Early Action Decisions Posted!

CollegeLovingMom
Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:59:57 +0000

carj4kids: JMU accepts studnets into the university as a whole, not to separate colleges or majors (as VA Tech does, for example). Students can generally major in what they want to and can easily change their major, with the exception of some that have special prerequisites, auditions, or gpa requirements, such as business, music, theater, engineering, or nursing. But it is still pretty easy to change between those and something else, as long as you have the prereqs down. Students have a chance to declare a major when they meet with their advisers at Springboard Orientation in the summer, or they can list undecided - just have to declare by mid year of sophomore year, I think. They can also change their mind later if they want to. This is a better system, because at some of those colleges where you’re accepted into certain colleges, it can be hard to switch colleges if you change your mind (which 70% of students do). At JMU you can change without much trouble – just need to check with your adviser and make the change (and make sure you have enough requirements in the new major to graduate on time).