Chances for James Madison?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys, just posting to see what your thoughts are about my chances for JMU.</p>

<p>Hispanic male from a public school in NY state.</p>

<p>GPA- 3.4 uw
SAT- completely bombed. 470 CR, 550 M, 620 W, 10 essay - at least I still have 2 more chances to redeem myself.
AP- 3- English Lang.</p>

<p>Freshman and Sophomore years: 6 honors combined
Junior year clases:
- AP Humanities USH
- AP Humanities English
- IB TOK
Senior year clases:
- IB TOK
- IB Spanish
- IB English</p>

<p>IB Certificate candidate
Freshman Baseball
Indoor Track
JV Volleyball
Guitar lessons- 4 years
Madden Club
Olde English F Award
Gifted and Talented
Spanish NHS
Whose who in America
National Honors Society
Camp College Prep
Volunteer @ Empire State Games
Little League Baseball Ump
Work at grocery store
Editor of school newspaper
50+ community service hours
School Lit magazine</p>

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<p>bump??????</p>

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<p>jmu- match</p>

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<p>thanks man. anyone else?</p>

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<p>ok, this is the last time I'm going to bump this. It'd be great to get one more opinion!</p>

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<p>Pulled the stats below from the James Madison website - I would encourage you to work really hard on the critical reading part of the SAT - a score of less than 500 is concerning. Even if you could raise it to 550+ it would make you a stronger candidate. Good luck
2005 - 2006 Freshman Class
Applications: 16,772
Applicants accepted: 66 percent
Applicants enrolled: 3,798
Competitive candidates have mostly As and Bs in the core academic areas (English, math, lab science, social science and foreign language)
SAT mid-50 percent range: 1080 - 1240
ACT mid-50 percent range: 23 - 28
Top third of high school class: 88%</p>