JMU decisions out

[Anonymous]

DD waitlisted and completely shocked. Nobody from her school ever gets rejected from JMU. But, honestly, she’s in at a higher ranked school that she said she prefers. And from the comments of the mom a few posts above, happy to see DD run the other direction. I graduated from JMU in the nineties, have been a happy supporter of the program I was an athlete with, but I am now done with this school forever. This makes absolutely no sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:JMU does housing based on when you accept and pay deposit FYI

Uh oh. I’m 90% sure my DC will go to JMU but they are still considering 2 other schools. Hoping to know by April 1. Is that too late for preferred housing?

DP. I believe JMU is one of the few schools which will refund your deposit you go elsewhere (by a certain date). May want to look into that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD waitlisted and completely shocked. Nobody from her school ever gets rejected from JMU. But, honestly, she’s in at a higher ranked school that she said she prefers. And from the comments of the mom a few posts above, happy to see DD run the other direction. I graduated from JMU in the nineties, have been a happy supporter of the program I was an athlete with, but I am now done with this school forever. This makes absolutely no sense.

You're done with your alma mater, that you liked, because your kid didn't get in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD waitlisted and completely shocked. Nobody from her school ever gets rejected from JMU. But, honestly, she’s in at a higher ranked school that she said she prefers. And from the comments of the mom a few posts above, happy to see DD run the other direction. I graduated from JMU in the nineties, have been a happy supporter of the program I was an athlete with, but I am now done with this school forever. This makes absolutely no sense.

Ok… bye!

[Anonymous]

3.3 gpa from highly rigorous DC private, 28 ACT. Waitlisted. Completely shocked. This is nonsense. So mad right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD waitlisted and completely shocked. Nobody from her school ever gets rejected from JMU. But, honestly, she’s in at a higher ranked school that she said she prefers. And from the comments of the mom a few posts above, happy to see DD run the other direction. I graduated from JMU in the nineties, have been a happy supporter of the program I was an athlete with, but I am now done with this school forever. This makes absolutely no sense.

So you can't understand that your dd knew she was going to a higher ranked school and why JMU didn't want to risk rejecting an actual candidate for their program in order to admit your dd who is a legacy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3.3 gpa from highly rigorous DC private, 28 ACT. Waitlisted. Completely shocked. This is nonsense. So mad right now.

Private colleges prefer private school graduates, public colleges prefer public school graduates. It's been like this since I went to college in the 90s.

[Anonymous]

For those of you waitlisted or rejected, I am sorry. Interest in JMU has skyrocketed and EA is the way to go. JMU is one of the top schools for NJ students after Rutgers. It seems very popular with Maryland students. My dd’s high school had at least 10 apply, most early action. She says it’s due to its location relative to home, only about 3 hours, out of state, sports that aren’t as large as PSU or OSU, size and decent food. UVA and VT just aren’t as popular and harder to get into. I will say GMU is popular for Md students.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD waitlisted and completely shocked. Nobody from her school ever gets rejected from JMU. But, honestly, she’s in at a higher ranked school that she said she prefers. And from the comments of the mom a few posts above, happy to see DD run the other direction. I graduated from JMU in the nineties, have been a happy supporter of the program I was an athlete with, but I am now done with this school forever. This makes absolutely no sense.

You're done with your alma mater, that you liked, because your kid didn't get in?

100% It was a much better place then anyway, before they doubled in size and lowered their selectivity. My kid’s stats are above the 75th percentile in every way. We are OOS, but still, seeing many with much lower stats OOS admitted. I just can’t understand what’s going on. The very next request I get to contribute will be deleted, I will opt out, and they will never see another penny. I didn’t expect any legacy or donor benefit at all—mainly because e in a million years the kid didn’t need it. To not be accepted with well above the stats? Yeah, I’m done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3.3 gpa from highly rigorous DC private, 28 ACT. Waitlisted. Completely shocked. This is nonsense. So mad right now.

Apply to more colleges

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD waitlisted and completely shocked. Nobody from her school ever gets rejected from JMU. But, honestly, she’s in at a higher ranked school that she said she prefers. And from the comments of the mom a few posts above, happy to see DD run the other direction. I graduated from JMU in the nineties, have been a happy supporter of the program I was an athlete with, but I am now done with this school forever. This makes absolutely no sense.

So you can't understand that your dd knew she was going to a higher ranked school and why JMU didn't want to risk rejecting an actual candidate for their program in order to admit your dd who is a legacy?

Look, it’s higher ranked, but not all that. I was still sort of hoping she’d consider JMU. I really don’t think this was yield protection. And no, I didn’t expect any legacy bump at all. She didn’t need it. I’m just really upset.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3.3 gpa from highly rigorous DC private, 28 ACT. Waitlisted. Completely shocked. This is nonsense. So mad right now.

I'm sorry. I'm also kind of surprised that your dc from a rigorous private got a 28 ACT with a good private school GPA!

[Anonymous]

Isn't a 3.3 GPA really low?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3.3 gpa from highly rigorous DC private, 28 ACT. Waitlisted. Completely shocked. This is nonsense. So mad right now.

I'm sorry. I'm also kind of surprised that your dc from a rigorous private got a 28 ACT with a good private school GPA!

I’m confused. Are you just being a jerk? That’s such a rude thing to say. So nice to see parents denigrate kids with learning disabilities who work their buns off to just survive in this awful area surrounded by horrible people like you and many other posters on this thread. Do you even have a kid who applied to JMU? Or do you just come here to make other people feel bad?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't a 3.3 GPA really low?

If you knew anything about the “big 3” you’d know that that’s not low at all. So many posters on here just to be mean today. Get a life.