<p>Hey guys, I hav a question. Is this possible for an international student to enroll in a US university with a certain scholarship and thn to apply next year as a FRESHMAN (NOT TRANSFER) and if he is able to get admission in a certain uni which he prefers over the one in which he was enrolled, can he just back out from the uni in which he was enrolled and get into the later one? seems complicated. Please answer this with respect to visa issues as well.</p>
<p>Most colleges won’t let you apply as a freshman when you are already enrolled at another college. You’ll most likely have to apply as a transfer student.</p>
<p>b@r!um, the reason why MindHunter is asking this is. international transfer students don’t get scholarship. I’m wondering about the same thing. If this is possible, we would have a good chance at scholarships in many institutions.</p>
<p>She’s right though, no, you can not attend a college and reapply to another as a freshmen in the US.</p>
<p>well what I mean is that I would not ask my college to let me apply as a freshman, instead, I would use my school(high School) to apply as a freshman. Is it possible in that casE? All my recommendations will not be forwarded by the College i will be attending in the US, but will be forwarded by the high school I attended.</p>
<p>^You will be wasting one full year. Why not intern at Dawn or something?</p>
<p>@ Thegame</p>
<p>dude, it will help me to keep myself in to studies and maintain the tempo. thats why i am asking this. Plus, if i do not get any place in the next year, I will be able to continue my education in whateva college i will be enroled and where I would have completed my first year.</p>
<p>Hit and run kinda scene. And don’t call me dude.</p>
<p>To answer your questions –</p>
<p>Technically, you can do this. Technically, you can lie to your colleges and tell them that you have no prior college work completed, omit your transcripts, recommendations, and extra-curriculars from your application, and apply as a “freshman” to the new university, yes.</p>
<p>However, ethically it is frowned upon, and practically it is not smart. If the new university ever finds out that you went to the old one and applied on false pretenses (and you’d be surprised at how often this happens), you could get kicked out of your new university and not allowed to come back. If they find out after you’ve already earned your degree, they can rescind your degree. It is considered a case of academic dishonesty since you are essentially lying by omission, especially since the reason you are doing it is to evade a policy that they have in place for a specific reason (international transfer students not getting scholarships).</p>
<p>If you did not gain admission to the university you would like to attend with enough money, it is better to wait a year and reapply as an actual freshman than to try to lie your way into a slot.</p>
<p>Thanx juillet!</p>
<p>You might have a hard time hiding your visa status as well. What would you tell colleges when they ask you what visa you are on? You would obviously be applying from within the US, and there aren’t a whole lot of visas a non-married foreigner without a college degree qualifies for… You could pretend to be an Au Pair, but Au Pairs have to take college classes as well…</p>
<p>It’s not like intl transfers can’t get aid at all. Some colleges do provide need-based aid. My acquaintance transfers this year (she is enrolled in a Russian uni, but maybe it doesn’t matter?). I’m not sure what other colleges she applied to, but I remember Rice and Columbia. I’m sure there’re more.</p>