<p>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 already 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. If I apply before finishing the first year, I would be considered a freshman if I am not wrong. What deadlines should I look for?
Another fact is that I would be studying an undergraduate program majoring in economics in the us instead of marketing. Will I still be considered a transfer student even if changing my major? What will happen to the earned credits?
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?</p>
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<li>Yes, you will be consider oos transfer(for any state schools) as you are not any state’s residents. Private schools does not matter whether you are in state or out of state.</li>
<li>You may lose credits when the major is changed.</li>
<li>Of course, you have to meet the standards of a college to be accepted as transfers.</li>
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<p>What is a OOS transfer student?</p>
<p>Out of state</p>
<p>Will I have to start as a freshman if I decide to change my major or not? For example, if I decide to apply next year as a sophomore (major in marketing), I will be a sophomore in the US, majoring in economics.
I have not filled the FAFSA yet, is it allowed to fill it for the first time as a transfer?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot</p>
<p>Hi sebasto! </p>
<p>The place you attend will decide whether you are a freshman or a transfer based on the number of credits that transfer. Your major probably won’t matter. Most programs in the US are more flexible than in Venezuela. If most of your credits transfer as electives, you should be able to complete your new program in three years.</p>
<p>Do have your secondary school records and your university records formally evaluated. There are several organizations that do this. I recommend [World</a> Education Services-International Credential Evaluation Expertise](<a href=“http://www.wes.org/]World”>http://www.wes.org/) because its evaluations are recognized by every college and university that I know of. </p>
<p>Yes you can file the FAFSA now. It will determine your eligibility for federal financial aid. You will need to convert the figures to US dollars using the official exchange rate. For income, you can use the average exchange for the year if you want to. For assets you should use the exchange of the day.</p>
<p>If your parents are US citizens or legal permanent residents, they should be filing US income tax returns every year even if they don’t owe any taxes. If they have been doing this, it will be a big help for you, because they will have the numbers ready for you.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best!</p>
<p>Thanks happymomof1, you have answered most of my questions.</p>
<p>I am actually filling the FAFSA for the 2014-2015 period and I don’t know what should I select in this question:
When you begin the 2014-2015 school year, what will be your grade level?
Never attended college/1st year
Attended college before/1st year
Sophomore/2nd year
(…)</p>
<p>Put second year because you are transferring. The federal loan amounts depend on your year in college and that will change your aid package a little bit.</p>
<p>Or you could put “attended college before/first year” if you feel like it. Because you don’t know yet how you will be classified by your college/university.</p>
<p>And don’t worry. If they do classify you as a sophomore, you will be able to get the student loan amount for sophomores. The college/university will arrange that.</p>