Apply for a Transfer, or take a Gap Year and Reapply? Advice Please

MYOS1634
Thu, 23 Apr 2015 08:19:44 +0000

sa977: you obviously have no experience with international transfers. (And your hypotheses about domestic transfers don’t necessarily work for kids who need financial aid, either).
In any case: International transfers DO NOT get financial aid in the US. P Hugo needs financial aid to attend. Transferring is thus impossible for him. His choice is either going to the US after a gap year, or not at all.
Deferring from UCL sounds like the most reasonable option, and if deferring is impossible, considering that UCL admits based on A-Level results, admission should not be harder next year than this year. Essentially, Hugo has a very good “fall back” option already.