Anybody else notice huge amounts of wait listed students?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Texas A&M University
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<p>I finally heard back from A&M yesterday and I got waitlisted.</p>

<p>1390/2020 SAT
30 ACT
83 average at strong, well recognized private school in ft worth, TX
Eagle scout, tons of leadership, extracurriculars, work experience, overall really strong resume</p>

<p>Everybody had been telling me that short of a catastrophe I should count on an acceptance letter.</p>

<p>Now almost everybody at my school has heard back. No new acceptances (five from earlier in the year, but they are planning on attending Ivy Leagus) and about 15 wait listed. Most of which are in similar positions as me but with a few disparities, we even have some national merit finalists that are on the wait list.</p>

<p>Anybody noticing similar situations?</p>

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<p>I was also waitlisted. I heard people yesterday had all received a waitlist option, and that in April, everyone else might receive rejections.</p>

<p>At my school, all 40 national finalists got into A&M, but 30 of them were top 10% anyway, and they all chose some Ivy League. The other 10 got in though…but perhaps it’s other factors that helped them?</p>

<p>I wish everyone the best of luck. If you REALLY want to go to A&M, I suggest keeping in touch with admissions counselor.</p>

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<p>Not really, most people at my school have already gotten in.</p>

<p>I go to Aledo. We are pretty competitive for a public school.</p>

<p>That sounds really weird though.</p>

<p>Your Credentials sound great, i really dont think you should have that much of a problem getting in.</p>

<p>Im wait listed as well :(</p>

<p>Do you guys go buy the 10% rule at your school?</p>

<p>I thought everyone did, but i saw some Texas schools that didnt.</p>

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<p>every texas public HS goes by top 10 and every public Texas university go by it.</p>

<p>I was waitlisted earlier this month around the 7th</p>

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<p>does anyone know the counselor for the dallas area</p>

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<p>pierrechn -
I don’t know the name of the person, but here’s the address and phone number</p>

<p>Dallas/Fort Worth Regional PSC
3900 Arlington Highlands Boulevard, Suite 273
Arlington, TX 76018
(817) 375-0960</p>

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<p>my school doesn’t rank so top 10 doesn’t really apply, with only 95 kids in a graduating class though it’s kinda a lose lose situation</p>

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<p>o i thought i was the only one who couldnt find an email address , but i live in Arlington so i may go talk with him/her. their only about 5-10 minutes away from me</p>

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<p>Howdy! I am currently a Texas A&M grad. student (also got my undergrad. from A&M), and I’m trying to help my brother through this whole “waitlist” process! I noticed you mentioned people should keep in touch with an admissions counselor… where do we find that information? He is living in El Paso, so any info would help! :slight_smile: Thank you!</p>

<p>Good luck to all of you!</p>

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<p>Write an interest letter to the adm office to express your strong desire might help you to stand out. Good luck.</p>

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<p>i think everyone we know of that heard back this week got waitlist/blinn … except ONE person. he got accepted.</p>

<p>that is after BUNCHES of people being accepted earlier in the process. top 10s, auto admits and lots of others that were not automatic.</p>

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<p>You should have at least gotten in. Don’t know why you didn’t. A couple of my friends got in off the waitlist last year with stats a couple notches below yours…</p>

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<p>AggieSister - Howdy! Well, I have been keeping in touch with my admissions counselor since Summer. Since it’s kind of too late for your brother to have a long connection with a counselor, I would suggest to set up a meeting to meet a counselor at a Prospective Student Center (PSC). I don’t think there is one in El Paso…but here’s the link to a list of PSCs [Prospective</a> Student Centers](<a href=“http://admissions.tamu.edu/psc/]Prospective”>Admissions - Connect with an Advisor | Admissions)</p>

<p>After that, e-mail every now and then to show you are interested. Tell him to ask questions about his application and such. Make sure not to call/e-mail EVERY day, but not just once either. If you never ever talk to an admissions counselor and suddenly you are asking for an appeal from them, I don’t think that would make them very happy :/</p>

<p>Good luck to your brother (:</p>

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<p>Check this out:
<a href=“http://www.tamu.edu/oisp/common-data-set/freshman-admission-2009.pdf[/url]”>http://www.tamu.edu/oisp/common-data-set/freshman-admission-2009.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
You will see the stats from last years waitlist. You will be shocked.</p>

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<p>saw this in the other thread not shocked</p>

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<p>So last year we had 19 apply and 18 got in. 1 was wait listed. This is pretty much the usual for the past five years.</p>

<p>I checked with my college counselor today about this year: about thirty applied, 8 accepted, everybody else wait listed as of now.</p>

<p>This is a pretty big difference.</p>

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<p>My son was also offered the waitlist/Blinn team etc. option. We were shocked and felt he would be a “shoe in” on the review admission because he missed automatic admission by such a small margin (both ways of auto admission).
He has a 3.89 GPA and had a 620 Math/540 Critical Reading on the SAT. His class ranking puts him at 12.4 percentile. He is involved in sports teams, PALS etc. We were shocked and hope his chances of getting in off of the waitlist are good. He accepted the BlinnTeam and Galveston options, but hope we don’t have to utilize those.
He has been told he should have chosen a different major, is that right? He chose Business-unspecified and Economics as a second choice. We just knew he would get in on the review option and now that that did not happened, I’m worried!!! Should he visit one of the perspective student centers and speak to one of the advisors there or just leave well enough alone?</p>

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<p>MikeW, your daughter was already in, right?</p>

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<p>whatrchances, it certainly can’t hurt to be in contact with an admissions advisor. Have you also asked if there is the possibility of adding General Studies as another major option? This might give your son more wiggle room to get in.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I have read about the whole general studies major. Do you think that would help him? We didn’t know if he would look too indecisive if he was changing things up. Guess we will check into that . . .</p>