Has anyone attended admitted students day?

tilohnine
Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:42:20 +0000

CHOICES was a great program and bumped JMU from number 4 on my list to number 1!

When you first get there, you are greeted with a bunch of really enthusiastic JMU students who really are a lot of fun. The opening presentations are great! We heard from two of the a capella groups which were awesome and we also listened to a few speeches and had a presentation of the residance life.

The first session I attended was the business session and it was really informative. I was able to learn alot about the college of business and their expectaions. The next session I attended was the study abroad session which was also really informative. I highly recommend that you go to sessions that have to do with your major and things that interest you! They really do give you a lot of valuable information!

After those, my parents and I decided to take campus tours. Our tour guide was very enthusiastic and had a lot of cool facts about the university. The west side of campus is absolutely gorgeous! We loved it. The east (the newer part of campus) is also really nice! I loved the UREC center. It was huge and made me excited to work out there next year! It may seem that the east part of campus is really far from the west, but honestly it was only about a 15 minute walk and their are shuttles if you don’t feel like walking.

After that, we ate at one of the dining halls and the food was actually really good! I learned that JMU is ranked 5th in the nation for best campus food which is always a plus! Haha :)

I highly recommend you take tours of open residence halls! We saw two, Hillcrest and one in Blue stone and they were both really nice! Some current students opened up their dorms for people to see and it gives you a good idea of how to set up your dorm room! We were also able to go onto greek row and see a couple of the sorority houses and they are very nice and right next to lake!

My last note is about the friendliness of the campus. The students their are warm, friendly, active, and very social. While my parents were walking around campus looking for places to go, we found many students who were eager to answer questions and offer their assistance when needed. It gave me a very nice homelike feeling. Everyone at JMU is seriously one big family.

I think CHOICES sealed the deal for me. I am ready to attend JMU in the fall :)

I hope you guys have a great visit! I really enjoyed my time!