<p>I'm hoping MITChris and molliebatmit will have some insight into my situation.</p>
<pre><code>So as the title states, my question has to do with my transfer eligibility. As I understand it, the MIT policy requiring more than one year but no more than two and a half years of college for transfer applicants ensures that the transfer student is receiving the bulk of their education at MIT, thus ensuring the "integrity" of their MIT degree.
I've been planning to apply to MIT as a transfer from my current university, where I've completed six hours during the last summer, and am currently taking 13 hours. What makes me a bit unique however, is that I also spent six years in the Air Force as a linguist, and as part of my training spent a year at the Defense Language Institute, which got me 45 credit hours. DLI is accredited as a community college and is an associate degree granting institution, however I only received a linguistic certification because I had not completed the standard core (math, english, etc) requirements for the AA degree.
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<p>I spoke with the MIT admissions office today, and was told that if my current university accepted all 45 of the hours from DLI hours (which they did) I would be ineligible to apply since I would have crossed the 2.5 year threshold. </p>
<p>I do understand, by the amount of college credit I have, why I am ineligible to apply. On the other hand, I think that my credit hours from DLI have very little bearing on my current education path, especially when I would be pursuing an engineering degree. In my particular case I don't believe the transfer admissions policy is doing its job as I understand it, because in terms of the traditional college experience, I am currently in the first long semester of college in my life. </p>
<p>It would mean the world to me to go to MIT, and I don't want to simply accept that I can't even apply. If I'm not going to MIT, I at least want it to be because I was denied admission, not because I never got the chance to try. Now, finally :), to my question. Do you think this is worth fighting, read, is there the slightest chance in hell that MIT will budge on its transfer eligibility requirements? As I said before MITChris and molliebatmit, your input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!!!</p>
Appreciate the reply, and I’ll get an email drafted up for the admissions office. Thanks!</p>