<p>Last year I was a freshman at JMU in Virginia. I really don't like the school for many reasons programs, abroad connections, etc so I'm really set on at some point transfering.</p>
<p>highschool gpa 2.9-3.0 all AP/honors classes but pretty much just a B occasional A/C student
2005-2006- junior year of high school, year long exchange scholarship to Germany
I completed highschool in three years
Freshman/Sophmore year of high school, hardcore swimmer and didn't really try in school
1390 out of 1600 SAT</p>
<p>JMU freshman year GPA 3.86 cum. Econ/German major
awesome recommendations</p>
<p>For fall transfer I applied to UVA and WandM. I was rejected off the waitlist at UVA and was accepted to WandM.</p>
<p>I don't want to go WandM and plan on going to JMU another year and then applying for transfer to a bunch of schools in the Spring. I plan applying to the following schools</p>
<p>the rest....
Boston College
Columbia
WandM again for a safety
Cornell
Middlebury
Tufts
UNC
Amherst
Northwestern
John Hopkins </p>
<p>I consider pretty much all of these schools a reach.
If i average say a 3.8 for sophmore year and apply to all of these schools, do you think I should get accepted into atleast one "besides wandm"? I know all these schools have tiny acceptance rates and applying to good schools is such a crapshoot, so I was just hoping to get some opinions. I'm i crazy passing up WandM? or do I have a good chance of getting in one of the above schools if I work hard next year.</p>
<p>ps is applying for transfer after freshman or after sophmore year usually easier??</p>
<p>You could apply again to WandM - probably a fair chance you could get accepted again. I don't think you are crazy. It seems like you have a shot of being able to transfer to at least one in your long list, so why not give it another go. No guarantees, but it doesn't seem like a completely impossible situation, either.</p>
<p>All of the schools you have listed are reach-y, even for students such as yourself with good scores, excellent GPA and awesome recommendations.</p>
<p>So... you need to ask yourself how important it is that you transfer out of JMU. If it is really important, you need to find some schools that you actually like that are not as reachy. Apply to them. Then you will likely get acceptances. Then you can also apply to the reachy schools and if you get an acceptance at one of them, you will have some options.</p>
<p>If you are content to stay at JMU if you don't get accepted into the reachy schools, then you can go forward from the list you've posted above.</p>
<p>I don't understand why you'd apply to WandM again - you don't want to go there this time, why have it as your safety next time?</p>
<p>I don't know that ther is any generalization that it is easier to apply for transfer after freshman or sophomore year. It is true that when applying for junior standing less attention will be paid to your hs record, which could be helpful in your case.</p>
<p>A safety is a school that is certain to accept you based on its past behavior in admissions <em>and that you would be happy to attend.</em></p>
<p>ya thanks, i don't really like jmu but i wouldn't be willing to pay crazy out of state/private tuitions unless i got accepted into a reach school. What I was trying to ask statistically/or logically do you think I would get into just one out of the entire list when i applied?</p>