One year at a British university.

Parents Forum
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<p>Can I apply to US universities as a freshman if I've completed one year at a British university (honours)?</p>

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<p>You’d be entering as a transfer. Any U.S. university would be able to assess your British transcript to determine courses and credits that would transfer to their institution.</p>

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<p>What if the university I apply to doesn’t accept transfers?
Can’t I voluntarily opt to begin as a freshman for the others?</p>

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<p>You’ll have to ask the college admissions department. I’ve never heard of a school allowing a transfer student to “opt” to be considered a freshman. Generally, if you go over a certain amount of credits, you’re considered a transfer regardless of whether or not it’s convenient to you. Maybe the college you’re talking about has a different policy though, so it’s worth a try to ask!</p>

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<p>“Generally, if you go over a certain amount of credits, you’re considered a transfer regardless of whether or not it’s convenient to you.”
How many credits cannot we go over (usually)?</p>

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<p>Here’s a link from the Harvard web site about applying to Harvard from the UK:</p>

<p>[Harvard</a> Club of United Kingdom : Applying to Harvard from the UK](<a href=“http://www.harvard-ukadmissions.co.uk/]Harvard”>http://www.harvard-ukadmissions.co.uk/)</p>

<p>I noted that Harvard is once again accepting transfer student applications - don’t know if Harvard was one of the schools you were thinking of (since it is the absolutely most selective schools that tend not to accept transfer students).</p>

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<p>It varies. Some schools consider you a transfer if you take even one college class for a credit. Some of the others that I’ve heard of let you have up to 12 credits. If you’ve been to another college for an entire year, I doubt that you’ll really ever be considered a “freshman” again.</p>

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<p>Princeton (which does not take transfers) will not accept your application if you’ve “started a college or university degree program elsewhere.”</p>

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<p>12 credit hours the the number I most often see, but it varies from college to college. You will have to call and ask. (It might be oth each’s respective web page.)</p>