Admission as a Freshman (2024)

FAQs

What are freshman admissions? ›

You are considered a freshman applicant if you will have attained a high school diploma or GED by the end of Spring term prior to the desired Fall admission term (or by the end of the Summer term prior to the desired Spring admission term), and have not earned college credit beyond the summer immediately following high ...

Students who have taken college coursework that is counting towards their high school graduation should apply as first-year applicants. This includes students pursuing an associate's degree while finishing high school.

Note: You cannot disregard your college record and apply as a freshman. We do not accept applications from students seeking second baccalaureate degrees. To begin the application process, use the University of California's online application (UC Application).

Candidates who want to enroll in the University of Oregon must fulfill the University of Oregon GPA requirements of at least 3.5 in high school.

The 'normal' or average age for a student to start their freshman year of high school is usually around 14 or 15 years old, depending on when your birthday is. Usually, most students will be 14, but some may have just turned 15 at the end of the summer, just before the start of school.

Realistically, how much do freshman grades matter? While college admissions officers may forgive a few bad grades during your freshman year, these grades do still factor into your overall high school GPA.

when you think about it, it's not really. That isn't to say it's going to be easy to get into these selective and very selective schools, but, in some cases, your chances are nearly doubled for acceptance as a transfer than they were as a freshman.

Is It Harder to Get Into College As a Transfer Student? At most highly selective universities, the transfer admission rate is lower than the overall admission rate for high school applicants. There are, however, exceptions.

If you transfer to a new school, you'll ““start fresh.” Your credits may transfer but your grade point average will start again. So, if you get a 4.0 in the new school, that'll be you GPA.

Thankfully, new laws passed over the last two years have banned transcript withholding in eleven states: New York, California, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Washington, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Connecticut and Oregon. Nine more states have considered bans, but have yet to pass proposed laws.

Can a 17 year old be a freshman in college? ›

For most students 17 is a normal age to start college in the US. 18 is more typical, but unless you're immature, 17 will be fine. I've known freshmen at the elite university where I teach who were fifteen or sixteen and I'd have reservations about that unless the person was unusually mature.

A transfer student is anyone who has college credit from another institution that they are transferring to a second institution. For reporting purposes, students are only first time students if they do not have college credits earning since graduating from high school.

Academic Performance:

A recommended unweighted high school grade-point average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale as calculated by the Office of Admissions)

To have the best shot of getting in, you should aim for the 75th percentile, with a 1580 SAT or a 36 ACT. You should also have a 4 GPA or higher. If your GPA is lower than this, you need to compensate with a higher SAT/ACT score.

Is your high school GPA good enough for UO? The average high school GPA for admitted students at UO is 3.59 on a 4.0 scale. (You can calculate your high school a GPA here.) This is a solid GPA, and UO is competing for quality students who have done well in high school.

The four years of undergraduate education are called: (1) freshman year, and someone in their first year is a freshman. You might sometimes hear this shortened to "frosh." (2) sophom*ore year, and someone in their second year is a sophom*ore.

In college, you are classified as a sophom*ore if you have 30 semester credit hours. So, if you have fewer than 30 completed (passed) credit hours, you are considered to be a freshman.

A freshman is a student in her first year of high school or college. Being a college freshman can be a little overwhelming — it's a huge change in most people's lives. Sometimes a freshman is called a "first-year student," a term that isn't so gender-specific.

In the U.S., in general, you enter your freshman year of high school during the year you turn 14. If your birthday is in November, you will be 13 when you enter 9th grade in September.