<p>I’m a freshman in a community college hoping to transfer next fall. I don’t know that much, but I can try to tell you as much as I can with the very little knowledge that I have.</p>
<p>1) When you say “transfer as a sophomore/junior”, I believe you mean you hope to transfer “after freshman year/after sophomore year”.</p>
<p>I’m transferring after my freshman year, because I’m applying to Emory and I hope to join their business school. I cannot transfer after my sophomore year, because they require you to transfer only after freshman year. So because of that rule, I’m forced to transfer after freshman year. </p>
<p>So I would look into the policies of the schools you want to join, since they might have certain rules.
However, from what I understand, there are more scholarships available for students who transfer after their sophomore year. </p>
<p>Personally, I feel that transferring after freshman year is the better option because you get to stay in the college you want longer! </p>
<h2>I don’t know whether the chances of getting in are higher if you transfer in a particular year. </h2>
<p>2) Spring vs Fall:</p>
<p>Some colleges require that you have a certain number of credits before you transfer. I don’t know whether there really is a difference.</p>
<h2>However, if you are able to get statistics on how many people normally apply to transfer, and how many transfers are accepted in both of those semesters, you might have a clearer idea when you might want to transfer. If there’s less competition in Spring, then you might want to apply then and vice versa.</h2>
<p>3) Applying to a lot of colleges:
Remember that some colleges have application fees, and they are normally $50.
Also, if you apply to more than four colleges, you have to pay money to send your SAT scores. </p>
<h2>Now if you wanted to send your application to a lot of colleges, I guess you could get recommendations from different professors, just so one professor doesn’t get irritated because he has to write a lot :).</h2>
<p>4) I honestly don’t know how important each of those are, but I do know that college GPA is very important. If you did “ok” in High school, I’m sure it will be overlooked if you maintain a 4.0 in college.</p>
<p>Also, here’s an addition to that list: Number of Classes per semester. </p>
<p>When I wrote to an adviser from Emory, she told me that they normally look for how heavy your load was in college and how well you did. She mentioned that the difficulty of the class matters too, but not as much.</p>
<p>When I told her I was taking max load at my college (For me, it’s 19 hours), she told me I had a good shot, so long as I maintained a 4.0. </p>
<h2>Also, if you transfer after sophomore year, some colleges don’t require your SAT scores. </h2>
<p>That’s all I can think of for now. </p>
<p>Hopefully, I’ve helped you! If you have any more questions, feel free to send me a message or post them here, and I will do my best to help you out!</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>