<p>My son's letter "guaranteed" him a successful transfer on the condition that he achieved a 3.0 average at a college, and that he took certain courses (I believe Econ was one of them, can't remember the other details). So according to the terms of the letter, he could not take a gap year and matriculate as a Frosh. My understanding is that the ILR program has an attrition rate that they want to address with these built in transfers; they have plenty of fresh meat each year; it's keeping the class at a certain size that prompts this offer, is what I was told.</p>