<p>You have the actual traditional match/safety mix for many NoVa students.</p>
<p>The traditional student will have VT and JMU as matches. GMU and VCU as safeties.</p>
<p>Yes, TJ is the magnet, but schools like York and McLean are no slouch schools either. TJ students will apply to VT and JMU as their safety and UVA will be their match.</p>
<p>Here’s the thing to understand about admissions. They don’t know if the student that applies is only applying because it is a safety. If they offer admittance, they do so believing they will matriculate. They do have a formula knowing that not everyone will not matriculate, but that does not change the fact that they believe the TJ student will take UVA over JMU or VT. My cousin graduated 8 yrs ago from TJ, he and many of his classmates went to JMU because it has a strong LAC program.</p>
<p>You need to be the strongest applicant you can be, and then just wait like everyone else. We have been down this road, it is nerve racking to say the least, but we all survived and you will too.</p>
<p>I think blue is correct they do not accept SAT subject tests, which again works against your favor because your ACT composite is much lower than those 700 scores. Did you take the SAT? It seems you do better on the SAT than the ACT.</p>