<p>I graduated from high school this year. I couldn't apply last year for 2008 class due to some unavoidable conditions. I will be applying for freshman class of 2009. In the meantime, I want to enroll in a local college here just to spend time with profs, do some research and fruitfully spend my gap year. I wouldn't want to transfer any credits whatsoever and apply as a freshman for the 2009 class. Will I be able to do so? My first priority however is to apply (and probably get into) MIT as a freshman in 2009 and I wouldn't have any activity hamper it .... Please advise!!</p>
<p>Email an admissions person about it - though we can offer our guesses, they can give you something concrete. (And trust me, they don't bite.)</p>
<p>The admissions website says that you can't apply as a freshman if you have been enrolled as a student in a degree-granting program.</p>
<p>For example, in this</a> blog entry, Matt says
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<p>So you can take classes and do research during a gap year, but not as a degree-seeking student. You can see if the local college will allow you to attend as a special student with non-degree-seeking status.</p>
<p>I am an International student ... does that change anything?</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies ... I sent an email to Matt ... lets see what he has to say ....</p>
<p>No, it does not change anything to be an international student. MIT still defines freshman applicants to be students who have never been enrolled in a college or university in a degree-granting program.</p>
<p>I'm very confident that Matt will give the same answer I do here -- this is not a particularly complex question.</p>
<p>Hmmm I get it! Thanks! Little disappointed though ... but I guess you do leave out some trifle thing in view of the bigger and more important .... Thanks!</p>
<p>see? i told you to ask mollie :P</p>
<p>Yeah!! Great help!</p>