Anonymous wrote:When you folks mention these gpa's are they the end of junior year gpa or the projected end of senior year gpa? My kid had a 4.06 for the former, but current grades project a 4.18 for the latter.

End of junior year GPA. Applied mid-first quarter - how do you project your final GPA at the beginning of the school year?

Anonymous wrote:JMU does not want your SAT scores. They said very clearly- don’t send them. We don’t want them and don’t think they are indicative of what students do on campus. They want GPA and rigor.

Link? They don’t say that at all. They just make clear that test scores are optional. Of course they take them into account if submitted.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS was rejected by JMU last year (2023).
3.5 GPA
32 ACT (submitted)
Varsity sport
Student government
Boys State

Very disappointed as it was his first choice. Currently attending CNU, but thinking of transferring.

Did he take a rigorous courseload? APs and intensified classes, 3 or 4 years of world language, etc?

Yes. Lots of APs. He did only take three years of language, so perhaps that was why. Still, very disappointed.

Seems strange he would be rejected for 3 years instead of 4 years of a language. Maybe it was the GPA?? But the ACT score should have compensated for that. I'm sorry. Here's hoping mine and yours will meet at JMU next fall!

Thanks!!

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a great school. Would all the bashers and unhelpful people just start a new, whiny thread about how you’re better than everyone else so as to not distract from the conversation here?

No one bashed it until after you posted. They questioned why anyone would apply to only a single school with no backup.

DP. Wrong. The usual trolls were having a field day until their posts were deleted.

When you folks mention these gpa's are they the end of junior year gpa or the projected end of senior year gpa? My kid had a 4.06 for the former, but current grades project a 4.18 for the latter.

JMU does not want your SAT scores. They said very clearly- don’t send them. We don’t want them and don’t think they are indicative of what students do on campus. They want GPA and rigor.

It’s crazy to me that we have stats-obsessed posters bashing JMU, and at the same time, multiple parents of high stats kids saying they’re writing their kids’ essays for them because it’s too hard.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS was rejected by JMU last year (2023).
3.5 GPA
32 ACT (submitted)
Varsity sport
Student government
Boys State

Very disappointed as it was his first choice. Currently attending CNU, but thinking of transferring.

Did he take a rigorous courseload? APs and intensified classes, 3 or 4 years of world language, etc?

Yes. Lots of APs. He did only take three years of language, so perhaps that was why. Still, very disappointed.

Seems strange he would be rejected for 3 years instead of 4 years of a language. Maybe it was the GPA?? But the ACT score should have compensated for that. I'm sorry. Here's hoping mine and yours will meet at JMU next fall!

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a great school. Would all the bashers and unhelpful people just start a new, whiny thread about how you’re better than everyone else so as to not distract from the conversation here?

No one bashed it until after you posted. They questioned why anyone would apply to only a single school with no backup.

I think people misunderstood my original post and phrasing that JMU is the only school in my child's basket. It isn't the only one they applied to, just the only one they want to go to and therefore the only one they have given any serious look into. If rejected, I guess that will quickly change and we'll have to hope for the best from one of the other two schools they applied to.

JMU is a great school. It’s a popular one from my students HS. Everyone I know who went there loves it.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS was rejected by JMU last year (2023).
3.5 GPA
32 ACT (submitted)
Varsity sport
Student government
Boys State

Very disappointed as it was his first choice. Currently attending CNU, but thinking of transferring.

Did he take a rigorous courseload? APs and intensified classes, 3 or 4 years of world language, etc?

Yes. Lots of APs. He did only take three years of language, so perhaps that was why. Still, very disappointed.

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only school in my senior's basket

Explain why any rational student would do this.

OP. I wish I could. I didn't say my kid was rational. They did apply to two other schools; but I think both of them are more competitive than JMU. JMU has always been described as most students' "safety" school and my student's stats are very good (4.0 unweighted GPA, several AP classes, test optional - ok, but not great SAT score).

DP. One person's safety is another person's target or reach.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS was rejected by JMU last year (2023).
3.5 GPA
32 ACT (submitted)
Varsity sport
Student government
Boys State

Very disappointed as it was his first choice. Currently attending CNU, but thinking of transferring.

Is he thinking of transferring to JMU or somewhere else? Hope it all works out!

Thanks, and yes, he'd still really like to attend JMU!

Could easily be rejected - JMU has gotten really popular and it's not hard and fast who gets in. I know people rejected at JMU who got into VT and UMD so you can never know. I hope you are not serious they only applied to one school.

It would seem like you have a decent shot but my kid has a 3.7 also and the counseler said- "maybe, its gotten very popular". SAT was 1450 which they said would help. He's gotten into some large flagships already so he is going to go to one of them but it will be interested to see if he does or doesnt get into JMU.

Anonymous wrote:It’s a great school. Would all the bashers and unhelpful people just start a new, whiny thread about how you’re better than everyone else so as to not distract from the conversation here?

No one bashed it until after you posted. They questioned why anyone would apply to only a single school with no backup.