Chance me- 3.28 GPA, 1100 SAT for VA publics in business

All great stuff! Coming from outside of NoVA should help you with JMU and Eagle Scout should also help (and congrats on Eagle! Both my boys are Eagles and I know how much hard work - for years - that can take!)

I do think you have a chance at JMU, so I didn’t mean to suggest otherwise. I’ll just tell you the same thing I’m telling my HS Senior child - admissions has been really wacky the last few years, so it’s just good to have a good handful of options that all make you happy.

If you want a safety that is in state, has business, has football and marching band, do take a look at ODU. Football isn’t as big as it is at JMU, but it’s there.

I’m not sure what your budget is, but if it can stretch up a bit, you could also consider Appalachian State. It’s in North Carolina so you’d lose the in-state tuition, but if you are looking for a bigger school with football and marching band and a solid business program, then they might fit that niche for you. App State is in Boone, NC in the mountains - it’s absolutely beautiful country.

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