Transferring to Johns Hopkins: your chances, deadlines and credits
Transfer acceptance rate: 4.8%
Transfer acceptance rate
Source: Official school data report, section D, 2025-2026
For fall 2025, Johns Hopkins admitted 119 of 2,468 transfer applicants (4.8%).
Checked November 10, 2026. Very few transfer seats
- Fall 2027 deadline
- Mar 1, 2027Source, 2026-2027
- Credits to apply
- At least 12 creditsSource, 2026-2027
- Recommendation letters
- RequiredSource, 2026-2027
Johns Hopkins transfer acceptance rate
Johns Hopkins's transfer acceptance rate for fall 2025 was 4.8%. 59 transfer students enrolled. The first-year rate the same year was 6.1%.
Source: Official school data report, section D, 2025-2026
The Common Data Set is the official data report colleges publish each year.
Transfer and first-year applicants are different groups. Use the first-year rate as context only.
A rate this low tells you how few seats exist. It says nothing about you. No GPA makes this safe.
Hopkins says transfer admission is space-dependent and available spots vary by major and year. If your first-choice major is full, you are considered for your second choice. Biomedical engineering is the only major closed to transfers. The page gives no admit numbers by major.
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer FAQ, undated page
Our read: The school-wide count cannot show you the odds for your major. Name a second choice you would actually study.
What Johns Hopkins looks for
You enter as a sophomore or junior, for fall only. You must have graduated high school and completed more than 12 semester-based credits elsewhere. With 12 or fewer, or in dual enrollment or early college, you apply as a first-year.
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer application deadlines and requirements, 2026-2027
You name a first-choice and a second-choice major. Changing majors after admission is not promised.
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer FAQ, undated page
The required evaluation is one from a current instructor. Hopkins says it helps them understand what type of student you are. A college official also completes the College Officials Report.
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer application deadlines and requirements, 2026-2027
If your college releases grades only at the end of the year, Hopkins suggests applying in your second year so the committee can see an official college record.
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer FAQ, undated page
Our read: Neither Hopkins transfer page we opened says whether domestic transfers need the SAT or ACT. Ask Hopkins admissions before you assume a test is not needed.
What GPA do you need?
Hopkins gives no GPA cutoff. Reviewers consider your high school record, your college GPA and program of study, your activities, recommendations and essays.
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer FAQ, undated page
Our read: No GPA makes this safe. Hopkins does not publish a line, so do not trust one you read on a forum.
Transfer essays and supplements
Hopkins supplemental essay, 2026-2027, 350 words
At Johns Hopkins, community is built through dialogue, collaboration, and a willingness to engage across differences. Whether on campus or in the broader world, community depends on bridge builders who can listen to differing perspectives, challenge their own assumptions, or work together toward shared goals. Drawing on your own experiences, what have you learned about engaging across differences, and how has it shaped the way you think about building bridges, enhancing community, and working with others?
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer application deadlines and requirements, 2026-2027
Our read: This prompt is not a why-transfer essay. Hopkins's page lists only this supplement, so your reasons for leaving go in the Common App transfer essay, whose prompt is on the Common App and not on the Hopkins page.
Our read: Pick one real moment when you disagreed with someone or worked with people unlike you. Say what you did, what you got wrong, and what you do differently now. A list of clubs will not answer it.
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Transfer requirements
Johns Hopkins requires an essay, recommendation letters and a minimum number of college credits.
Recommendation lettersRequired
Applicants submit an evaluation from a current instructor.
Source, 2026-2027Minimum credits before you applyRequired
Transfer applicants must have completed more than 12 semester-based credits at another institution.
Source, 2026-2027
Apply through the Common App for Transfer. The fee is $70, non-refundable, with hardship waivers in the Common App or through Hopkins' form. Send transcripts from every school you attended and an official high school transcript for grades 9 to 12.
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer application deadlines and requirements, 2026-2027
Students with one year of college must live on campus. Students with two or more years may live off campus. Hopkins says admitted veterans are assured housing.
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer FAQ, undated page
To earn a Hopkins bachelor's degree you need at least four consecutive full-time semesters, not counting summers, and at least 60 degree credits earned at Hopkins.
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer FAQ, undated page
Transfer deadlines for fall 2027
For fall 2027 entry, the application deadline is March 1, 2027.
Source: Johns Hopkins University transfer information, 2026-2027
- You send or do something
- The school answers
- March
- May
- June
The deadlines table has four columns: Early Decision I, Early Decision II, Regular Decision and Transfer. Transfer: application March 1, 2027, financial aid March 15, 2027, decision May 14, 2027, reply June 1, 2027. Hopkins posts updated dates each August.
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer application deadlines and requirements, 2026-2027
Our read: Use only the Transfer column. The Early Decision and Regular Decision dates sit in the same table.
Will your credits transfer?
Hopkins evaluates your courses during review and sends a preliminary credit estimate with an offer. After you enroll, you send course descriptions or syllabi to the appropriate advising office. Credit evaluation sits with the Office of Academic Advising for Arts and Sciences and the Office of Academic Affairs for Engineering.
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer credit policies, undated page
You need a C or better. Arts and Sciences students may transfer up to 60 credits at first, and up to 12 more after enrolling. Engineering students may transfer more if needed. Pass or fail courses can count if your school states in writing that the mark means C or better.
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer credit policies, undated page
Hopkins reviews some courses case by case and they may not count: independent study, research and internships, hybrid courses with lectures and graded assignments, math below pre-calculus including most introductory statistics, and computer software courses such as basic programming in HTML or Java and computer-aided design.
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer credit policies, undated page
All engineering majors need introductory and intermediate calculus, chemistry and physics with labs. Junior transfers also need advanced math such as Calculus III, Linear Algebra or Differential Equations, plus major-specific courses.
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer credit policies, undated page
Our read: If you want engineering and have been taking statistics or research credits in place of the calculus and physics sequence, the credit estimate will be small.
Build a full list
Financial aid is optional and domestic transfers only. Need-based scholarships exist for domestic transfers. International transfers are directed to private loans, and most lenders require a US citizen co-signer.
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer application deadlines and requirements, 2026-2027; Johns Hopkins transfer FAQ, undated page
If you earn a state-approved Maryland Associate of Science in Engineering and are admitted, Hopkins accepts it as a block of at least 60 credits for its B.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering. Hopkins says admission is competitive and not promised.
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer credit policies, undated page
- Apply to schools across more than one tier. Do not build the list around one long shot.
- Keep your grades up this term. Most transfer readers see your latest work.
- Decide now what you do if every answer is no. Staying and finishing strong is a real plan.
- Brown UniversitySimilar odds
- California Institute of TechnologySimilar odds
- University of PennsylvaniaSimilar odds
- Washington University in St. LouisTakes more transfers
Questions students ask
Do I need the SAT or ACT?
Our read: Neither Hopkins transfer page we opened says. Ask Hopkins admissions.
Can I start in spring?
No. Hopkins accepts transfers for the fall semester only.
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer application deadlines and requirements, 2026-2027
How many credits do I need to apply?
More than 12 semester-based credits at another school.
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer application deadlines and requirements, 2026-2027
Which major is closed to transfers?
Biomedical engineering.
Source: Johns Hopkins transfer FAQ, undated page
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Sources
- Official school data report, 2025-2026
- Johns Hopkins transfer application deadlines and requirements, 2026-2027
- Johns Hopkins transfer FAQ, undated page
- Johns Hopkins transfer credit policies, undated page
Numbers come from official reports, read by our tools and checked. Notes were drafted with AI tools from the official pages linked beside them. A person has not reviewed this guide yet. Admission decisions belong to each college, and no one can promise one.