JMU rejections

[Anonymous]

One of our kid’s friends was rejected, first year on the common app. Lots of applications. Rough freshman high school year but improved and rigor increased.

He is fine OOS, but was definitely bummed initially, and he never looked back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is off topic but with all the people bashing the school, where you go to undergrad does not measure your success in life. One of our local orthodontists graduated from JMU, went to dental school at Temple, and orthodontist school at UMD. She’s killing it with 5 locations, a family with 3 young boys, now only working one day a week. Her lawyer husband helps her run the business. I’d say JMU worked out just fine.

Exactly. And I don’t have a kid at JMU - but it seems to be a school where the kids who go there feel overwhelmingly positive. My child’s dermatologist went there, and I know successful people in a range of fields that are happy alums. I do think the name recognition is best in the DC area so that something to keep in mind but there’s no reason a kid can’t go to JMU and have a good life.

I do know of two kids rejected last year, one with a 3.7 weighted and one with a higher weighted gpa (close to 4 but not sure of exact number). Common thread to the extent there was one could be that neither had a lot of APs.

The amount of condescension here is just ridiculous. How very generous of you to state “ there’s no reason a kid can’t go to JMU and have a good life.” My circle of JMU friends includes CEOs and business owners, CFOs, CIOs, JAG Corp, a hedge fund manager, and a plastic surgeon. Despite going to JMU, they are managing to just eke out a living and live what some may generously call “a good life.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is off topic but with all the people bashing the school, where you go to undergrad does not measure your success in life. One of our local orthodontists graduated from JMU, went to dental school at Temple, and orthodontist school at UMD. She’s killing it with 5 locations, a family with 3 young boys, now only working one day a week. Her lawyer husband helps her run the business. I’d say JMU worked out just fine.

Exactly. And I don’t have a kid at JMU - but it seems to be a school where the kids who go there feel overwhelmingly positive. My child’s dermatologist went there, and I know successful people in a range of fields that are happy alums. I do think the name recognition is best in the DC area so that something to keep in mind but there’s no reason a kid can’t go to JMU and have a good life.

I do know of two kids rejected last year, one with a 3.7 weighted and one with a higher weighted gpa (close to 4 but not sure of exact number). Common thread to the extent there was one could be that neither had a lot of APs.

The amount of condescension here is just ridiculous. How very generous of you to state “ there’s no reason a kid can’t go to JMU and have a good life.” My circle of JMU friends includes CEOs and business owners, CFOs, CIOs, JAG Corp, a hedge fund manager, and a plastic surgeon. Despite going to JMU, they are managing to just eke out a living and live what some may generously call “a good life.”

I love it when dumb-sses like you decide to air out your rock headedness for the world to see. NEWSFLASH: universities are not defined by the cream of the crop. They are not defined by the low of the low. There are geniuses who go to GMU and there are idiots who go to Harvard. Neither of these groups define either institution. The median student at any college is what sets the tone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:JMU does not want your SAT scores. They said very clearly- don’t send them. We don’t want them and don’t think they are indicative of what students do on campus. They want GPA and rigor.

It’s true. I have had conversations with JMU administrators about TO. I asked them a long time ago if they were really test optional (this was pre-pandemic and I couldn’t understand how TO was really a thing) and they said they absolutely don’t care if you submit or not. I don’t know if the data supports this or not, but we were explicitly told that they are truly TO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is off topic but with all the people bashing the school, where you go to undergrad does not measure your success in life. One of our local orthodontists graduated from JMU, went to dental school at Temple, and orthodontist school at UMD. She’s killing it with 5 locations, a family with 3 young boys, now only working one day a week. Her lawyer husband helps her run the business. I’d say JMU worked out just fine.

Exactly. And I don’t have a kid at JMU - but it seems to be a school where the kids who go there feel overwhelmingly positive. My child’s dermatologist went there, and I know successful people in a range of fields that are happy alums. I do think the name recognition is best in the DC area so that something to keep in mind but there’s no reason a kid can’t go to JMU and have a good life.

I do know of two kids rejected last year, one with a 3.7 weighted and one with a higher weighted gpa (close to 4 but not sure of exact number). Common thread to the extent there was one could be that neither had a lot of APs.

The amount of condescension here is just ridiculous. How very generous of you to state “ there’s no reason a kid can’t go to JMU and have a good life.” My circle of JMU friends includes CEOs and business owners, CFOs, CIOs, JAG Corp, a hedge fund manager, and a plastic surgeon. Despite going to JMU, they are managing to just eke out a living and live what some may generously call “a good life.”

I love it when dumb-sses like you decide to air out your rock headedness for the world to see. NEWSFLASH: universities are not defined by the cream of the crop. They are not defined by the low of the low. There are geniuses who go to GMU and there are idiots who go to Harvard. Neither of these groups define either institution. The median student at any college is what sets the tone.

Based on your grammar, I think we found the “low of the low.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is off topic but with all the people bashing the school, where you go to undergrad does not measure your success in life. One of our local orthodontists graduated from JMU, went to dental school at Temple, and orthodontist school at UMD. She’s killing it with 5 locations, a family with 3 young boys, now only working one day a week. Her lawyer husband helps her run the business. I’d say JMU worked out just fine.

Exactly. And I don’t have a kid at JMU - but it seems to be a school where the kids who go there feel overwhelmingly positive. My child’s dermatologist went there, and I know successful people in a range of fields that are happy alums. I do think the name recognition is best in the DC area so that something to keep in mind but there’s no reason a kid can’t go to JMU and have a good life.

I do know of two kids rejected last year, one with a 3.7 weighted and one with a higher weighted gpa (close to 4 but not sure of exact number). Common thread to the extent there was one could be that neither had a lot of APs.

The amount of condescension here is just ridiculous. How very generous of you to state “ there’s no reason a kid can’t go to JMU and have a good life.” My circle of JMU friends includes CEOs and business owners, CFOs, CIOs, JAG Corp, a hedge fund manager, and a plastic surgeon. Despite going to JMU, they are managing to just eke out a living and live what some may generously call “a good life.”

I love it when dumb-sses like you decide to air out your rock headedness for the world to see. NEWSFLASH: universities are not defined by the cream of the crop. They are not defined by the low of the low. There are geniuses who go to GMU and there are idiots who go to Harvard. Neither of these groups define either institution. The median student at any college is what sets the tone.

Haven’t read through the entire thread but best guess is no one else has either.
JMU. Condescension is the key word.
It has been an excellent school for our senior kid. How a thread about a parent concerned about their kid turns into so much vitriol is mystifying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:JMU does not want your SAT scores. They said very clearly- don’t send them. We don’t want them and don’t think they are indicative of what students do on campus. They want GPA and rigor.

Link? They don’t say that at all. They just make clear that test scores are optional. Of course they take them into account if submitted.

We went on a tour at JMU because my son is interested in it and they said it there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When you folks mention these gpa's are they the end of junior year gpa or the projected end of senior year gpa? My kid had a 4.06 for the former, but current grades project a 4.18 for the latter.

End of junior year GPA. Applied mid-first quarter - how do you project your final GPA at the beginning of the school year?

It's January, we're halfway through school year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When you folks mention these gpa's are they the end of junior year gpa or the projected end of senior year gpa? My kid had a 4.06 for the former, but current grades project a 4.18 for the latter.

End of junior year GPA. Applied mid-first quarter - how do you project your final GPA at the beginning of the school year?

It's January, we're halfway through school year.

As stated in the previous comment: "applied mid-first quarter." That's before first quarter grades are even out. And it may be January on the calendar; but they are not done with the second quarter....so we are not halfway through the school year. Even if we were, you're going to project final grades from two quarters? You don't need to project (and shouldn't) a final GPA for college applications. Colleges will offer conditional admission upon the results of your final transcript, if they need/want to see how you finish out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is off topic but with all the people bashing the school, where you go to undergrad does not measure your success in life. One of our local orthodontists graduated from JMU, went to dental school at Temple, and orthodontist school at UMD. She’s killing it with 5 locations, a family with 3 young boys, now only working one day a week. Her lawyer husband helps her run the business. I’d say JMU worked out just fine.

Exactly. And I don’t have a kid at JMU - but it seems to be a school where the kids who go there feel overwhelmingly positive. My child’s dermatologist went there, and I know successful people in a range of fields that are happy alums. I do think the name recognition is best in the DC area so that something to keep in mind but there’s no reason a kid can’t go to JMU and have a good life.

I do know of two kids rejected last year, one with a 3.7 weighted and one with a higher weighted gpa (close to 4 but not sure of exact number). Common thread to the extent there was one could be that neither had a lot of APs.

The amount of condescension here is just ridiculous. How very generous of you to state “ there’s no reason a kid can’t go to JMU and have a good life.” My circle of JMU friends includes CEOs and business owners, CFOs, CIOs, JAG Corp, a hedge fund manager, and a plastic surgeon. Despite going to JMU, they are managing to just eke out a living and live what some may generously call “a good life.”

Right? I read that and actually laughed out loud. I guess my friend who went to Georgetown Law after JMU, and who lives in a gorgeous home and neighborhood has somehow scraped by.
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:JMU does not want your SAT scores. They said very clearly- don’t send them. We don’t want them and don’t think they are indicative of what students do on campus. They want GPA and rigor.

It’s true. I have had conversations with JMU administrators about TO. I asked them a long time ago if they were really test optional (this was pre-pandemic and I couldn’t understand how TO was really a thing) and they said they absolutely don’t care if you submit or not. I don’t know if the data supports this or not, but we were explicitly told that they are truly TO.

Sure - but if you *do* submit, they will definitely take the score under consideration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is off topic but with all the people bashing the school, where you go to undergrad does not measure your success in life. One of our local orthodontists graduated from JMU, went to dental school at Temple, and orthodontist school at UMD. She’s killing it with 5 locations, a family with 3 young boys, now only working one day a week. Her lawyer husband helps her run the business. I’d say JMU worked out just fine.

Exactly. And I don’t have a kid at JMU - but it seems to be a school where the kids who go there feel overwhelmingly positive. My child’s dermatologist went there, and I know successful people in a range of fields that are happy alums. I do think the name recognition is best in the DC area so that something to keep in mind but there’s no reason a kid can’t go to JMU and have a good life.

I do know of two kids rejected last year, one with a 3.7 weighted and one with a higher weighted gpa (close to 4 but not sure of exact number). Common thread to the extent there was one could be that neither had a lot of APs.

The amount of condescension here is just ridiculous. How very generous of you to state “ there’s no reason a kid can’t go to JMU and have a good life.” My circle of JMU friends includes CEOs and business owners, CFOs, CIOs, JAG Corp, a hedge fund manager, and a plastic surgeon. Despite going to JMU, they are managing to just eke out a living and live what some may generously call “a good life.”

I love it when dumb-sses like you decide to air out your rock headedness for the world to see. NEWSFLASH: universities are not defined by the cream of the crop. They are not defined by the low of the low. There are geniuses who go to GMU and there are idiots who go to Harvard. Neither of these groups define either institution. The median student at any college is what sets the tone.

Based on your grammar, I think we found the “low of the low.”

It's perfectly grammatically correct. It's just informal and non-standard in its word choice/is using made-up words. If "rock-headed" were an adjective, "rock-headedness" would be perfectly correct. You probably mean word choice or something. Grammar refers to patterns/rules of language. Patterns are totally correct in the above text.

Good grief. Pedantic, much?
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is off topic but with all the people bashing the school, where you go to undergrad does not measure your success in life. One of our local orthodontists graduated from JMU, went to dental school at Temple, and orthodontist school at UMD. She’s killing it with 5 locations, a family with 3 young boys, now only working one day a week. Her lawyer husband helps her run the business. I’d say JMU worked out just fine.

Exactly. And I don’t have a kid at JMU - but it seems to be a school where the kids who go there feel overwhelmingly positive. My child’s dermatologist went there, and I know successful people in a range of fields that are happy alums. I do think the name recognition is best in the DC area so that something to keep in mind but there’s no reason a kid can’t go to JMU and have a good life.

I do know of two kids rejected last year, one with a 3.7 weighted and one with a higher weighted gpa (close to 4 but not sure of exact number). Common thread to the extent there was one could be that neither had a lot of APs.

The amount of condescension here is just ridiculous. How very generous of you to state “ there’s no reason a kid can’t go to JMU and have a good life.” My circle of JMU friends includes CEOs and business owners, CFOs, CIOs, JAG Corp, a hedge fund manager, and a plastic surgeon. Despite going to JMU, they are managing to just eke out a living and live what some may generously call “a good life.”

Right? I read that and actually laughed out loud. I guess my friend who went to Georgetown Law after JMU, and who lives in a gorgeous home and neighborhood has somehow scraped by.
DP

DP. I think a lot of status chasers tend to be the most provincial with very limited circles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is off topic but with all the people bashing the school, where you go to undergrad does not measure your success in life. One of our local orthodontists graduated from JMU, went to dental school at Temple, and orthodontist school at UMD. She’s killing it with 5 locations, a family with 3 young boys, now only working one day a week. Her lawyer husband helps her run the business. I’d say JMU worked out just fine.

Exactly. And I don’t have a kid at JMU - but it seems to be a school where the kids who go there feel overwhelmingly positive. My child’s dermatologist went there, and I know successful people in a range of fields that are happy alums. I do think the name recognition is best in the DC area so that something to keep in mind but there’s no reason a kid can’t go to JMU and have a good life.

I do know of two kids rejected last year, one with a 3.7 weighted and one with a higher weighted gpa (close to 4 but not sure of exact number). Common thread to the extent there was one could be that neither had a lot of APs.

The amount of condescension here is just ridiculous. How very generous of you to state “ there’s no reason a kid can’t go to JMU and have a good life.” My circle of JMU friends includes CEOs and business owners, CFOs, CIOs, JAG Corp, a hedge fund manager, and a plastic surgeon. Despite going to JMU, they are managing to just eke out a living and live what some may generously call “a good life.”

Right? I read that and actually laughed out loud. I guess my friend who went to Georgetown Law after JMU, and who lives in a gorgeous home and neighborhood has somehow scraped by.
DP

DP. I think a lot of status chasers tend to be the most provincial with very limited circles.

+100
For whatever reason, schools like JMU (with smart, nice, well-rounded, successful students) attract the most hateful trolls. If posters would just report the incredibly insecure trolls instead of engaging with them, these threads would be so much more productive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is off topic but with all the people bashing the school, where you go to undergrad does not measure your success in life. One of our local orthodontists graduated from JMU, went to dental school at Temple, and orthodontist school at UMD. She’s killing it with 5 locations, a family with 3 young boys, now only working one day a week. Her lawyer husband helps her run the business. I’d say JMU worked out just fine.

Exactly. And I don’t have a kid at JMU - but it seems to be a school where the kids who go there feel overwhelmingly positive. My child’s dermatologist went there, and I know successful people in a range of fields that are happy alums. I do think the name recognition is best in the DC area so that something to keep in mind but there’s no reason a kid can’t go to JMU and have a good life.

I do know of two kids rejected last year, one with a 3.7 weighted and one with a higher weighted gpa (close to 4 but not sure of exact number). Common thread to the extent there was one could be that neither had a lot of APs.

The amount of condescension here is just ridiculous. How very generous of you to state “ there’s no reason a kid can’t go to JMU and have a good life.” My circle of JMU friends includes CEOs and business owners, CFOs, CIOs, JAG Corp, a hedge fund manager, and a plastic surgeon. Despite going to JMU, they are managing to just eke out a living and live what some may generously call “a good life.”

Right? I read that and actually laughed out loud. I guess my friend who went to Georgetown Law after JMU, and who lives in a gorgeous home and neighborhood has somehow scraped by.
DP

DP. I think a lot of status chasers tend to be the most provincial with very limited circles.

+100
For whatever reason, schools like JMU (with smart, nice, well-rounded, successful students) attract the most hateful trolls. If posters would just report the incredibly insecure trolls instead of engaging with them, these threads would be so much more productive.

Sometimes the truth hurts

DP. No one who is secure in their own family’s choices would bother to post something like that. We see you.