If I take a year break from my education and would like to apply to college again how will it work? Like let’s say I applied to MIT and got rejected (which I did) with reapplying do I count as a freshman applicant or transfer applicant? I need to do this because of personal issues which prevent me from continuing my education. I am currently also accepted at a college also , so should I apply and keep my spot if that’s allowed or no?
What you are asking about is a gap year. Use that term and search the forum.
- Can you keep your current spot? That depends on the school and if you can, I doubt you could then apply to other schools. You would have to pick.
- Are you applying as a freshman? Yes.
- You didn't ask this: Do I have a shot next year if I was rejected this year? Depends. A. What are you going to do in your gap year to make you more competitive? B. What were you stats this year? (Did you even have a small shot or was your not competitive at all?) C. Will you apply to a proper mix of reach, match, and safety, next year?
@Sportsman88
1-Well I’ll try that for sure , but thought it might have been binding for some reason and being able to apply elsewhere.
2- Oh so if you get rejected applying as freshman once you can try again afterwords?
3- I guess have more experiences and extracurriculars. I need to do it more because personal reasons.
My stats honestly were fine and not the issue I can’t explain what exactly might be wrong there? So probably extracurricular.
Well of course will apply multiple places.
Honestly though thank you helped clear my thoughts and how to think about this 
If you don’t take any university or college course at all after graduating high school, then apply a year later, you will be applying as a high school graduate looking to go to the university as a freshman. The main difference is that they will look at your entire senior year grades (since they will be available when they are making their decision).
Given that you have already been accepted at a university, I assume to start in September of 2017, you have a choice: You can ask this university to allow you to take a gap year and start in September 2018. If they agree (which is likely), then you cannot apply anywhere else. However, whatever financial aid that they offered you might or might not be guaranteed a year later (more likely not – they can tell you), and you might have to reapply for financial aid. If you just decline your acceptance, then you probably will give up whatever deposit you have already paid (probably not much compared to the cost of university), and can apply anywhere you want for next year (including schools that rejected you, and schools that you had been accepted to, and other schools).
If you take any university or college courses during your gap year, then this might make you a transfer student, which changes a lot of things and mostly in bad ways (such as making financial aid harder to get).
Overall, taking a gap year should be fine and if you can find anything useful to do during your gap year, or if you can just get personal issues resolved, it is very often a good idea.
OP, you say your stats were fine and you weren’t sure why you were rejected. Are you just talking MIT or other schools as well? Students with perfect stats are rejected at MIT and other schools each year. Understand MIT is a reach and not likely next year either.
I do understand that personal reasons are the driving factor for why you need a gap year. Pay attention to @DadTwoGirls post. You need to call the school that you were accepted to for options and not take classes this year, unless you decide to go that school next year AND they give you express written permission to do so.
@DadTwoGirls Wait so if you apply as a gap year student do you get worse aid than other students or no?
@Sportsman88
Sorry I didn’t respond sooner and yea I’m aware of that and was using MIT as an example and will apply to more safe schools as well.
From what I can see you got into Stony Brook and NYU Tandon and were waitlisted by URochester. If this information is correct then IMO you would have to do something truly spectacular with your gap year to have any shot at MIT or schools of that caliber next year. If money is an issue Stony Brook is a very strong STEM school and is likely more affordable than many other choices.
But to answer some of your direct questions:
Yes, you would be a freshman applicant.
Taking a gap year should not impact your aid.