<p>I had 3.75 gpa h.s. taking hardest classes, 2300 SAT, say I get into case western reserve, which I hope I will, or similarly rated school for biomedical engineering and I get 4.0 and do some outside stuff, do I have a chance for like a top biomed engineering school? Like Johns hopkins? What is the best thing I can do if a top biomed engineering school is my goal?</p>
<p>I dunno, but I will say you a smart girl for hoping to transfer out of Case. Everybody I know who has gone there is incredibly screwed up in one way or another.</p>
<p>It usually doesn’t work.</p>
<p>But from what I’ve gathered following this stuff for almost a year now, your college transcript will be the most important part of your application. Take gen ed courses, and take one or two 200 or 300 level courses, and get A’s.</p>
<p>2300 SAT isn’t something that’s a deal breaker. Are you a high school senior? I’d say John Hopkins isn’t exactly out of your reach.</p>
<p>Why not apply to Hopkins during your senior year? A girl in one of my classes got into Hopkins with a 95 avg and 1970 on the SATs</p>
<p>I haven’t applied to colleges yet, but I know at this point I can’t get into the top ones, I have lots of absences that are obviously skips, very little extracurriculars, and a C in physics for turning stuff in late when meanwhile I want to be an engineer. I want to turn things around and try to move up.
I guess a better question is how much of a “jump” can you make by transferring, how much up the chain in quality/competitiveness of program can you hope to make in a transfer from the school you are at now to a new one when applying in the second year (entering new school as junior) assuming you have 4.0, have taken very hard classes, and done some outside work. If I can get in a top 20 school (for a specific engineering specialty) now, can I get in a top ten? 15? 5? How does it work or what is gen knowledge</p>
<p>Well, the thing is you never know until you try. Hopkins isn’t exactly HYPSM, so while it’s a tough school to get into it won’t attract the same caliber of students who’ll choose it as a first choice as HYPSM schools. This gives you a better chance of getting in than you’d normally think. While it’s certainly not a safety school for anyone I would say Hopkins would be a good place to apply to with your stats.</p>
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<p>For overall admissions rate this is true, but for bioengineering, which must be applied to specifically, it is extremely selective as it is considered by many to have the best program in the country.</p>