Stats for JMU

[Anonymous]

Would a 3.5 GPA and mediocre SATs get you in? Strong sports background and EC.

[Anonymous]

What do you consider medium scores? Have you looked up the CDS? Plugged kid’s stats into CollegeVine? Checked out Naviance? The info is out there.

[Anonymous]

Define mediocre. It’s a 67% acceptance rate but below 1200 SAT I’d be concerned.

[Anonymous]

DS with 1370 SAT and 3.5 gpa was waitlisted. Ended up at another university and is very happy.

[Anonymous]

I’d worry about a 3.5. And a “strong sports background” means absolutely nothing unless he’s a recruited athlete.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d worry about a 3.5. And a “strong sports background” means absolutely nothing unless he’s a recruited athlete.

I was confused by that comment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS with 1370 SAT and 3.5 gpa was waitlisted. Ended up at another university and is very happy.

weighted or unweighted?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS with 1370 SAT and 3.5 gpa was waitlisted. Ended up at another university and is very happy.

weighted or unweighted?

And in-state or OOS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d worry about a 3.5. And a “strong sports background” means absolutely nothing unless he’s a recruited athlete.

I was confused by that comment.

It's to illustrate EC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d worry about a 3.5. And a “strong sports background” means absolutely nothing unless he’s a recruited athlete.

I was confused by that comment.

It's to illustrate EC.

Grades counts a lot more. Nobody cares about ECs when a kid has a 3.5 and isn’t being recruited. Yours is a common misconception among parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS with 1370 SAT and 3.5 gpa was waitlisted. Ended up at another university and is very happy.

weighted or unweighted?

And in-state or OOS?

Doesn’t matter for JMU.

[Anonymous]

DS with 3.85 and 1480 SAT was waitlisted, but DD with 4.2 and 1350 SAT got in and with merit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS with 3.85 and 1480 SAT was waitlisted, but DD with 4.2 and 1350 SAT got in and with merit.

In what years was this?

[Anonymous]

DS with 4.02 GPA (from FCPS), 3 APs, and 1280 got it last year. "Strong sports background" won't matter much. Check your school's Naviance page.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS with 3.85 and 1480 SAT was waitlisted, but DD with 4.2 and 1350 SAT got in and with merit.

JMU is inconsistent and always has been (in my experience).

I was completely rejected at JMU in the early 1990s, but was admitted to UVA, VT, and Michigan. I chose VT because as an intended science major, it offered the strongest program.

In 2019, JMU was my oldest daughter's "safe school," for she strongly preferred VT and UVA. I don't remember her exact scores/GPA, but I think her GPA was around 4.2 (weighed, obviously), with an ACT around 34, and SAT I think was just under 1400.`She was rejected at UVA and deferred at JMU, but got into both VT and W&M. She chose VT.

My second daughter was not quite as strong a student as her older sister. Her GPA was definitely below a 4.0 weighted; I think it was 3.9 (weighted). Her SAT scores were closer to 1250. She was rejected at VT, VCU, and Clemson, but she got into JMU, as well as a few OOS schools. She's at an OOS school as a freshman.