<p>I'm admitted into LSA Honors but my parents are not in a position to pay the OOS tuition cost for me and my brother (We are twins and both got into UofM). We will be getting our green cards in another 10 months. They are asking us to transfer next year to UofM and pay the instate tuition. How hard is it to transfer to Michigan as a sophomore? Any advice or tips would be appreciated.</p>
<p>That depends on what kind of grades you make. If you are 3.5+ and make reasonable progression for a degree, you are probably good for LSA.</p>
<p>Unfortunately as a transfer student you can pretty much dismiss the idea of merit aid and many if not most scholarships, and that goes for any school. So if finances are a strong consideration and you are losing something by transferring, you may want to consider going somewhere you like and staying there.</p>
<p>Well that depends. It is harder if you try and transfer as a sophomore but it gets easier when apply for admission as a junior. But like emahaeevul07 said, if you have a 3.5+ in difficult courses with a reasonable amount of progress made towards your degree, then you should be fine. Except for Ross of course. </p>
<p>Do you live in Michigan? I believe the state of Michigan requires you to be a resident for more than a year before you can get instate tuition. I could be wrong though. </p>
<p>The only advice we could give is do well in school. Take honors if possible.</p>
<p>Thanks for the great advice. I live in MI (for the past 7 years) but my immigration status makes me an international applicant. I guess I should go to MSU honors because MSU gives me in-state tuition. I’ll miss UofM dearly.</p>
<p>You can transfer back to U-M next year if you are still interested. It shouldn’t be too difficult since you are good enough to be admitted to LSA Honors now. I’d say you have a good chance if you can maintain a 3.5 GPA with a rigorous freshman schedule.</p>
<p>Adam, your residency status WILL make a difference, but if your family owns property in another country, etc., they may STILL review your eligibility to ensure that you’ve “cut all ties” with another country. (They did that with us, and we’d been in Mi. for 7 years, and had been permanent residents for FIVE years ;)</p>
<p>I think, since you were both accepted, you should talk to the admission counselor/or regent’s office and ask if there’s any way they could review you CURRENTLY for in-state since you’re beginning the process now. Can’t hurt.</p>
<p>Also, MSU honors would be a very good bet due to the generous fiscal policy. Because you were previously accepted to UMich, I feel you’d be very strong for transfer so long as you continue solid performance. That said, most kids I know don’t seem to achieve transfer until the JUNIOR year (eg. two years of strong, proven performance.)</p>
<p>Congrats regardless, and good luck!</p>
<p>you can probably defer admission since you were already accepted…</p>
<p>Except I believe that the deferral would be canceled if you enroll at another school, to the best of my knowledge.</p>
<p>GoBlue81, maintaining 3.5 with a rigorous schedule will be my goal but the very thought scares me. I’ll certainly try my best.
kmccrindle, I’ll talk to my parents about severing their international ties. Thanks for the suggestion. UofM is sympathetic but unrelenting in changing the status to in-state. Their fiscal policy is certainly rigid. I do not blame them. There are students ready to pay anything to attend the school.
Rageroolz, does it apply to everyone or only people taking a gap year?</p>
<p>Just so you know, here’s the general policy on deferring and admission:</p>
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