The Class of 2007 dossier

Freshman faces

Of the students offered admission to JMU in 2003:

"  77% were in the top 20% of their high school class

"  82% had a core GPA of 3.3 or higher

"  73% had taken physics and calculus

"  96% had taken honors or advanced placement courses

"  75% scored above 1130 on the SATS

Hotter competition

Applications   Enrolled

1973   4,049              1,585

1983   9,817              1,682

2003   15,333            3,400

High school preparation

1973                                       2003

4 years English                      4 years English

2 years social studies           4 years social studies

1 year lab science                 3 years lab science

2 years foreign languages   3-4 years foreign languages

2 years mathematics            4 years mathematics