<p>if I take 8 classes post secondary my senior year at a 4 year college, so i have 24 semester hours, do I apply to college as a transfer student? Some colleges I look at say they do not accept freshman level transfer students, does this mean I simply apply as a normal freshman?</p>
<p>Great question. Especially for people who take all of their junior and senior year courses at a 4-year college or university.</p>
<p>For onlookers, I'll mention that "PSEO" is a term that originated in Minnesota as an abbreviation of "Postsecondary Enrollment Options," </p>
<p>Postsecondary</a> Enrollment Options </p>
<p>the first program of its kind in the country giving lots of high school students access to college classes for high school credit at state expense. Now several states have the same kind of program, and some also use the term PSEO to name it. </p>
<p>All such dual-enrollment programs </p>
<p>Dual</a> Enrollment of High School Students at Postsecondary Institutions: 2002-03 </p>
<p>are viewed by college admission officers as one's secondary education--that is, they don't trigger being required to file an application for transfer admission. If you, for example, take PSEO courses at your state university, and then apply for freshman admission at the same state university, it is quite likely that some of your credits will transfer toward your college graduation. After all, those credits were earned in classes at the same college. The usual answer from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and the like is that dual enrollment credits do NOT transfer (but they are a good idea, as they show you are ready for college-level study). Anything you do as a high school student without formally enrolling in a degree program at a college should NOT trigger having to apply as a transfer student. (Check California's rules for a possibly contrary situation involving California community college credits earned during high school studies.) </p>
<p>Please ask follow-up questions as needed.</p>
<p>Well my counselor told me all credits from my MN school would easily transfer to WI or ND and they have never had a problem transfering them.</p>
<p>Some, if not most of your credits at UMN should transfer to WI, ND, and most upper-midwest public schools. You'll only run into problems transferring if you want to go private or further away. Even then, it's likely some private schools in MN or WI might accept some of your credits (maybe St. Olaf or Gustavus, probably not Carleton or Macalester).</p>
<p>To answer your question, I'm almost certain that you'll apply as a freshman and discuss transferring credits after you've been accepted. It can't hurt to make a few calls to admissions offices just to be sure though.</p>