<p>How are transfer applicants reviewed?--holistically? number-heavy?
Do I have a chance? I know this is a weird thread being that I just got accepted into Hopkins....but is my HS profile strong enough for transfer admission to the above schools? At Hopkins, I plan to major in international studies...and I hope to maintain a 3.7 gpa in that major. </p>
<p>Me:
African American Female
Under $60,000 income
High School GPA: 4.0 on a 4.0 scale
Hopkins GPA: should be a 3.7
Junior Schedule: AP History (4), AP English (4), AP Physics B (dual enrollment-- 8 credits already earned), precal, french III etc etc
Senior Year: AP Calculus AB, AP English, AP Chemistry,</p>
<p>SAT
1950 first attempt
630 m, 640 cr, 680 w
SAT II us history (690) math 2 (610)</p>
<p>LEADERSHIP (all HS)
-Student Rep to Board of Education (only student on board)
-County Director for official state student political organization (more than 2,000 members state wide)--worked on '08 and '09 campaigns locally in NJ and in states like Michigan and Pennsylvania.
-Editor (chief)-- school newspaper
-NHS Vice President
-Varsity Soccer
-Vice President of Class (10)
-Financial adviser for an organization (music based--family owned)
--I do not add up my volunteer hours but ive worked in a soup kitchen and for the NHS beaucoup.
-- I am the coordinator at my school in the state quiz bowl we are going to participate in.</p>
<p>Awards (High School)
-- Student of the Year-- Elks
-- Gold in State Competition (Original Essay)
-- Numerous awards for excellence in an academic subject (within the school)
-- Sports: Greater Middlesex Conference--Academic Award</p>
<p>Others
-- I attended a Saturday program (called saturday scholars) every saturday morning :/ with Rutgers University during my sophomore year
-- Poetry publications at local library
--LEAD SBI @ UMichigan (selective summer program)</p>
<p>Why are you planning on transferring before you have even arrived at Hopkins? If you did not want to attend then you probably should not have applied ED. But I don’t want to lecture you, so I will get to answering your question. Georgetown will be the most realistic as its admissions rate is the highest. Dartmouth and Columbia will be harder as their acceptance rates are lower.And Harvard/Yale will be close to impossible, and Princeton does not accept transfers. I suggest adding Penn to your list, as its transfer rate is around 16%. You should also consider some top publics UVA/UNC. My best advice for you is to go into Hopkins with the best mindset possible; make friends, get involved, and have fun. If you do not like it, that is when you plan on transferring. Good luck</p>
<p>If you already know you want to transfer out, why don’t you just not go to Hopkins? </p>
<p>If your goal is “transfer up” to HYP, than you should go to your local state school or CC and try to transfer. If you’re looking for a contingency in the case that you don’t like JH, than you shouldn’t worry about transfer competitiveness.</p>
<p>The IR program at Hopkins is matched only by the likes of Gtown and Harvard. I recommend you stick it out in Baltimore. If not, though, I’m sure you’ll find solace in the fact that a Hopkins freshman transferred to Harvard last year.</p>
<p>eeekkk nice to know lol.
well idk, im going to just try my best at hopkins and see if i like it.
howver, i am a person that likes to plan ahead…if I do end up transferring, I want to know everything about it now.</p>
<p>You shouldn’t come into JH with the mindset of ‘it might not work out and i should transfer’.
Come in with the mindset that it WILL work and if it doesn’t at first, try to get involved a little bit better.</p>
<p>The best transfer applicants are usually those who did well and got involved in their current school.</p>
nice to know lol.