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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]JMU is going to continue to get harder to get in to…

Pretty campus
Rising sports programs
“Traditional College Experience”
Affordable In-State
Big enough but small than VT[/quote]

It was much harder back in the 90s…only a 30% acceptance rate back then.[/quote]

I remember this as a mid 90s grad. Our valedictorian went to JMU. What changed in the 2000s?[/quote]

I went in the early 90s. It was truly Just Missed UVA (JMU) and much better than Tech. It went from 12,000 students in the 90s to 22,000 now. [b]Selectivity went down a lot to grow it to almost double the size.[/b] [/quote]

This is what I heard from a friend who is native to NOVA and went to VT back then, too. JMU lowered selectivity purposely to grow its size. Hopefully they're happy with their current size and can implement ED to better identify high performing students who really do want to attend, and then also be a little less selective during RD because VA needs schools like JMU (affordability, quality, size, athletics, good band, etc) for strong students who aren't tops in stats.[/quote]

ED mainly benefits the school; not the student. I see no reason at the moment anyway,JMU would need to institute ED. It fills its freshmen class. 
We have a student at JMU who came in who was “tops in stats” in a really competitive NOVA high school, good rigor, and an athlete. Her friends, not all from VA, are the same.

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The "benefit" would be to the high-stats student who really does want to go to JMU but can be passed over because there are so many other high-stat students from their school/district who apply EA and JMU isn't going to accept them all. ED locks you in, and says to the school "If you accept me, I'm coming." Whereas EA says any of a number of things such as: I'm interested. You may or may not be a top pick for me. You may be a 'safety' application. It's 50/50 that I'll come if you accept me. I'm getting my applications - and safety acceptance - out of the way early so I/my parents can relax.

Maybe from the school's perspective there is no immediate need. But maybe they wouldn't have to guess as much in the EA process if they fill-up a small percentage from an ED process, and ultimately they can be even more selective. From just a compassionate perspective, they can be sure they are reaching more of the most passionate JMU applicants who will then be passionate JMU students and passionate JMU alumni.[/quote]

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