If your kid applied to JMU and/or Virginia Tech from an FCPS HS, would you

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Accepted to both. Business major. 3.9W/3.6UW GPA--did not submit test scores.

How many APs and what were the SAT scores that you chose not to send in if you don't mind sharing

1260 SAT and 5 APs--history for 2 years, AP Calculus, AP Stats, AP Environmental. Lots of music EC, Varsity athlete, worked every summer, but that's it.

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white male, 3.53W GPA, SAT 920, 5 APs, skipped 4 ap exams in senior year, many honors classes, varsity sport, ECs, summer jobs. Admitted 2025, business major

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Accepted to both. Business major. 3.9W/3.6UW GPA--did not submit test scores.

How many APs and what were the SAT scores that you chose not to send in if you don't mind sharing

1260 SAT and 5 APs--history for 2 years, AP Calculus, AP Stats, AP Environmental. Lots of music EC, Varsity athlete, worked every summer, but that's it.

thank you

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For JMU, based on the scattergram, everyone from our HS with a GPA over 3.4W and an SAT above 970 was accepted, into one or the other major

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For JMU, based on the scattergram, everyone from our HS with a GPA over 3.4W and an SAT above 970 was accepted, into one or the other major

Really? That's good. I feel like there were posts last year where kids with high stats were not admitted.

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Anonymous wrote:For JMU, based on the scattergram, everyone from our HS with a GPA over 3.4W and an SAT above 970 was accepted, into one or the other major

At My kid’s high school (NoVA public, wealthy area), JMU has a 43% acceptance rate

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Anonymous wrote:My DS is currently a freshman at JMU. He didn’t apply to VT.

He had a 3.8W GPA and 1230 SAT. He had 6 APs and a bunch of honors classes. He also had some great ECs and an internship.

Did he submit the SAT?

I think he submitted to JMU, but I could be wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:For JMU, based on the scattergram, everyone from our HS with a GPA over 3.4W and an SAT above 970 was accepted, into one or the other major

That is much better than at our FCPS school. I personally know several kids with 3.7/3.8 GPAs and SATs well over 970 who were rejected or waitlisted (never got off).

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2021 in-state high school grad. 4.3 W GPA. Good rigor but not highest level; 7APs but no calc; athlete
applied as a STEM but not engineering major to both VT and JMU

WL at Tech
In at JMU

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DD class of 2023. Full IB diploma, 4.5wgpa and 1350 SAT (if memory serves). Accepted to VT Pamplin. Didn’t apply to JMU.

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Anonymous wrote:2023 DS, white male, not first gen. Wgpa 4.1, sat 670 V, 710 math. 7 APs, all the rest honors. Varsity sports captain and very involved in that all 4 years. District and state individual champion in the sport.

Waitlisted at VT for business major. Definitely knew people in his class (close friends) with lower GPA’s and SATs, who got into liberal arts majors at VT.

JMU business and honors college acceptance

I'm sorry, but this is just nonsense. Your kid does not know the stats of these friends.

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Anonymous wrote:(It use to be anyway) Oddly, very well-qualified students often did not get into both VT & JMU. Almost suspicious. Like those colleges were collaborating, splitting the acceptances, or the HS counseling office was involved.

Could be all of those things. But they probably were "simply" playing game of yield protection.

Nope, neither school yield protects.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought both JMU and VT say they don't yield protect OR track demonstrated interest.

Is that not right?

That is correct. VT even states as much on their website.

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Anonymous wrote:white male, 3.53W GPA, SAT 920, 5 APs, skipped 4 ap exams in senior year, many honors classes, varsity sport, ECs, summer jobs. Admitted 2025, business major

BS. Stop the trolling on this thread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:2023 DS, white male, not first gen. Wgpa 4.1, sat 670 V, 710 math. 7 APs, all the rest honors. Varsity sports captain and very involved in that all 4 years. District and state individual champion in the sport.

Waitlisted at VT for business major. Definitely knew people in his class (close friends) with lower GPA’s and SATs, who got into liberal arts majors at VT.

JMU business and honors college acceptance

I'm sorry, but this is just nonsense. Your kid does not know the stats of these friends.

I know kids don’t know the stats of everyone in their high school, but my kid definitely knew the stats of his 5-6 close friends. Two he knew (discussed it with them) were admitted with lower gpas and sats, one for Econ and one for English. Why is that hard to believe?