I am considering taking a semester off and then applying as an undergraduate for the spring semester, but sadly it seems very hard to find information about the spring admittance/ application process
I have a list of questions, and am having a very hard time figuring out if spring semester is a possibility worth looking into
-does it have any effect of your chances of getting accepted to the university?
-do all colleges offer a spring admittance? if not, which ones do?
-is spring admittance available only for transfer students? or undergraduates too?
- and will this have any effect on my likelihood of getting financial aid?
thank you so much for your help in advance :)
hie goni-you did not mention whether you are an international student or not-from what I know,most students who are offered to start in spring will have applied for fall,but the college will ask them to enroll in the spring semester for some reason.Its very difficult to get financial aid for the jan semester,since they mostly give out their aid in the fall semester.The colleges I know right off the bat to apply for spring are manhattanville college and St johns uni,both NY.Additionally most public unis accept applications for both terms.If you could elaborate on some of your stats and what you look for in a college I could throw in some more relevant suggestions:)
Hi Goni, I don't know how to answer the questions, because circumstances vary from one school to the next, and policies are always changing. However, I began my college studies as an undergrad in the late 90s, and I began in the Spring semester. I was not a transfer student or international student.
I think you should just try to open up as many "doors of opportunity" as you can, ande one will pay off!
If you go help some students by giving them your ideas about their essays, you can ask them some of these questions and link them to this thread. Good luck!! :-)
Most of the schools in the east seem to have spring and fall. I know its hard to get information on spring enrollment for UC's but i am pretty sure some do. I believe there are less people that apply during the spring compared to the fall because of the freshmen. Just go to the website of the school you want to attend and see if they accept spring applications.
hey,
sorry it took me so long to replay
I am a permanent resident of the US
and am applying as an undergraduate
the colleges i have in mind (or my dream colleges) are places like Brandeis, Brown, Caltech, MIT, Cornell, Duke, Rice, UC Berkeley, Mills college, and Stanford
I feel that if I were to take a semester off, i would be able to bring up my SAT scores incredibly,
and revise my essays, greatly improving my college applications, and likelyhood of acceptance
I am hoping to be able to get into a prestigious university
but i dont know which, if any of them, offer spring semester enrollment
and if taking a semester off would be worth it
thanks for your help
I don't think it would be worth it. If colleges do let you take a semester off, you usually have to have some outstanding reason, a.k.a your mother got very sick and you had to watch your siblings. Not to mention, if they do let you take the semester off to improve your application, so could other students, so the applicant pool would be that much more intense.
Hi goni-
First, you have to give us some details on what colleges you have in mind. Some colleges do accept transfers for spring semester, but you will need to look at each college. I suggest going to collegeboard.com for all the details
