Wow, that number scares me. All I can do is pray! Thanks again.
Is it more competitive to get into EA at JMU than regular decision? My son applied regular decision and we considered it a target school for him. Everyone he knows that applied EA was deferred which was surprising to me. We’re in MD.
Yes, EA is more selective than RD.
@BMS123 JMU got more than 12,000 EA apps and deferred a third of them. They didn’t publish the accepted vs declined as far as I can tell. Lots of really strong apps got deferred. They did indicate 44% of the EA deferrals got accepted regular decision last year. Not sure if that helps or not.
deferred- NoVa
3.7 GPA
26- ACT
legacy by mom
5 APs
Captiol Hill intern
participated in a congresswomans leadership program
founder of a charity
founder of 1 club and leader of 2 clubs
swim team for 2 years
church volunteer for 2 years
leadership council at school
6 years of dance
REI employee
counselor said it was a safety- surprised i got deferred
I was also deferred from University of Pennsylvania (NOT PSU- Upenn)
I am really confused as to why I was deferred !!!
@BMS123- My D applied EA and was accepted and we are from MD. With that said she does attend a private school. I thought she would be deferred because her GPA was high but her SAT was on lower middle 50 percent. I am thinking the high school she attends helped her.
@sleepisamyth You were probably deferred, given on the surface (not knowing what comprises your GPA), both your ACT and GPA are in the low to middle range, respectively and EA is very competitive. Note the 2017 admitted student middle 50% ACT was 23-28. I am not sure why your counselor would consider JMU a “safety” school though. I do think you have a chance during RD depending on what that pool of applicants looks like. Best of luck, I am rooting for you.
I’m going out on a limb here, are those who were deferred with strong stats STEM applicants? It seems everyone is applying for STEM majors these days and due to sheer numbers every school, even safeties , will get competitive with STEM applicants. Schools just can’t take all STEM majors…they need to fill all their majors.
@AnneShirley I know a lot of non-stem kids that got deferred.
Accepted
Full IB Diploma Candidate
SAT: 1310
ACT: 29
GPA: 3.78 UW/4.26W
My D accepted- OOS(MD)
3.7 GPA
1050 SAT
lots of ECs
President of class, National Honor and Tech Society
full semester of Dual Enrollment complete as well
Im shocked at some of the deferrals but its tough to understand admissions. Her friend accepted as well with SAT optional and not nearly the ECs.
Has anyone gotten their letter in the mail yet?
No, we did not receive a letter in the mail. I do remember hearing that we would only hear through the portal but not certain.
accepted
in-state
1420 SAT
3.7 U/ 3.96 W GPA
EC- 4 yr varsity athlete x 2 sports, leadership and service
Excited!
accepted. OOS. 32 ACT 88 GPA unweighted.
S received “you’re in” postcard last week, but accessed acceptance on release day a few weeks ago (no letter sent). For any interested:
IS
1390 SAT
30 ACT
4.45 W GPA
Mostly AP/IB/Honors classes throughout HS
NHS
Varsity Athlete
Extensive community service
@mags425 and ShenVal18 are your acceptances from EA?
Yes, son’s acceptance was EA.
@lastone03 Yes, we were advised a few weeks ago - still waiting for the big purple envelope
@mags425 I am not sure JMU really sends out packets like other universities. At least they didn’t when my DS2 accepted a few years ago.