Anonymous
Post 03/09/2023 17:02     Subject: Re:JMU decisions out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:3.3 gpa from highly rigorous DC private, 28 ACT. Waitlisted. Completely shocked. This is nonsense. So mad right now.


Why? Maybe your child had a weak application


Data. That’s why. A great kid with a strong app. But if this makes you feel good, great. Thanks for playing.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2023 16:57     Subject: JMU decisions out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It disappoints me that you put this weight on parents and accepted students. Perhaps blame the school for going test optional.


Blame the school? What? Test optional was a majorly great development.

Besides I don’t think JMU is test optional


Yes, it is test optional for 2023
https://www.jmu.edu/admissions/apply/faq.shtml#undefined
3rd question down.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2023 16:47     Subject: JMU decisions out
Anonymous wrote:Isn't a 3.3 GPA really low?


The insinuation is that since it was private school that’s actually an achievement because private school is supposedly harder and more rigorous. Which is complete bullshit, but that’s the lie those parents tell themselves.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2023 16:45     Subject: Re:JMU decisions out
Anonymous wrote:3.3 gpa from highly rigorous DC private, 28 ACT. Waitlisted. Completely shocked. This is nonsense. So mad right now.


Why? Maybe your child had a weak application
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2023 16:42     Subject: JMU decisions out
Anonymous wrote:It disappoints me that you put this weight on parents and accepted students. Perhaps blame the school for going test optional.


Blame the school? What? Test optional was a majorly great development.

Besides I don’t think JMU is test optional
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2023 16:31     Subject: Re:JMU decisions out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My daughter goes to JMU and all I see on the facebook page is how expensive OOS tuition is and a bunch of whiny parents who had the option to send their kids in state, but choose not to.


Yes! Same here. Any OOS school is going to be more expensive than the in-state option, yet they seem to think it’s unfair. So weird - why did they choose an OOS school then??


New Jersey kids always go out of state.



For Fall 2022, 26.6% of 1st year students at JMU were OOS, just a little more than GMU which is around 24.5%. For comparison: VT had 37%, UVA 38%, WM 40%. Overall the state average for VA publics is 25% OOS for 1st year students.

So JMU seems to be right at VAs average on OOS students. Virginians often wonder why anyone would pay OOS tuition for a school other than the very top tier, but a lot of other states just don't have the same number of good options.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2023 16:13     Subject: Re:JMU decisions out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My daughter goes to JMU and all I see on the facebook page is how expensive OOS tuition is and a bunch of whiny parents who had the option to send their kids in state, but choose not to.


Yes! Same here. Any OOS school is going to be more expensive than the in-state option, yet they seem to think it’s unfair. So weird - why did they choose an OOS school then??


New Jersey kids always go out of state.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2023 16:10     Subject: Re:JMU decisions out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:3.3 gpa from highly rigorous DC private, 28 ACT. Waitlisted. Completely shocked. This is nonsense. So mad right now.




I'm sorry. I'm also kind of surprised that your dc from a rigorous private got a 28 ACT with a good private school GPA!


28 is the 90th percentile for all test takers. JMU range for 50th is 24-29. It’s a strong score for JMU.


Especially since only 26% of JMU applicants submit scores! It's range is tilted upwards because 3/4 of the students with likely lower end of scores don't submit.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2023 16:03     Subject: Re:JMU decisions out
Anonymous wrote:Last year JMU accepted nearly 1200 students off the waitlist. That's a lot. In comparison, W&M accepted 38 and UVA accepted 86. GMU which has a much larger enrollment than JMU, accepted 308 off the WL.


It might be that JMU uses the waitlist to manage their enrollment, waitlisting students they think are less likely to attend? VT is the only other VA public school with this heavy use of waitlisting--last year it offered spots to 2458 waitlisted students, the year before to over 3000.


NP. I believe this is only JMU's second year on Common App. Will likely be some growing pains as the school figures out how to manage the increase in applications.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2023 15:59     Subject: Re:JMU decisions out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD waitlisted and completely shocked. Nobody from her school ever gets rejected from JMU. But, honestly, she’s in at a higher ranked school that she said she prefers. And from the comments of the mom a few posts above, happy to see DD run the other direction. I graduated from JMU in the nineties, have been a happy supporter of the program I was an athlete with, but I am now done with this school forever. This makes absolutely no sense.


You're done with your alma mater, that you liked, because your kid didn't get in?


100% It was a much better place then anyway, before they doubled in size and lowered their selectivity. My kid’s stats are above the 75th percentile in every way. We are OOS, but still, seeing many with much lower stats OOS admitted. I just can’t understand what’s going on. The very next request I get to contribute will be deleted, I will opt out, and they will never see another penny. I didn’t expect any legacy or donor benefit at all—mainly because e in a million years the kid didn’t need it. To not be accepted with well above the stats? Yeah, I’m done.


How was the common app essay? Recommendations?
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2023 15:55     Subject: Re:JMU decisions out
Last year JMU accepted nearly 1200 students off the waitlist. That's a lot. In comparison, W&M accepted 38 and UVA accepted 86. GMU which has a much larger enrollment than JMU, accepted 308 off the WL.


It might be that JMU uses the waitlist to manage their enrollment, waitlisting students they think are less likely to attend? VT is the only other VA public school with this heavy use of waitlisting--last year it offered spots to 2458 waitlisted students, the year before to over 3000.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2023 15:52     Subject: Re:JMU decisions out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:3.3 gpa from highly rigorous DC private, 28 ACT. Waitlisted. Completely shocked. This is nonsense. So mad right now.




I'm sorry. I'm also kind of surprised that your dc from a rigorous private got a 28 ACT with a good private school GPA!


JMU doesn't care about test scores apparently (only 1/4 of students submit). Given the number of applications they might have just done a GPA cut-off and not paid attention to the rigor of the school. I would imagine your child has lots of other great options though.


Maybe. Compared to any other year, her GPA, is fine. There are kids who have gotten in from her school with 2.0s, 2.5s, many many of them with much lower GPAs. I had no idea that so few submitted scores. This whole process has just been a nightmare. It’s looking like my kid will literally have one single choice when this is all over. And it’s a solid school bit far from first choice.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2023 15:46     Subject: JMU decisions out
It will be interesting to see how things shake out. With the Common App and test optional, many kids applied to schools just to see if they would get in with no real desire to attend. I wonder how many accepted students will actually commit and submit deposits?

DS was offered waitlist but will probably just go with one of the places where he was accepted. It’s a crazy year.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2023 15:45     Subject: Re:JMU decisions out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:3.3 gpa from highly rigorous DC private, 28 ACT. Waitlisted. Completely shocked. This is nonsense. So mad right now.




I'm sorry. I'm also kind of surprised that your dc from a rigorous private got a 28 ACT with a good private school GPA!


28 is the 90th percentile for all test takers. JMU range for 50th is 24-29. It’s a strong score for JMU.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2023 15:44     Subject: Re:JMU decisions out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:3.3 gpa from highly rigorous DC private, 28 ACT. Waitlisted. Completely shocked. This is nonsense. So mad right now.




I'm sorry. I'm also kind of surprised that your dc from a rigorous private got a 28 ACT with a good private school GPA!


JMU doesn't care about test scores apparently (only 1/4 of students submit). Given the number of applications they might have just done a GPA cut-off and not paid attention to the rigor of the school. I would imagine your child has lots of other great options though.