accepted,lol)
is there any chance to apply as freshman, considering on this situation ?</p>
<p>I think you should consider a graduate education @Harvard since you can’t apply as freshman and Harvard isnt accepting any transfers this year. Good luck with it!</p>
<p>BobiBob,</p>
<p>No, you can’t apply as a freshman. Chances are that at least some of your credits would transfer. Even if they aren’t useful for the new major, some should count toward distribution requirements. You need to carefully read the requirements for graduating with the new major at the new school, and compare those requirements with the courses you have already taken. For example, if you are currently an engineering major and you want to major in English literature, your math and science distribution requirements would be already covered by your previous coursework.</p>
<p>Most transfer students find that not all of their credits can be used efficiently at the new institution. Many students transferring from one US university to another even in the original major field lose some credits or have to take a course that is almost (but not quite) exactly like a course they already completed. Lots of transfer students are classified as juniors based on their total number of credits but still have three full years of work ahead of them.</p>
<p>You should go read the Transfer Forum for more ideas. You can reach it by clicking on “Discussion Home” in the upper left of this screen and then scrolling down.</p>