<p>I will be attending Tel Aviv University’s One Year Program, in Israel after graduating from High School.</p>
<p>What would happen if I apply to college in the united states as a freshman once I return?</p>
<p>Are you taking courses as a dual enrolled student? Meanign high school and college at the same time?</p>
<p>Apps include age and transcripts.
You have to explain what you have been doing
and
if you are admitted to a college and then they find out you lied on the apps (assuming you are a college student trying to pass off as a recently graduated high school student), you can be expelled.
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any credits you earned at the U in Tel Aviv would be useless unless you fess up and try and transfer them</p>
<p>What status do students who complete this program normally apply under? Ask the program directors, and/or ask the admissions offices of the colleges and universities that most of the students who attend this program end up at.</p>
<p>I already graduated and will be arriving in Israel within this month.</p>
<p>Since this is a One-Year program. Maybe I’m still considered a freshman when applying to college the upcoming year?</p>
<p>I don’t know how it works at the schools you’re considering, but at my college if you have fewer than twenty credits, you’re considered a freshman. Anything above that and you’re required to apply as a transfer. </p>
<p>Find out what colleges you’re interested in applying to and check their policies. The transfer admissions page might have more specific information about what qualifies as a transfer. You might also want to contact someone who works in admissions to find out details regarding international admissions.</p>
<p>The definition of who must apply as a transfer varies by school and ranges from 1 post-HS class (eg. GWU) to anything less than a full year of college (eg. Yale).</p>
<p>So, if you complete a full year of coursework, you will be considered a transfer applicant ANYWHERE. If you complete less than a year, then you need to check the websites of the colleges you’re interested in to determine if you are a fr or transfer applicant.</p>
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<p>Is this program a hang-out-in-Israel-and-learn-some-Hebrew gap year type thing, or is it a year of coursework that can be used as your first year of studies if you chose to stay at that university to finish your degree? You need to find that out now.</p>
<p>If you need serious merit-based aid to help you pay for your college education, you cannot take any college-level credits during a gap year. You might need to be looking for a no-credit hang-out-in-Israel option instead of this one.</p>
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<p>Not always true, as the definition of fr vs. transfer varies widely between schools. However as I stated above, with a full year of college credit, the OP would be considered a transfer anywhere.</p>
<p>Ill be taking real courses during the year program, whether they transfer is another question.</p>
<p>Thing is, I already had more than a years worth of credit out of high school, so how would that “max. of 20 credits” or so apply.</p>
<p>Many colleges will ask if you were admitted as a matriculating student / are you part of a degree or certificate program? They also often make a distinction between credits earned before you graduated from HS (when you were dual enrolled or taking AP classes) and after graduation. In your case it might depend on whether these are AP credits or transfer credits.</p>
<p>It sounds like you will most likely be considered a transfer student. It’s too late now, but your best options would have been to apply for this year and request a deferred enrollment to study first in Israel (or to treat it as a semester abroad).</p>
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<p>Whether or not they will transfer has absolutely no bearing on if you apply as a fr or transfer.</p>
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<p>Read my first post again carefully, when considering fr vs. transfer status, it is only post-HS college coursework that is considered.</p>
<p>Thanks for your input.
After calling several universities, this is what I was told:
UDel – Must apply as a transfer
USC – Might be able to apply as a freshman
UMaryland – Can apply as a freshman</p>
<p>Since I am not enrolled in any degree programs, I believe some schools make exceptions?</p>
<p>^Good idea to go to the primary source, a few phone calls now will save problems later. </p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>