<p>heyy
so i have some friends in italy/England and they basically applied as freshmen, and used their year at their universities as a “gap year”… not sure if that helps but anyways it was too complicated to use a first year in italy as a first year in US because in italy you can choose how many exams to take and stuff.
also i completely agree that high school is ten times harder in europe, while university is a lot better in america… i have a way easier time in the states with work compared to my high school in europe BUT the quality of education in college is so much better than any of my friends studying back home (and they are in unis in holland, uk, france, germany etc… )
anyways hope that helps… you could always call admissions and ask them about your specific case without telling your name etc just to see what their reaction is… maybe they’ll be understanding of the fact that you come from a different system etc.
good luck!</p>
<p>Brand new member telling OP that what they propose is fine and dandy. Very credible.</p>
<p>haha i mean nothing is really credible on the internet… any advice you follow is at your own risk xD</p>
<p>“Come on guys I will pay lots of money, in the US college is business, they only care about money…”</p>
<p>Ok, I take back what I said about Community Colleges. I see you want to spend <em>MONEY</em> to BUY your education! Let me list off six for-profit schools that you might be interested in:</p>
<p>Capella University
Heald College
Kaplan University
DeVry University
University of Phoenix
Walden University</p>
<p>While you’re at it, make sure you get all of your student loans from Citicorp, and you’ll be a great player in American Capitalism!</p>
<p>You can try to find some colleges that allow transfer students to apply as freshmen. I know Amherst (top LAC) and Whitman (good too) do. I am sure there are more colleges that will let you apply as a freshman.</p>
<p>You’re used to being in a competitive school and need to be in one.
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<h1>You want to lie because you’ve found schools that maybe won’t scrutinize too carefully if you’re full-pay.</h1>
<p>Those are the kinds of competitive schools you need.</p>
<p>What makes you so sure they’ll scrutinize OTHER applicants for quality of work? For that matter, why do you think they’ll screen the faculty? There are words to describe colleges where money overrules everything else, but COMPETITIVE surely isn’t one of them.</p>
<p>And if you get one of those degrees, why do you think an employer will have any respect for it or for you?</p>