<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I'm currently an admitted, deposited, student at RPI and had a ROTC scholarship that may or may not fall through but regardless the financial aid office is being very reserved in aid leaving me about $40000 in debt after college even with the ROTC so I'm re-evaluating attending the college not wanting to be in that much debt. If it doesn't work out, I want to almost "take a gap year" and go a community college and re-apply as a freshman for a couple Universities to enter as a freshman for the class of 2014, and try and transfer credit from the community college to get sophomore status. I've been calling admissions councilors and no one seems to know if re-applying as a freshman is even possible. It sounds like it could work in my desperate mind but has anyone else tried this or is it even possible?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>If you take a gap year and work, whether as a volunteer or for pay, you can reapply as a freshman. If you attend college, even community college, you must apply as a transfer, not a freshman.</p>
<p>RPI for ten grand a year? I’d say that’s an excellent bargain.</p>
<p>Whether you have to apply as a transfer, or can apply as a freshman will depend on the number of credits you complete at the community college. Different institutions have somewhat different policies about this as well, so you need to investigate the policy at each college and university that is interesting to you.</p>
<p>For more ideas on Transferring, visit the Transfer Forum and read the first sticky thread “Transfer Admissions 101” You can find the Transfer Forum by clicking on “Discussion Home” in the upper left of this screen and then scrolling down.</p>
<p>Gap years are good things for some students. One or two years at a community college can also be a good thing. Don’t be afraid to do whatever it is that your gut is telling you to do.</p>
<p>why don’t you ask to take a gap year, work for a year, and go back to this school? It’ll cover the costs, AND you won’t have to worry about applying aagin</p>
<p>Why would your ROTC scholarship fall through? If you already have it, the only thing that would make it fall through is if you don’t meet the physical requirements through the exam or you do something illegal and lose it.</p>
<p>In any case, like was already mentioned – different schools require different amounts of credit to be considered a transfer student. Generally if you plan to attend community college full-time in the gap year and acquire enough credits to attain sophomore status, then you will be considered a transfer student. I don’t know of any university that allows a student to apply as a freshman if they have 30 or more credit hours of college work (which is generally what is required for sophomore status).</p>
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Pick up the phone and call some of the schools you are thinking about.</p>
<p>My guess is that you <em>might</em> have a chance if you never attend the school even though you were admitted and accepted, although some schools won’t let you; it all depends on what “matriculated” means to them.</p>
<p>However it is pretty common that if you enroll at a CC you are going to be considered a xfer student, no matter how few units you take.</p>
<p>you must be in self-denial . Pay the price of your action, learn from it, move on , find some sense to it. Take some time for self-questioning, grow up. You won’t beat the system by running away from it or by hiding your failure. You will beat the system by pulling the best out of the worst.I have had my share of F’s and I should now be worried knowing that these F’s will become a wall when I need to get a job when I will be fresh out of college.But you know what? I already figure it out. If the system will out cast me because of my past failure, I will outlive the system and make it on my own.You got to do the same thinking. take a look at your transcript and look to see how you can do better in the future. Don’t dwell on what you could have done. Whatever your next step might be, you must know that you need to move on</p>
<p>During my S’s post h.s. gap year, he contacted colleges and asked how many community college credits he could take and not be counted as a transfer. The colleges told him he could take a total of up to 12 hours. Contact colleges that interest you and ask the same question. Since it looks like you’re headed for an engineering or similar major, it will be important for you to keep up your math skills, which you probably should do by taking a math course fall and spring semester.</p>