<p>Hello, i<code>m an intl and i</code>m sorry to intrude on this Parents<code>forum, but i</code>m looking for a qualified response and i think here i can find answers to my questions. I<code>m confused with the eligibility to apply as a freshman - some ivies require those who have attended college or university in the past to apply as transfers or even prohibit them to apply if they attended college for a certain period of time. 1) What are the reasons colleges do so?
What about me, after school I had to enroll to local university to escape army. Moreover, for grave domestic reasons I didn</code>t have opportunity to study, my enrollment was somewhat nominal. Therefore, I not only can<code>t apply as transfer because there are no courses i can transfer, but also don</code>t have any chances to achieve something here. In fact, I<code>m looking towards studying in us college as a chance, not a second for there wasn</code>t really any first, but the only chance to pursue the degree, to use up study opportunities and my talents, motivation. I will explain this situation to admission officers in a supplementary sheet of paper in my application and will apply as freshman. So based on all the above mentioned and on the fact that the rest of my application will be rather competitive, please tell me if you think there are chances that my application won`t be disqualified immediately. Looking forward to your replies, thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Sorry for a factual error :
" after school, for grave domestic reasons I didn`t have opportunity to study, but I had to enroll to local university to escape army. So my enrollment was somewhat nominal."</p>
<p>how many credits did you pick up? What do you mean by your enrollment was nominal. Remember you are still going to have to send your transcript from this school and it will be used in evaluating you.</p>
<p>there are no credits in my country as i understand this term.
i call my enrollment nominal because i couldn<code>t attend classes or study at home. at that time i only needed a document stating that i</code>m enrolled at the university in order to be exempt from army.
as i see, colleges take into consideration how a student used his study opportunities at the other college he has once attended(if he has). in my situation, i neither wanted education that university offered nor (which is more important) had any opportunities due to circumstances beyond my control. i was forced to make a decision which was detrimental to me. as a result, there is nothing colleges can know about me from my experience at the local university. but still there is a policy prohibiting me from applying as freshman seemingly implying that i have already had a chance. i didn`t have one. so do you think admission officers might take into consideration the unique circumstances that impelled me to apply as freshman and not disqualify me at once?</p>
<p>Your best bet is to simply email the international admissions rep for the schools you are interested in, explain the circumstances, and ask the question directly. You can do it anonymously without giving your name if that makes you feel better. We can speculate endlessly here about your situation, but the only answer that really matters is the one that comes from the specific schools. Good luck!</p>