<p>I am currently a sophomore at George Mason University in VA and I am thinking about transfering to James Madison University for Fall 2007. JMU displays on their website that competitive transfer applicants typically have "around a 3.0/B average." I applied to JMU out of high school and was rejected. Note that JMU only considers the university and high school records for my credit level...</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>Cumulative GMU GPA: 2.8
High School UW GPA: 3.0 (including 3 AP classes)
Notable Extracurriculars: </p>
<p>-Eagle Scout
-Senate internship on Capital Hill</p>
<p>Based on these factors, can anyone give me an educated guess on my chances of getting in? "Around a 3.0/B average" is a bit ambiguous and I am wondering if anyone has any personal knowledge or insight on how JMU makes their decisions. Most of the people I know who have transferred there have had well above a 3.0.</p>
<p>Okay....forget personal knowledge or insight. Does anyone have any guesses? From looking around this site, I know I am not your typical "I have a 5.0+ GPA, can I get into Harvard" kind of person but I know someone out there can relate.</p>
<p>I suppose you know that answer better than most. Do you have any SAT scores or AP scores if they consider them? What major? Anyway, it does seem like you should be a high match to JMU</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply. In my case, JMU doesn't consider SAT or AP scores. I got 3's on all of my AP exams and a 1240 on the old SAT. My major is Psychology which seems to be popular there.</p>
<p>Honestly, I have no idea about your chances. I did see a while back that they accept a fair amount of transfers. I would think that you have a shot, I just don't know how good of a chance. I do think that psych is pretty popular there, but so are a host of other majors. Can I ask you what you don't like at GMU, and you can send a PM if you prefer. I would really be interested b/c I was thinking about looking at it for my younger son. Thanks, and good luck!</p>
<p>BTW, I don't think that most schools consider scores on APs for admission, but they look at it for possible credit after one is admitted.</p>