<p>I am an international student who has applied for freshman admission at MIT. A week ago, they've sent me an email, wanting to know what have I been doing since leaving high school (a year ago). Naturally, I told them I've been studying at a serbian university for a year. I KNOW FOR SURE THEYVE ADMITTED PEOPLE AS FRESHMAN AFTER A YEAR OF COLLEGE! Guys from Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, and such. So, a few days after my response they have informed me I can not apply for freshman and that my app was moved to transfer admissions, and that I should sent them some more docs (recs, transcript, etc.). Has this happened to anyone else, and why wouldn't they give me a choise in the matter? It looks as a double standard, I just want to know why did they choose to scr*w me? (mit annualy offers admission to 5 transfer applicants)</p>
<p>I don't understand why you would call MIT's process BS when MIT is very upfront with the fact that they state,</p>
<p>If you've spent a year or more at another college and come to the conclusion that MIT would be a better fit for you, we welcome you to apply as a transfer student. Although spaces are very limited, transfer students are especially welcome on campus for their fresh perspective, maturity and focus.</p>
<p>Who is eligible to transfer to MIT?
If you have completed two or more terms at an accredited college, university, technical institute, military academy or community college, you may apply for transfer admission to MIT. **We do not, however, admit students who will have finished less than one year of college **or will be within three semesters of acquiring a bachelor's degree at the time of transfer.</p>
<p>The school is perfectly with in their right to ask what have you been doing since graduating from high school since you did not apply as a high school senior. If you spent a year of college at another school why would you think that you would still be a freshman in the admissions process? At many schools they will not allow you to apply as a freshman if you have taken more than 18 credits since graduating high school. At the end of the day you are responsible for knowing the admission requirements at the schools that you are considering.</p>
<p>Now the ball is back in your court, what are you going to do? Are you going to apply as a transfer student/</p>
<p>Of course they have the right. What I said was: They did let people apply freshman after a year of college, and not only did they let them apply, some were even admitted. A student from my highschool was admitted freshman after a year of college in Serbia, two years ago. And when they asked him what has he been doing for the past year, he said: attended a university! But, when I told them I have been attending a university they rejected my application and moved it to transfer. I was just wondering WHY?</p>
<p>Well, I am going to apply (even though theyve informed me about it 8 days before the deadline), as long as they admitt 5 to 10 transfers, I stand a chance. A 2% chance :)</p>
<p>Head quarter,</p>
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A student from my highschool was admitted freshman after a year of college in Serbia, two years ago. And when they asked him what has he been doing for the past year, he said: attended a university! But, when I told them I have been attending a university they rejected my application and moved it to transfer. I was just wondering WHY?
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<p>You have to be very careful about the information that you get from friends because they are only going to tell you what they want you to know.</p>
<p>MIT has not suddenly changed it's policy. Has it occured to you that your friend is being less than truthful with you?</p>
<p>Because you know that he attended university if he got into MIT as a freshman, it is very likely that he did not put on his application he had been to college. maybe he did not want you to rat him out because if the school found out that he did lie on his application they would kick him out.</p>
<p>If he had been truthful he would have been in the same situation that you are in now.</p>
<p>I agree completely with sybbie -- the rules haven't changed, and they're spelled out quite clearly on the MIT admissions website.</p>
<p>Some students have taken college classes and apply for freshman admissions, but the rules clearly state that if you were enrolled at another college as a degree-seeking student, you're not eligible for freshman admissions.</p>
<p>From Matt McGann's blog here:</a>
[quote=<a href="http://matt.mitblogs.com">http://matt.mitblogs.com</a>]
You cannot enroll in a degree program in a college and still apply as a freshman to MIT (you'd be considered a transfer student).
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<p>Im 100cent positive he did put it in his app. He even advised me to do the same (based on his experience, turned out a bad idea). And lets just say he is a good friend and wouldn't lie about it. Can MIT still admit someone who has been attending a college. Do they have a choice weather to review the freshman app or is it strictly a no-no? And, yeah, one more thing. My interviewer knew I was attending college and applying freshman and didn't say a word. Strange?</p>
<p>MIT is ridiculously hard to get into. My friend applied to MIT, he had a 1590 on the SAT 700 something the Sat IIs he took, he had been dual enrolled at the university of michigan since his junior year of high school, did a lot of ECs, he's going to nationals for debate, and he has a GPA of like 3.8. And he was rejected</p>
<p>MIT can still admit someone who's been attending another university -- as a transfer student.</p>
<p>If the admissions officers were aware that your friend had been a degree-seeking student at another university, he would not have been reviewed as a freshman applicant. The most we can conclude from your information is that there was certainly some sort of misunderstanding between your friend and the MIT admissions commitee.</p>
<p>Finally, interviewers are alumni (rather than admissions officers) and are not necessarily entirely familiar with the vagaries of the admissions process.</p>
<p>Mollie is right; had we known that your friend was enrolled at another university, he would have been considered as a transfer student. This has always been the rule, as far as I know.</p>
<p>Thanks, everyone!</p>
<p>over and out.</p>
<p>Uhm, my case is a bit different. I attend a college for less than an year and then find out that it is not the right place for me so I decided to apply to MIT. Is it OK as I want to build my base again.</p>
<p>actually your case isn't a bit different, that's why most people transfer</p>
<p>I mean I have dropped my school and decide to do everything again.</p>
<p>you can't do that though.</p>
<p>I think those first year at school are very important and I have not finished my first year yet.</p>