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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.

These are the 2024 stats from my child’s well-known FCPS high school. A total of 200 students applied to JMU, with a school-specific acceptance rate of 71%. Reviewing the scattergram, there is only one denial and a handful of deferrals for applicants with a weighted GPA above 3.5 and an SAT score of 1300 or higher, out of what appears to be at least 100 applications in that range. There are no denials and only one deferral for students with a WGPA over 4.0 and an SAT score of 1300. Overall, no high-stat students with a WGPA above 4.0 were denied, and only one was deferred. At least for 2024, there was no indication of yield protection.

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Reason JMU will reject students with high stats is they know the student has zero interest in actually attending JMU.[/quote]

Should students with 4.0 UW, lots of APs and SATs in the mid-upper 1400s should be concerned?[/quote][/quote]

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