Would I count as a transfer applicant?

RAF1940
Wed, 23 May 2012 15:04:13 +0000

Hi guys, I just finished my sophomore year of high school.

For the next two years, instead of attending high school, I’ll be attending (and living at) a university a few hundred miles away. It’s not some super-prestigious university, but a university is still better than high school.

The program there lasts two years (equivalent in time to finishing my senior year), and then I’m free to go where I want. If I applied to MIT at that point, would I count as a transfer or a regular freshman (I’m aware that credits don’t transfer)?

Does attending this university instead of high school hurt my chances of admission into MIT?