<p>My D got in from Maryland. She got the letter yesterday. She was not excited at all about JMU until she visited and I have never witnessed such a turnaround - she loved it. She had only driven through before - on I81 - not a good impression from there. She loved the school spirit, the activities going on during the day on campus - even on a cold and windy day. I am from southern Virginia and I didn’t get a “southern” feel about the school at all. My D knows several kids going from Maryland. I’m sure there must be a facebook 2012 page - you can get an idea from there where kids are coming from - the kids from northern Virginia will not bring southern culture to the school. Northern Virginia is like a different state from where I grew up in southern Virginia.</p>