Need some advice on transferring...

Transfer Students
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<p>Hello guys,</p>

<p>I'm a Philosophy Major at ASU who'll begin his junior year this fall. I'm planning on transferring next fall to a more prestigious and rigorous institution, but I'm still looking around for the department that suits me best. Johns Hopkins is the institution that seems most appealing to me at the moment, and is thus the one I've been researching most thoroughly. However, I have several concerns I need addressed before buckling down and starting my Common App. </p>

<p>Some relevant info:
* I withdrew from HS after my freshman year and enrolled in a self-paced online program, which allowed me to graduate the following year, at the age of 15, as valedictorian of my class. I am currently 17, and will turn 18 this October.
* I scored 2270 on my SAT--800 in critical reading, 730 in writing, and 740 in math.
* I currently have a 4.0 GPA from my four semesters at ASU, and have taken 5 upper-division philosophy classes thus far. I've gotten most of my general requirements out of the way as well, except for foreign language, which I'll be testing out of in the coming months.
* I have no vocational, volunteering, or extra-curricular experience to speak of. I'm pretty much a shut-in who spends all his time studying. </p>

<p>My questions:
* Would I be able to transfer to many institutions having completed six semesters? I know I'll probably have to take four semesters at the new institution, but I'm fine with that, since I'm so young anyway.
* Do I have the scores as it stands to be admitted as a transfer to Johns Hopkins, or a similarly prestigious school? As I'm torn between academia and law school, I don't necessarily care about name recognition as much as getting into a really rigorous analytic philosophy department that will hone my argumentative and logical capabilities to a level sufficient to excel in either field.<br>
* Would my history of graduating from HS early as valedictorian be something to put on my application essays? Would it give me any kind of edge over other applicants?
* Should I desperately try to get in some extra-curricular or vocational experience to round out my application, or is it not that critical?
* Does ASU's reputation as a "party school" significantly hurt my chances of getting accepted anywhere? I've been paranoid about this forever.</p>

<p>Thanks for your time.</p>

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<p>Most schools don’t allow you to transfer after six semesters because you’ve usually reached ‘senior’ status. It would probably be in your best interest to stay at ASU and go to JHU for law/grad school.</p>

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<p>So I couldn’t just leave ASU a senior and enter JHU a junior?</p>

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<p>[Johns</a> Hopkins University Office of Undergraduate Admissions - Apply - Frequently Asked Questions - Transfer](<a href=“http://apply.jhu.edu/apply/faq_transfer.html]Johns”>http://apply.jhu.edu/apply/faq_transfer.html)</p>

<p>Who can transfer to Johns Hopkins?</p>

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<p>Yes, but it says “into the sophomore and junior classes,” not “from sophomore and junior classes.”</p>

<p>What’s stopping me from applying for next fall, getting in, and entering as a junior, despite my senior status at ASU? Couldn’t they just make me take two more semesters worth of work?</p>

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<p>When they say “into the soph & jr classes”, they are implying that the applicant is currently in their fr or soph year and going into their soph or jr yr, respectively. </p>

<p>However, they do not explicitly say that jr applicants cannot apply and then drop units, so call JHU and ask them.</p>