Do you think I could get into JMU?

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I really really want to go to JMU, but I'm kind of scared I won't get in. I'm currently a junior. I have Virginia residency, but I've been living abroad going to an American high school in France for the past three years. I'm staying here for my senior year as well. I received very poor grades freshman and sophomore years. This year I've been working a lot harder, but they're still not as good as I'd like them to be. I'll probably end up with a 3.7 for this semester. This year I took regular environmental science and algebra 2. I also took IB Psychology, AP Language & Composition, AP French 5 (I was in French 3 last year and skipped a level), and I also decided to start Spanish 1. I'll be doing a spanish program in spain this summer to improve my spanish before I start spanish 2 next year. Next year I'll be taking AP environmental science, AP literature, AP Stats, IB Psych (it's a 2 year course), and Spanish 2. Unfortunately I haven't really been that involved in extracurriculars. I played JV soccer freshman and sophomore year and this year I was on varsity and I'll be on varsity soccer again next year. I am part of club at school that has been raising money for kids in africa and we're going there for two weeks this summer to teach them english. I'll be a member of that club again next year.
Also I just got back my SAT scores and received an overall score of 2030. 
I got a 700 in writing, a 700 in critical reading, and a 630 in math. Do you think that's a good score?

Anyways basically what I'm asking is do you think I have a good chance of getting into JMU?

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The fact that you are a female durastically lowers your chance of getting in there since they have mostly females and colleges try to even out they statistics. However you actually have a very good SAT score. I would not worry about not having huge sports activities because they are just mainly looking to see that you are a well rounded person that is involved in society and it appears that you definitly are. Your GPA is a little low but JMU will not judge you by that too much. There are many schools with different gradeing scales and grading systems. Some schools dont even have grades at all. What they want to see is that you are trying very hard and taking challenging courses. This is because someone that is very driven will have a much easier time in college then someone that is smart but doesnt try hard. So based on the information you have given I would say you have a very good chance of getting in.

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I really really want to go to JMU, but I&#39;m kind of scared I won&#39;t get in. I&#39;m currently a junior. I have Virginia residency, but I&#39;ve been living abroad going to an American high school in France for the past three years. I&#39;m staying here for my senior year as well. I received...

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The rigor of your courses are great and so are your SAT scores. Just keep your grades up next year and do more extracurriculars. You definitely have a good chance

Do you think I could get into JMU?

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