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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I'm sorry, but the above poster is trolling. All you have to do is check SCHEV to see the stats of admitted students.

[Anonymous]

We are at a very large FCPS public.

My dd was admitted to Tech and waitlisted at JMU. We *think* it might have been solely due to the gender balance at both schools but who the heck knows.

7 APs, 3.9 weighted GPA, 1290 SAT.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand the stupid trolling on this thread, which is a very basic request for information to help a kid make course decisions.

[Anonymous]

It would help if people noted the year and major as well!

[Anonymous]

Also note the district of the GPA and whether they were in state or out of state.

[Anonymous]

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

This was the same situation with my son, except he was an IB Diploma candidate and his SAT was 1370. Waitlisted for business at VT and accepted into JMU business and honors college. He ended up at a liberal arts college, not studying business.

[Anonymous]

2025 grad. White female. 4.25 weighted gpa at time of applying (higher at graduation). 1350-ish SAT. In at both JMU and VT. Non-engineering, but STEM-ish major.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also note the district of the GPA and whether they were in state or out of state.

The thread title specifies *FROM AN FCPS HS*.

[Anonymous]

My dd applied to both last year from an FCPS HS. Liberal arts major, 8 APs, 3.5 GPA, 1320 SAT, didn't get into VT, WL at JMU, went elsewhere.

[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

No chance. Thanks for playing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dd applied to both last year from an FCPS HS. Liberal arts major, 8 APs, 3.5 GPA, 1320 SAT, didn't get into VT, WL at JMU, went elsewhere.

This is similar to my daughter this year, and we are waiting on JMU results. Didn’t even bother applying to Virginia Tech as we know we have no chance. What were some of the schools that accepted your daughter and what kind of school did she ultimately choose?