<p>Hey, everybody! I'm searching for college options to transfer, but I have a pretty unique background, which I'll detail below. I hope you can give me a hand with finding good programs that I can apply to!</p>
<p>I'm 20 years old, will be 21 at the end of the year. I'm from Brazil, and used to go to Medical School there at a very good University (one of the tops of the country). I had a good GPA (we dont usually calculate it there, but it should be at least 3.7).
It usually takes 6 years to graduate as a doctor there. Last year I completed 3 years of education, but also decided that I wanted a change. So, I ended up applying for a Visiting Student spot at Brown University, which I got. I'll be here until the end of this academic year. The thing is, I got really fascinated by the new subjects I started to study.</p>
<p>So now, I'm thinking strongly about applying as a transfer to some university here in the US. I've been maintaining a really good academic performance (all As and good relations with professors) and have good extracurriculars. So I'm guessing I have a good application, in general. I will also probably take the SATs, to make in even better.</p>
<p>The problem is I already have a lot of educational years behind me and most schools have a problem with that. That's why I'm here! I would like to hear your advice on what transfer programs would accept applications of my kind, what non-traditional application possibilities are there, etc</p>
<p>Your advice would be great! Thank you all for the help!</p>
<p>Edit: I have searched for similar cases, but I never seem to find and exactly similar one. Most of them are about people who left school to work or something like that, and are coming back after a long time. As you can see thats not exactly my case.</p>
<p>That is because while your route through college may be unique for the US, the use of the term ‘non-traditional’ as it is used for college admissions does not apply to your situation. You are not older (usually 24+), have not had a break in college, or any of the other factors customarily considered of NTs.</p>
<p>Since your case is different, you will need to check the policies of individual colleges to see if you qualify as a transfer student.</p>
<p>Yeah, sure. That’s in part why I came here. I’m looking to see if you’ve got any ideas of universities that might have more flexible requirements for transfers (ie, accept older students, etc).</p>
<p>Your age is not the problem, you’re not a particularly old UG. It’s the number of credits that will prevent you from being able to transfer to certain colleges. Some schools won’t care how many units you have but will only accept a certain number of them.</p>
<p>Yeah, definitely. When you say “accept”, you mean transfer the credits after I’ve been accepted?</p>
<p>I’m not really concerned about that. What concerns me is, as you said, many schools wont let me apply due to the number of credits I already have. Even if I don’t intend to transfer a good part of them! So, do you happen to know what universities are more flexible regarding accepting students who already have a large number of credits?</p>
<p>Edit: I actually dont have any particular preference for transferring, I could go in as a freshman. But I think that would be nearly impossible, due to the credits I already have. But still, if you know any school that take freshmen that match this description, it would be also welcome!</p>