Reapplying as a Freshman

Applying to College
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<p>I am currently in my first year at a middle tier state school. I am not completely happy with my situation, and was intending to apply as a transfer applicant this year. My understanding though is that transferring as a freshman is just like reapplying as a high school student with a lower acceptance rate. </p>

<p>My question then is this. Due to the large amount of AP credit I brought in, I am technically enrolled as a junior and am on track to complete a degree in mathematics by the spring of 2013. If I were not to make it in as a transfer applicant, would I be able to reapply as a freshman, during fall 2012, into a different degree program (physics) instead of applying as a transfer applicant?</p>

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<p>The definition of a transfer varies widely between colleges, from taking 1 post-HS college class to taking less than a full year of post-HS college coursework. You have to go to the websites of the colleges you’re interested in to see how they define a fr and transfer applicant.</p>

<p>College courses taken in HS are not considered when assessing whether a candidate is a fr or transfer, only those taken post-HS.</p>

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<p>“I don’t think I’ve ever read an admissions policy that would let you apply as a freshman” </p>

<p>Does it explicitly state that you cannot? </p>

<p>The way I was thinking of this whole thing is that if I were an older person who has been out of work, and already has a college degree, but would like a new one to be competitive in the job market, would I be able to apply?</p>

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<p>That post has been deleted; and it was not meant to be definitive, thus the “I don’t think”.</p>

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<p>No one with a college degree can apply as a fr to any college. However, that was not your original question.</p>

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<p>In the case of an individual who already has a Bachelors degree and desires another one in a different field they would have to apply as “Second Bachelor’s degree” applicant and they would be treated differently compared to freshman with no college and transfer applicants. In California, at least, public universities are so impacted that they are very unlikely to admit such applicants since they already have a four year degree and the public universities believe they have a greater obligation to someone trying to earn a first Bachelors degree.</p>