<p>I am going to be as brief as possible. I am US citizen who already graduated from a Venezuelan high school and started to attend in September a University overseas (major in Marketing).
I have contacted most of the Universities I am interested in, and they said that I would be considered a Us transfer student applying from abroad, paying attention to the amount of credits earned during my overseas period of studies. For example, if I apply after completing the first two semesters at my current University, I would be considered a transfer in some of them. If I apply before finishing the first year, I would be considered a freshman if I am not wrong.
Another fact is that I would be studying an undergraduate program majoring in economics in the us instead of marketing, due to the "cadivi" process here in venezuela (long story). Will I still be considered a transfer student even if changing my major? What will happen to the earned credits? I don't really know the exactly amount of credits that I have right now, due to the difference between the education systems, so I am probably going to contact WES, in order to have a response about it.
Should I apply before finishing my academic year overseas or not? What do you think? I would like to apply for this Fall, and I am going to retake the SAT and the TOEFL in the next two months. I have already sent the first Toefl result to the institutions, but I did not reach the score requested. They will look only at the best result of both tests, correct? What deadlines should I look for? As I said, they said that I would be a US transfer, even if from a University overseas (so not an international). Thanks</p>