James Madison University-Chance Me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>James Madison University is one of my top choices but I just wanted to see if I would have any chance getting in (by the way, I'm out-of-state).</p>

<p>GPA:
4.0</p>

<p>SAT's: (Probably the biggest thing dragging me down)
1580</p>

<p>AP Classes:
Language & Comp. (Last year)
Statistics (This year)
Literature & Comp. (This year)</p>

<p>Other Classes Over 4 years of High School:
-4 years Math (Geometry, Algebra 2, PreCalc, AP Statistics)
-4 years English (English 9&10, and 2 AP)
- 4 years Science but 5 classes total (Integrated Science, Biochem, Anatomy, Chemistry, and Physics)
-3 years History (World History, Civics/Economics, and US History)
-3 years Spanish
- 3.25 years of a Dental Assisting Class</p>

<p>Extracurriculars/# of years:
-National Honor Society (Member)/ 3 yrs
-National Technical Honor Society (Member)/ 3 yrs
-Key Club (Member)/ 3 yrs
-HOSA Future Health Professionals (Member) / 3 yrs
-HOSA Future Health Professionals (State Officer-Vice President)/ 1 yr
-Dental Job Shadowing/ 3yrs</p>

<p>Volunteering:
-Hospital Transporter
-Various School Related Activities</p>

<p>Awards & Accomplishments:
-Honor Roll (All 4 years)
-Placed 6th in the country in a HOSA Dental competition (2013)
-Was sponsored to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (2014)
-Placed 2nd in the country in a HOSA Dental competition (2014)
-Passed my Dental Radiology Examination (2014)
-Was chosen to be a HOSA State Officer for the 2014-2015 school year </p>

<p>College:
Preferred Major: Biology
Pre-Professional Program: Pre-Dentistry</p>

<p>I wanted to give the best description I could so that people could try to chance me. I love everything this school has to offer and hope what I have is simply good enough.</p>

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<p>Is your GPA weighted or unweighted? Does your school provide ranks?</p>

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<p>Unweighted. I’m also in the Top 10% of my class out of about 315 people.</p>

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<p>I know someone who got in with stats similar to yours (including the low SAT score), but she was an in-state applicant which meant less competition.
Out of curiosity, why do you want to attend JMU? </p>

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<p>Although out-of-state, JMU is still pretty close to home. The campus is beautiful and the whole environment is exactly what I’ve been looking for. Thank you so much for answering by the way.</p>

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I have the same issue with my sat scores being the only thing dragging me down, but I am in state with jmu as my top choice. I applied early and I’m getting very anxious.

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@mkalski3‌ I’m extremely nervous to hear back. I believe that my EC’s are fairly strong and my class rank and GPA are strong as well. I have a really good recommendation letter and wrote the optional essay about my passion for dentistry and how it’s driven me to follow my dreams (I recently placed 2nd nationally in a dental competition). Hopefully it’s enough to compensate for my SAT scores.