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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, pretty wild.

JMU was a safety for DS, but DS was deferred w/ a 3.74 UW GPA

Accepted into Penn State engineering.[/quote]

Not as simple as my DS had high GPA and was rejected, while your DS with lower GPA was accepted- must be the school they're applying from. At the risk of stating the obvious, a top priority of admissions officers is protecting their admissions yield. If an applicant to JMU has a high GPA/test scores and isn't applying ED, the school might assume that it's a safety and the applicant isn't likely to attend JMU if accepted. With a certain number of spots to fill the incoming class, that leaves JMU holding the bag, having denied another applicant with lower grades/scores who was more likely to attend if accepted. All schools just trying to fill their dance card. That's why 'demonstrated interest' can be important. Applying ED largely removes the unknown for the school, which is why this improves applicant's chances of admission.[/quote]

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