<p>Each school is different, but many conservatory programs will make you start in their freshman year classes. Some will let you evaluate to move into sophomore classes after a semester (Syracuse used to do this, but you would have to check with them directly to see if that is still he case).</p>
<p>There are many reasons why a school into which you transfer will want you to complete course work that you may have taken elsewhere at another university... the primary reason is that the beginning course work is a pre-requisite for the upper level course work... it is the foundation. Each school will have a slightly different way of approaching the course work, and in order to make sure that all students in the upper level course work are speaking the same language they want students to take their beginning course work in performance.</p>
<p>I teach in BA program, and while we will accept certain courses in transfer from other schools, we want students to take all MT performance courses here to make sure that they were on the same page. We may accept Acting I from another institution if we can read the syllabus to make sure that they are ready to take Intermediate Acting here. We will usually accept private voice lesson and group voice credit for some of the voice credits, but not all. This is just an example of one BA program.... as I said, each program is different. </p>
<p>The interesting part is that whlie many schools will make you start in freshman year classes, the university admissions office will not let you be considered as a freshman applicant... sometimes making your admissions process later than the freshman process.</p>
<p>There are some schools that do not accept transfer students at all... regardless if you are willing to start over as a freshman. </p>
<p>Some programs that I believe do accept transfer students (although they may or may not make you spend four years there in order to complete the program, and you should always contact the programs directly): Syracuse, Hartt, BoCo, Baldwin Wallace, Arizona, Cal State Fullerton [although they have very specific course work you need to have completed before auditioning for the BFA.... you may go in the BA program without the course work and then later audition for the BFA once you have completed the required pre-requisite course work]. There are many other schools that accept transfer students. I would suggest that you research schools and find out the ones in which you are most interested, then contact the schools to find out the specific transfer policy.</p>
<p>It sounds as if you have great acceptances. Instead of thinking of contingency plans right now in case you may not like the school you attend, why not throw yourself into the school with enthusiasm, and the assumption that you will love it. If after one semester you think it is not the place for you, you can think about transferring... many schools have a later deadline for transfer students. If you enter school thinking you will not like it and will want to transfer it may become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Not that you should settle for a school that you do not like, but I encourage you to give the school that you attend a chance. </p>
<p>GOOD LUCK :)</p>