<p>Just looking at some data from collegeboard.com about johns hopkins' transfer rate. </p>
<p>Transfer Students
* Total number of transfer students who applied: 658
* Total number of transfer students who were admitted: 99</p>
<p>roughly 15%</p>
<p>thats a lot lower than their first year acceptance rate. i thought it was generally easier to apply as a transfer student?</p>
<p>You can look through older posts on this forum regarding transfers to Hopkins. AdmissionsDaniel usually mentions that transferring into Hopkins is very difficult, in fact, I thought the most recent transfer admissions rate was lower than that. Maybe I am mistaken, but in any event, it is difficult to transfer here.</p>
<p>Not sure where you heard it was easier to apply to a highly selective college as a transfer student ... but it definitely is not. Transfer admission to Hopkins is much, much more selective and is based on space availability.</p>
<p>If you search old posts you will learn that last year's acceptance rate for transfer students was 8% (24% for freshmen applicants).</p>