Anonymous wrote:I’m a proud JMU alum who has earned a six figure salary since age 30. I attended Choices with my DS last Saturday and we were both extremely impressed. So much has changed and things have only gotten better. JMU really is a happy place.
Anonymous wrote:I’m a proud JMU alum who has earned a six figure salary since age 30. I attended Choices with my DS last Saturday and we were both extremely impressed. So much has changed and things have only gotten better. JMU really is a happy place.
Anonymous wrote:JMU is not at the bottom. We are OOS and it’s a nice school. My kid has not decided yet but we visited and like it. Campus, academics, dorms, dining. It is a nice school. Why are people slamming?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I just read that JMU’s number of applications have doubled in the past four years (44k in 2025 versus 22k in 2021) and 50% were from OOS. That’s unreal to me. When did the school become so popular and why is the acceptance rate still high if so many more kids are applying? Is the yield decreasing at the same time? Is this only due to joining the Common App or something else? What’s the reputation among high school kids now? I’ve got a sophomore from MCPS who’s interested.
Common app ~3 years ago
Athletic success and more exposure with move to Sun Belt conference
Schools "above it" are more difficult to gain acceptance. Rolls down hill.
It’s this…though JMU was a much harder acceptance 30 years ago. Used to be like a 33% acceptance rate and then they significantly grew the number of students.
30 years ago you had to fill out a paper application by hand, so kids were only applying to the 2-3 schools they really wanted to attend.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I just read that JMU’s number of applications have doubled in the past four years (44k in 2025 versus 22k in 2021) and 50% were from OOS. That’s unreal to me. When did the school become so popular and why is the acceptance rate still high if so many more kids are applying? Is the yield decreasing at the same time? Is this only due to joining the Common App or something else? What’s the reputation among high school kids now? I’ve got a sophomore from MCPS who’s interested.
Common app ~3 years ago
Athletic success and more exposure with move to Sun Belt conference
Schools "above it" are more difficult to gain acceptance. Rolls down hill.
It’s this…though JMU was a much harder acceptance 30 years ago. Used to be like a 33% acceptance rate and then they significantly grew the number of students.
30 years ago you had to fill out a paper application by hand, so kids were only applying to the 2-3 schools they really wanted to attend.
JMU was smaller 30 years ago. It was not a MUCH HARDER admit
Anonymous wrote:It's always been on par with VT with one school slightly edging out the other on any given year. They both also have different strengths
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I just read that JMU’s number of applications have doubled in the past four years (44k in 2025 versus 22k in 2021) and 50% were from OOS. That’s unreal to me. When did the school become so popular and why is the acceptance rate still high if so many more kids are applying? Is the yield decreasing at the same time? Is this only due to joining the Common App or something else? What’s the reputation among high school kids now? I’ve got a sophomore from MCPS who’s interested.
Common app ~3 years ago
Athletic success and more exposure with move to Sun Belt conference
Schools "above it" are more difficult to gain acceptance. Rolls down hill.
It’s this…though JMU was a much harder acceptance 30 years ago. Used to be like a 33% acceptance rate and then they significantly grew the number of students.
30 years ago you had to fill out a paper application by hand, so kids were only applying to the 2-3 schools they really wanted to attend.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I just read that JMU’s number of applications have doubled in the past four years (44k in 2025 versus 22k in 2021) and 50% were from OOS. That’s unreal to me. When did the school become so popular and why is the acceptance rate still high if so many more kids are applying? Is the yield decreasing at the same time? Is this only due to joining the Common App or something else? What’s the reputation among high school kids now? I’ve got a sophomore from MCPS who’s interested.
Common app ~3 years ago
Athletic success and more exposure with move to Sun Belt conference
Schools "above it" are more difficult to gain acceptance. Rolls down hill.
It’s this…though JMU was a much harder acceptance 30 years ago. Used to be like a 33% acceptance rate and then they significantly grew the number of students.
Anonymous wrote:Those of you responding to the obvious troll - please don't. Just report them. They always show up to derail these threads and if you'd report them instead of responding, that wouldn't happen.
Anonymous wrote:How is Greek life atJMU?