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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isn't a 3.3 GPA really low?[/quote]

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.[/quote]

A 3.3 GPA is low. And the "big 3"  probably has grade inflation. [/quote]

I don’t think a 3.3 is low for JMU depending on the SAT and ECs. My DD with a[b] 3.3 uw[/b] was accepted.[/quote]

When?  You cannot get into JMU in state with a 3.3 gpa right now.  No way, no sir.  [/quote]

Yes, from rigorous private you can. Or, perhaps, TJ. From regular old public, with grade inflation? Correct, you cannot. [/quote]

JMU doesn't report GPA data in its Common Data Set, but 15.5% of its students are from the bottom half of their HS graduating class--and that's not all private schools. Less than 15% are from the top 10% of their graduating class. A 3.3 UW GPA from a public high school could be a 3.7-4.1 weighted and there are tons of kids getting in with that range based on the class percentiles represented in the CDS.

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Also, the PP didn't mention ethnicity, UMR, First Generation, etc.[/quote]

I have no stake in this. But, I was surprised by some of the kids accepted to JMU this cycle. Happy for them but they are mediocre students. They got some benefit form COVID grading, for sure. But even the parents acknowledge they were pleasantly surprised and not expecting admission. It will be interesting to see how this turns out for them w/o the crutches that the HS provided. Fingers crossed for them.

I had thought JMU, if you listen to what alums and others say, was becoming a bit more selective. I guess not. (And FTR, the kids are the normal UMC kids, nothing standout in terms of ECs, scores, etc., the things that may make up for a lower GPA/class rank).[/quote]

This is a classic example of a sour grapes post.  I mean, seriously?  Tell us your kid didn't get it without telling us your kid didn't get in.  [/quote]

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