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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS with 3.85 and 1480 SAT was waitlisted, but DD with 4.2 and 1350 SAT got in and with merit.[/quote]

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.

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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.[/quote]

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

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. [/quote]

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