<p>Personally, I’m kind of uncomfortable with the idea of applying before choosing. First of all, you have to pay the fee, and second, you still have to go to a deal of effort for it (and make other people go through a deal of effort). It’s excusable when applying for freshman admissions because you need to apply to a large range of schools and I suppose it’s “emotional security” not to become to attached before you know if you’ll be accepted. But if you have no need to transfer, but think you might prefer another school, than it’s pretty pointless to apply before you’ve made up your mind.</p>