Anonymous wrote:William and Mary tracks demonstrated interest. Not “third tier”, whatever that means.

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary tracks demonstrated interest. Not “third tier”, whatever that means.

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Anonymous wrote:My son from mcps got into JMU with 3.5 unweighted and a sub-1200 SAT.

I think visiting the school and demonstrating a real interest is important.

He opted for another school. Some of his classmates didn’t get in, and we were surprised.

I think it was a crapshoot last year with a lot of schools. I know kids who didn’t get into the “easy” schools in the SEC and the south but DID get into Penn State (main campus), Delaware, etc. I wonder if some of the VA schools were caught up in the popularity of the south and tried to protect the yield.

Stop. Public schools don’t use demonstrated interest of yield protection.

I don’t know about yield protection, but demonstrated interest is a category on each school’s CDS. JMU checks the considered box. As does another public school I’ve looked at (AppState)
https://analytics.appstate.edu/dash_cds_all_years

Google is your friend, keyboard warriors!

They must be more desperate than I thought. Demonstrated interest is a third tier practice.

And yet: associated with Georgia Tech and Carnegie Mellon . . . . Rethink.

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Anonymous wrote:My son from mcps got into JMU with 3.5 unweighted and a sub-1200 SAT.

I think visiting the school and demonstrating a real interest is important.

He opted for another school. Some of his classmates didn’t get in, and we were surprised.

I think it was a crapshoot last year with a lot of schools. I know kids who didn’t get into the “easy” schools in the SEC and the south but DID get into Penn State (main campus), Delaware, etc. I wonder if some of the VA schools were caught up in the popularity of the south and tried to protect the yield.

Stop. Public schools don’t use demonstrated interest of yield protection.

I don’t know about yield protection, but demonstrated interest is a category on each school’s CDS. JMU checks the considered box. As does another public school I’ve looked at (AppState)
https://analytics.appstate.edu/dash_cds_all_years

Google is your friend, keyboard warriors!

They must be more desperate than I thought. Demonstrated interest is a third tier practice.

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Anonymous wrote:My son from mcps got into JMU with 3.5 unweighted and a sub-1200 SAT.

I think visiting the school and demonstrating a real interest is important.

He opted for another school. Some of his classmates didn’t get in, and we were surprised.

I think it was a crapshoot last year with a lot of schools. I know kids who didn’t get into the “easy” schools in the SEC and the south but DID get into Penn State (main campus), Delaware, etc. I wonder if some of the VA schools were caught up in the popularity of the south and tried to protect the yield.

Stop. Public schools don’t use demonstrated interest of yield protection.

I don’t know about yield protection, but demonstrated interest is a category on each school’s CDS. JMU checks the considered box. As does another public school I’ve looked at (AppState)
https://analytics.appstate.edu/dash_cds_all_years

Google is your friend, keyboard warriors!

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Anonymous wrote:My son from mcps got into JMU with 3.5 unweighted and a sub-1200 SAT.

I think visiting the school and demonstrating a real interest is important.

He opted for another school. Some of his classmates didn’t get in, and we were surprised.

I think it was a crapshoot last year with a lot of schools. I know kids who didn’t get into the “easy” schools in the SEC and the south but DID get into Penn State (main campus), Delaware, etc. I wonder if some of the VA schools were caught up in the popularity of the south and tried to protect the yield.

Stop. Public schools don’t use demonstrated interest of yield protection.

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Anonymous wrote:My son didn't get in last year - 3.8 wGPA, 1330 SAT. Very sad.

Don't take it personally. JMU just figured there was no way your son would actually go there with those #'s (especially the SAT).

Except that it was his first choice and he would absolutely have attended. Too bad JMU doesn't have ED for kids like mine.

Did your kid engage directly with a recruiter over email? In person?

Did your kid visit (officially) and engage?

Despite another poster saying JMU doesn’t track interest, I think they do. And given the big interest in certain southern schools, I think everyone is trying to do a better job of yield protection.

My kid got into every school where he demonstrated an interest—primarily through multiple interactions with the recruiter.

Anonymous wrote:My son from mcps got into JMU with 3.5 unweighted and a sub-1200 SAT.

I think visiting the school and demonstrating a real interest is important.

He opted for another school. Some of his classmates didn’t get in, and we were surprised.

I think it was a crapshoot last year with a lot of schools. I know kids who didn’t get into the “easy” schools in the SEC and the south but DID get into Penn State (main campus), Delaware, etc. I wonder if some of the VA schools were caught up in the popularity of the south and tried to protect the yield.

Anonymous wrote:Contrary to what one of the previous posters said, JMU does not track demonstrated interest.

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Anonymous wrote:My son didn't get in last year - 3.8 wGPA, 1330 SAT. Very sad.

Don't take it personally. JMU just figured there was no way your son would actually go there with those #'s (especially the SAT).

Except that it was his first choice and he would absolutely have attended. Too bad JMU doesn't have ED for kids like mine.

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Anonymous wrote:My son didn't get in last year - 3.8 wGPA, 1330 SAT. Very sad.

From public or private?