Is this situation possible...and advice please?

Question

i withdrew from going to the college of my dreams in about april under very difficult circumstances to settle for a "not very good" school essentially for the sake of a scholarship. now i'm kind of schedualed to go to this S****y school but i'd like to make amends where i am a part time student so i can still go to my "dream" college as a freshman with just a reduction in credits because i'll have taken them.

is this all possible.

also, how would this work out with getting acccepted at the "good" school...would they now base it on those part time classes and my high school record?

Answer 1

If you go to the scholarship school, but drop down to part-time, that's going to affect your financial aid. It may affect your housing. It may even take away your scholarship. So check into all that before you decide what to do.

You need to check the transfer admissions policies at your dream school. While most universities do accept transfer students, some of them (Princeton, for example) don't at all. Other universities will have you apply as a freshman if you have below a certain number of credits at another school, but still others won't let you apply until you have over a certain number of credits and then make you apply as a transfer (the University of California system is an example of this).

Since transfer policies vary so much by school, as you can tell from what I wrote, you need to check the transfer policies of your dream school, and make sure you do what they want so you can apply.

You may find that your best bet is to go to your scholarship school full time, earn X number of credits there, and then transfer to dream school.

Many colleges will accept transfer students based on their college classes and their high school record. Some will only look at your college classes. Again, the dream school can tell you what its politicies are.

But keep your grades way up in your college classes, because those grades are going to matter a lot.  

Answer 2

It depends on the good school.  SOme of the better universities do not accept any transfer students at all (e.g., Princeton), while many of the other elite schools only accept 20-30 per year out of 1000-1300 applicants.

State schools are required to accept some transfer students -- so if it is a public school, you have a better shot.

It is unclear from your question whether or not you were actually accepted at your dream school or if you just withdrew your application.  If you were accepted, contact the admissions office.  They may be willing to let you put off entering for a year.