Transfer to Johns Hopkins University? PLZ Need Advice. Thank you

Transfer Students
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<p>Is it difficult to transfer into Johns Hopkins University after you sophmore year of college? Ill be going to New Paltz University for 2 years for an associates degree and would like to transfer to Johns Hopkins University for my junior year.</p>

<p>I had a 2.5 GPA and scored a 18 on my ACT in high school and was a big slacker:-(
But in college I will have a 3.5 or higher and will join some clubs and be involved with IM sports and will be involved with research and community service.
What will be my chances of being accepted as a transfer to Johns Hopkins University?</p>

<p>Please Respond, Thank You</p>

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<p>what college are you going to? a 3.5 could be good or bad depending on the answer to that question...</p>

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<p>Im going to a 4 year university to get an associates degree in health sciences. It is a SUNY and the name of the college is SUNY New Paltz:-)</p>

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<p>Bump
Please any advice.
Thanks</p>

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<p>ok i don't really know much a/b it which means, to be safe, you can consider yourself on equal footing with myself :) and I go to a community college. If the 4-year university you attend is pretty unknown, you're gonna want to get as close to a 4.0 as you can get, and take honors courses. If you attended a more competitive university, a 3.5 would be a good GPA, but at your current institution you should try to get as high a GPA as possible for it to be considered equivalent to someone at say, Syracuse, with a 3.5. Hopkins is tough to get into. Good luck.</p>

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<p>my friend goes to Johns Hopkins and hates it. Says it's very competitive.</p>

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<p>Hopkins has accepted about 16% of transfer applicants in recent years - not very many, but a higher % than some other equivalent schools (eg, Stanford accepts around 5%). </p>

<p>Do your best in college; take a rigorous courseload. Develop a good relationship with at least two profs so that you will have good recommendations. Then, go for it. Since JHU has a low acceptance rate, consider applying to other, safer, schools that you like if you definitely want to transfer.</p>

<p>Mightymeals makes a comment that is a stereotype of Hopkins. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but there are many, many who do not see it that way. There is a very good thread on that topic here on cc - with some very thoughtful comments and insights from students. <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=205512%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=205512&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>