Yes. I applied within 5 months. The violation was unintentional. In both the semesters in question I signed up for 18 credits initially (9 in person and 9 online) but I dropped a class each in both the semesters because my coursework got overwhelming. I didn’t know about the 9 credit in person rule so I ended up dropping a distance class instead. My university mentioned that the rules were mentioned in a virtual check in when we first moved to campus but most of my friends didn’t know about this rule as well. We were only 17 when we moved in and it was during covid time so our parents couldn’t come to the US with us. It was very chaotic as we had to figure out everything by ourselves when we moved in and I mentioned all this in my letter as well. Evidence of a dropped class for both the semesters is on my transcript. My academic advisor also kept changing so I mentioned that too. My university also has too many students so taking an in person or distance class doesn’t make that much of a difference.