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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Acceptance is very school dependent, and in my Fairfax County school Naviance data (McLean/Langley), a 3.6 gpa is not a safety or a slam dunk by any means. Even with a 34 ACT. [/quote]

Interesting because I'm looking at Gonzaga scattergram and last year everyone with 3.2 and over got in, regardless of test scores (scores ranged from 1030-1500 but I'm not going to check who was test optional bc there are a ton of kids who applied), So a 3.6 with 34 GPA would absolutely be a slam dunk[/quote]

Definitely very school dependent. At the higher performing FCPS high schools (like Oakton, Chantilly, Langley, etc), it is more difficult to get into JMU because they are competing against a lot of high stats students from those high schools. At Chantilly, for example, they generally need closer to a 3.9 gpa to get an acceptance. (Obviously, other factors come into play -- I'm just talking in general.)[/quote]

This is partly bc students are greedy about apps these days. It’s common for a high stats kid to apply to 14-18 schools and they just throw in schools like JMU as an in-state safety but with almost zero intention of going. So the kids from the same high school who should get in and who really wanna go there are deferred or rejected.
Wish there were a reasonable limit on how many schools you could apply to (ten seems decent) so that everyone has a fair shot. [/quote]

+100
It’s the people who sniffily claim that their child wasn’t even planning to go if accepted, who really take the cake.  They expect their kid to be accepted even though they actually had no intention of accepting?  Please. [/quote]

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