Did you go to a small school for undergrad? You mentioned small classes so I just wondered… Who told you you’d have to apply as a transfer student just to take classes? If it was someone in financial aid, I’d be sure to call the registrar, and if they can’t help you, ask the dean of academics. At big universities, I suppose you would have to start from scratch, but that’s hard to believe if it’s a small college.
I’m just asking, because I’m currently attending the school I graduated from, and they have some special policies that apply to alums. You have to have graduated at least five years prior, and you can only take one class per term. But there’s a huge alumni discount on tuition, which presumably, goes straight into the coffers of the annoying alumni fund raising office. So they have a motive! However, no one on campus knew about this policy–I only found out when I called a former boss of mine in the registrar’s office who looked it up in their book of special policies. I have yet to meet one prof or campus official who was aware that alums could really take classes…anyway, you might want to check on it more!
BTW, back when I was applying for financial aid, I was told that I didn’t qualify for anything besides loans, because I already had a bachelor’s degree. I don’t know if that’s true everywhere though.
-andrea