@TAMUAdmissions My son received the "select one of the following Engineering Pathway options" He picked Engineering Academy at Blinn-Bryan. Does that mean he will get it or could he be denied it at a later date? It's confusing.

Nevermind... he officially got in to Engineering Academy today.

Congratulations!

AggieDreamin, I hope she will speak to an admissions counselor at 979-458-0950 before she makes a decision.

Joeyc, Review decisions for freshmen have been ongoing for some time. We hope to finish by mid-March.

Thank you. Is there is anything I can possibly do to increase the likelihood of me getting accepted at this point?

@TAMUAdmissions How often are admission decisions updated? Are they posted throughout the day or only once per day? I have heard both and we are on pins and needles here awaiting our decision.

joeyc, Admissions can only consider information received by the deadline.

AgMom2023, As decisions are made (usually in small or larger groups), they are posted. They are not held until a specific time or day. However, checking once a week (probably at the end of the week) is the best course of action.

Still no large wave of review admits.

Just to keep the score going I now know of 6 top 10% auto admit kids NOT going to A&M because they were recruited heavily by OOS Schools. All 6 parents said they have heard very little from A&M since acceptance letters. All 6 were legacy students, but parents could not deny the scholarship and love the kids were getting from outside of A&M, all 6 had below 1400 SAT scores.

Just popping in on this thread --

Question: for those that have been accepted, how did you first find out? Email? Phone call? snail mail?

We are also waiting on pins and needles -- should we bother checking our mailbox? or is email the first communication my son will receive?

Hope you don't mind me asking -- how were you notified? Email? Snail mail?

If you don't mind me replying to your question to the other poster, my senior received an acceptance envelope in the mail.
However, he was pretty involved with some school activities at the time, so might not have been checking his portal/email as much. IIRC, my older child found out electronically prior to receiving the packet.

My son's #s:
scored 1390 on SAT
4.2 GPA
15 college hours in HS
12% mark in an extremely competitive high school
Varsity athlete
National honor society
Volunteered two summers
Work experience
Many other accomplishments

And he didn't get into Mays. I'm really disappointed in my school. Didn't see this coming at all. College prep guy said atm was a guarantee for him. Didn't apply at all to any easier colleges.

However there is a problem with the idea that Texas A&M is being selective. Last years avg SAT is only 1250. Some have it as low as 1140. So it seems as if we are letting in ALOT of low SAT scores, something is moving that number way down especially if top 25% need a 1360 for auto admit.

Texas and Texas A&M have a massive problem in numbers being required by the State. It is not sustainable to auto admit 20,000 students, next year could push the auto admit to 25,000 by some estimates if nothing changes that would potentially create a freshman class of about 13,000 and have no review admits. Bottom line is the school cannot support the numbers.

The estimates for 2018 was about 70% auto and 30% review, this year it was closer to 90% auto and 10% review. No changes I definitely see a 100% auto and real problems when everyone accepts the offers.

I feel the school should aim for a 60/40 mix of auto and review. Raise the SAT for academic admit (should be a 1450 imho) and reduce top 10% to top 6%.

Too many really good students with crazy SAT scores getting left out at both schools.

If ATM's standards were that High it would be awesome. Sad that it's not the case. Oh well it's their loss.

Interesting that 48% of the applicants are auto or academic admits. It's also interesting that 48% matriculate.

Back in my day, a pulse got you into all the schools in Texas.Tuition, books, room and board was about $2k/year. We spent our high school years seeing what we could get away with and the drinking age was eighteen. I think we win.

To put the cost of college in perspective, I made about $2k/summer on a construction cement crew in Houston. I made another $2k working the rest of the year on weekends and school holidays.

I was told by an admissions person that the academic admit process will be gone starting with class of 2025.

Top 10% and then everyone else will be reviewed.

mccjames said:

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I was told by an admissions person that the academic admit process will be gone starting with class of 2025.

Top 10% and then everyone else will be reviewed.

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That's pathetic.

Welcome to Texas A&M - Bangladesh

Did he get offered Blinn Team? It's a really great program. A lot of extremely smart kids from our area are in the program. They love it!

Does being a legacy play any role in the application process? (For a strong student that didn't qualify for automatic admission?)

Legacy status has not been considered for years. Not a fan of that decision for sure.

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No need to come in and stand on a soapbox. Sure, some of the issues are easily identified by the timing of application or missing a deadline.

Applicants should be considered on merits. My daughter did not choose where she lives or who her parents are, just like any other applicant. Why should my success in life have any influence on her ability to be accepted into a school?

The bigger issue in TX is the lack of other options outside of A&M and Texas, or at least the perception of not having those options. Building up the system schools is a must.

RockyMountainAg said:

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My son's #s:
scored 1390 on SAT
4.2 GPA
15 college hours in HS
12% mark in an extremely competitive high school
Varsity athlete
National honor society
Volunteered two summers
Work experience
Many other accomplishments

And he didn't get into Mays. I'm really disappointed in my school. Didn't see this coming at all. College prep guy said atm was a guarantee for him. Didn't apply at all to any easier colleges.

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WTF.

My kid has almost that exact resume and May's didn't accept? What in the hell are they looking for?

They are looking for the kid that scored 1390 and has the sub scores in each category of the SAT, has top 25% rank, completely filled out application, to have their act together and apply as soon as admissions open. Then they get their acceptance in the first round that goes out. Then that kid immediately accepts when he is notified of admission and signs up for housing. That's what Mays is looking for and they get it. Done in a couple of months. Once all the offers for Mays go out the kid actually has until next spring to accept but they have the math to know the percentage that accepts so once all the offers are out it's done.

Then after that thousands of applicants with much better scores, ranks, extra curricular, send in their application but by then its way too late. A few spots are held back for review but that is an extremely low number.

That's what I learned going through it last year.

Out of curiosity, how many of you proofed your kids application before they submitted it? I dont deal with the admissions side, but I can tell you that 8 out of 10 calls I field a week from angry parents are generally because their kid told them they submitted something and didnt, or straight up left a ton of stuff off their application. Yes, your kid is extremely well rounded, but did they accurately portray that on their application?

Also- Mays is extremely competitive, and really isn't a guarantee for anyone.

To clarify for 3in33- I believe you mean Century Scholars High School, as a student from any school can be a Regents Scholar (1st gen, agi>40k)

Didn't proof or take part in or even see any part of any application. We stayed completely out of all academic and EC Decisions since 7th grade. Okay, the wife did require one application had to land at ATM.

HECUBUS said:

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Didn't proof or take part in or even see any part of any application. We stayed completely out of all academic and EC Decisions since 7th grade. Okay, the wife did require one application had to land at ATM.

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That's how my parents were with me.

My point is, you can say your child is well rounded and is an excellent applicant, but you dont know what they actually put on their application or in their essays. They may be extremely well rounded, but left off half of their volunteer hours, or didnt put in but one or two activities, they could have completely tanked their essay. Or my favorite- didnt check the box that asked them if they wanted to apply for scholarships.

Yeah, good point. Ours did forget to apply for honors, but did get invited to apply for honors in his major. I assume everyone gets that invitation as all his friends did. He will survive.