Has anyone that was on the waitlist heard from admissions?
I know that a couple of kids in this area (not my daughter yet, unfortunately) have been accepted in the last 24 hours or so off of the waitlist…that’s good news in the sense that they have at least some spots to fill - how many is the million dollar question. Could be 5 or 500.
I also heard that yesterday VT shut down their waitlist…accepted zero kids. I actually view that as a small positive since it means that VT was flooded with deposits, some of which might have otherwise gone to JMU.
Heard from a friend who received an email notifying them of their acceptance from the waitlist today. The email says they are taking a “very small pool” of applicants off of the waitlist, but the list seems to be moving!!!
@limadeann thanks for this update as we had not heard of notifications by email, only phone calls. Great insight!
My son is on the WL at JMU. His friend just found out yesterday morning at 8am by phone call that he got off the WL.
Any more updates?
I feel as if though the initial flurry of admissions off of the waitlist are over, and now it’ll be until June before there’s another flurry, if there are any more…mainly from cancellations at other schools. The JMU Waitlist FAQ page says most notifications occur in June, and a quick check on Twitter from previous years, searching under the keywords “JMU Waitlist” seems to confirm that.
Well, scratch what I said above - my daughter just got accepted. Apparently, Monday was the deadline to get housing applications in, so those who didn’t submit housing applications may have freed up some more spots for the waitlist. Just a theory. Good luck to all!