Stats for JMU

[Anonymous]

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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.

Reason JMU will reject students with high stats is they know the student has zero interest in actually attending JMU.

Should students with 4.0 UW, lots of APs and SATs in the mid-upper 1400s should be concerned?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

True. I got into UVA and JMU in 1992. I had two good friends that did not get into JMU but did get into UVA. (So I went to JMU and was very happy and they were happy at UVA!)
It was unpredictable.

JMU was only a 30% acceptance rate in early 1990s. They significantly expanded enrollment.

What’s your source for that number? I went to UVA in the 90s from an FCPS high school. The acceptance rate my year was 37% and JMU was widely known be a much safer bet.

I will say that my friends who went to JMU seemed to have a really fun, down-to-earth college experience. The kids who go to JMU from my kid’s non-NOVA high school these days are all really bright kids. I am encouraging my own to strongly consider it.

Just Google JMU acceptance 1990.

I found a JMU PDF entitled “How JMU has Changed” from 2016 that said JMU had a 36% acceptance rate in 1987 vs a 72% rate in 2016.

Interesting. My husband went to UVA 1986-90, but was rejected from JMU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

True. I got into UVA and JMU in 1992. I had two good friends that did not get into JMU but did get into UVA. (So I went to JMU and was very happy and they were happy at UVA!)
It was unpredictable.

JMU was only a 30% acceptance rate in early 1990s. They significantly expanded enrollment.

What’s your source for that number? I went to UVA in the 90s from an FCPS high school. The acceptance rate my year was 37% and JMU was widely known be a much safer bet.

I will say that my friends who went to JMU seemed to have a really fun, down-to-earth college experience. The kids who go to JMU from my kid’s non-NOVA high school these days are all really bright kids. I am encouraging my own to strongly consider it.

Just Google JMU acceptance 1990.

I found a JMU PDF entitled “How JMU has Changed” from 2016 that said JMU had a 36% acceptance rate in 1987 vs a 72% rate in 2016.

Interesting. My husband went to UVA 1986-90, but was rejected from JMU.

The school is much bigger now than in 1986, probably more than double the size.

[Anonymous]

JMU seems to know what it is doing.

They attract quality students in greater numbers than in years past.

I don’t know but it makes sense that in one way or another they yield protect.

They have an exceedingly small endowment for a school of this size and need a steady stream of students.

I am not sure their small endowment makes any difference to students though. The school has a good reputation and offers value in today’s environment.

One of the schools I graduated from has a low endowment but high private school prices (Georgetown). Lots of well off people as a result of discounting being limited. Got to hand it to JMU for finding a way to grow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

HOW was she rejected by VCU? Everyone 3.5 and above is automatically accepted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

These are the 2024 stats from my child’s well-known FCPS high school. A total of 200 students applied to JMU, with a school-specific acceptance rate of 71%. Reviewing the scattergram, there is only one denial and a handful of deferrals for applicants with a weighted GPA above 3.5 and an SAT score of 1300 or higher, out of what appears to be at least 100 applications in that range. There are no denials and only one deferral for students with a WGPA over 4.0 and an SAT score of 1300. Overall, no high-stat students with a WGPA above 4.0 were denied, and only one was deferred. At least for 2024, there was no indication of yield protection.

Reason JMU will reject students with high stats is they know the student has zero interest in actually attending JMU.

Should students with 4.0 UW, lots of APs and SATs in the mid-upper 1400s should be concerned?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

HOW was she rejected by VCU? Everyone 3.5 and above is automatically accepted.

Yeah, it makes no sense for a student with a 3.9 to be rejected from VCU. She must have screwed something else up on the application.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

HOW was she rejected by VCU? Everyone 3.5 and above is automatically accepted.

This is the first year for that policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:JMU seems to know what it is doing.

They attract quality students in greater numbers than in years past.

I don’t know but it makes sense that in one way or another they yield protect.

They have an exceedingly small endowment for a school of this size and need a steady stream of students.

I am not sure their small endowment makes any difference to students though. The school has a good reputation and offers value in today’s environment.

One of the schools I graduated from has a low endowment but high private school prices (Georgetown). Lots of well off people as a result of discounting being limited. Got to hand it to JMU for finding a way to grow.

This is a ridiculous statement. It's low compared to Ivy schools, but it's not "low" in the scheme of things. It's #27 in private universities and #44 overall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:JMU seems to know what it is doing.

They attract quality students in greater numbers than in years past.

I don’t know but it makes sense that in one way or another they yield protect.

They have an exceedingly small endowment for a school of this size and need a steady stream of students.

I am not sure their small endowment makes any difference to students though. The school has a good reputation and offers value in today’s environment.

One of the schools I graduated from has a low endowment but high private school prices (Georgetown). Lots of well off people as a result of discounting being limited. Got to hand it to JMU for finding a way to grow.

Publics and privates are apples and oranges.

[Anonymous]

Jmu is a great school and we have c suite people at my Fortune 500 people who went there. I’d be happy if that was one of the schools my kid chose.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of surprise deferments and eventual waitlists for JMU from my child's high school last year. I'm definitely curious what the acceptance rate will show when the CDS for this year is posted. 3.5 weighted wouldn't get you in from Virginia last year, not sure about out of state.

The acceptance rate for 2023-2024 was 75%. Jeff deleted my prior comment that included that objective fact, I guess because I went on to say that a 75% acceptance rate is non-selective. That subjective opinion, though widely shared by high school counselors, was evidently upsetting enough to readers to report the straightforward comment.
Here are the facts:
https://www.jmu.edu/pair/ir/research/cds/cds2023/cds-2023c.pdf

Yes, the previous year was 75%. That was why I said there were a lot of surprise deferments and eventual waitlists. And also said why I'm curious what the CDS will show for those that are freshmen this year. Please pay attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jmu is a great school and we have c suite people at my Fortune 500 people who went there. I’d be happy if that was one of the schools my kid chose.

What makes it great?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of surprise deferments and eventual waitlists for JMU from my child's high school last year. I'm definitely curious what the acceptance rate will show when the CDS for this year is posted. 3.5 weighted wouldn't get you in from Virginia last year, not sure about out of state.

The acceptance rate for 2023-2024 was 75%. Jeff deleted my prior comment that included that objective fact, I guess because I went on to say that a 75% acceptance rate is non-selective. That subjective opinion, though widely shared by high school counselors, was evidently upsetting enough to readers to report the straightforward comment.
Here are the facts:
https://www.jmu.edu/pair/ir/research/cds/cds2023/cds-2023c.pdf

Yes, the previous year was 75%. That was why I said there were a lot of surprise deferments and eventual waitlists. And also said why I'm curious what the CDS will show for those that are freshmen this year. Please pay attention.

I am tracking but I am confused as to why lots of people from your school were not admitted, when most people are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of surprise deferments and eventual waitlists for JMU from my child's high school last year. I'm definitely curious what the acceptance rate will show when the CDS for this year is posted. 3.5 weighted wouldn't get you in from Virginia last year, not sure about out of state.

The acceptance rate for 2023-2024 was 75%. Jeff deleted my prior comment that included that objective fact, I guess because I went on to say that a 75% acceptance rate is non-selective. That subjective opinion, though widely shared by high school counselors, was evidently upsetting enough to readers to report the straightforward comment.
Here are the facts:
https://www.jmu.edu/pair/ir/research/cds/cds2023/cds-2023c.pdf

Yes, the previous year was 75%. That was why I said there were a lot of surprise deferments and eventual waitlists. And also said why I'm curious what the CDS will show for those that are freshmen this year. Please pay attention.

I am tracking but I am confused as to why lots of people from your school were not admitted, when most people are.

I don't think you are tracking because you don't know that most people were admitted because as I keep mentioning they haven't released the acceptance rate for current freshman yet. But its not just my school, I heard that there were a lot of surprises from other schools. Which probably means the rate was lower this past admissions cycle. Several of the kids that I know that didn't get in only applied ot JMU because they thought they were a shoe in and had to scramble to apply to other places once they got waitlisted.