If there were medical or unexpected hardship issue, you might request retroactive withdrawal / wipe slate clean, depends on the policies of the college you attended?
Could you commute? Some community colleges might, depends on your state.
See University of New Mexico, if you qualify as freshman
http://admissions.unm.edu/future-students/freshmen/
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Apply for admission as a freshman if:
- You have never attended college; or
- You are a graduating high school student with college credit earned through a dual enrollment program (regardless of the number of college credits earned); or
- You have completed less than 24 college credit hours since graduating from high school or earning your GED.“
See if other colleges have similar definition of “freshman”
See last year’s thread about NMF full rides, you’d have to check directly with each to see if you’d be eligible for their scholarships or considered a freshman.