My Wife F1 rejected thrice, Should we apply for F2 or try F1 again?

[usvitab]

My wife F1 visa got denied 3 times (twice in Dec 2017 and 1 time in Jan 2018) for Spring 2018 . She applied to only one university located in my place. VO asked why she applied for only one university, but she never mentioned that she got married because for first 2 times in DS 160 she mentioned status  as Single and 3rd time as Married. She has highlighted about university and her assistantship but was denied and has received 214(b) . We are worried about the situation whether to apply F2 visa or try F1 visa next semester. I want to bring my wife on F2 and then transfer to F1. What are chances for F2 visa for this situation and with what gap should we apply visa?

Please help us. Thanks in advance.

[pontevecchio]

The name of the college would be very relevant here to see if that explains the rejection.

[usvitab]

She has applied to University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Computer Science). 

[pontevecchio]

It is possible she got nervous and answered questions in a manner which raised doubt in the vo. While it is true most admissions are for the fall semester, it is a bit strange that a F1 based on admission to a known public university was denied. It was possibly because of forgetting that she was married in filling up the first set of forms. Have her discuss this problem with the firm of Murthy in Chennai. Hopefully you are studying in a known University.

[usvitab]

thanks for your response. we will consult as suggested.