<p>I got offered admission off the waitlist on 5-10 or so. I can’t believe it and I’m so excited.</p>
<p>So, I got on step 6 finally, and it says decision will be mailed to me…</p>
<p>I’m thinking this is a decline. Any insight?</p>
<p>Check the Howdy Portal and see if there is a My Records Tab next to the Home and Applicant Tab. If so, that is an indication that you may be admitted.
Also check and see if your #1 major choice has changed at all.</p>
<p>Nope, nothing has changed. They must have JUST changed it to the step 6, cause I checked it around an hour ago, and there was no step 6 or anything. I think its a decline.</p>
<p>Not trying to burst anyone’s bubble, but it’s quite difficult to get into A&M if you don’t graduate in the top 10% of your class. A&M is so bogged down by that top 10% rule, that if you’re not in the top 10%, chances of getting in are slim. Your other stats may be excellent, but if you have a low class ranking your chances are very low.</p>
<p>FWIW, TAMU’s own statistics (Office of Institutional Studies and Planning, Applied, Admitted and Enrolled Report, Fall 2009), 7,683 out of 15,158 total admits were Top 10% students. Thus, 7,475 of the admits were review or academic admits (non-Top 10%). Someone in the top quartile (25%) with good test scores, EC’s, et al, that wants to go to TAMU should not be discouraged from applying.</p>
<p>Also, they have provided some very useful “back-doors” into Texas A&M (TAPP, Blinn TEAM, TAMUG) that can be exploited by those with a serious interest in attending.</p>
<p>First of all, that data is most likely false. There were not 15,000 freshman last year. Secondly, I heard one of my professors say, and even the dean of the college of architecture say when he came and spoke to my history class, that 12% of students got accepted last year who were not in the top 10%. Twelve percent, that is all. And even if your data was true, then those 7,475 admits might still only be 12% of the students not in the top 10% who applied…just saying…</p>
<p>I’m not trying to discourage anyone. If anything, I’m just saying do not put all your eggs in one basket if you’re not in that auto-10% category. Nevertheless I wish you all the best of luck and hope that you all get in. And as for the Blinn Team thing, I’d say thats a great deal. I’ve noticed that most people who are on Blinn-team usually get into A&M their sophomore year.</p>
<p>wep
your stats sound about right. i went to a school in houston and about 25 of the 30 that got admitted were in the top 25% not the top 10%</p>
<p>The data are not false and I cited the source so you wouldn’t have to take my word for it. The OISP page is here: [Official</a> Texas A&M Reports and Statistics|OISP|Institutional Studies](<a href=“http://www.tamu.edu/oisp/]Official”>http://www.tamu.edu/oisp/)</p>
<p>Don’t confuse admitted with enrolled. There were 15,158 admits. 8,071 actually enrolled. But the relative numbers for admits are what is important for those actually trying to get in.</p>
<p>It would not surprise me in the least to find out that 88% of the admits to the College of Architecture were Top 10%. Some colleges are more difficult than others to get into - College of Business also comes to mind. But those colleges aren’t representative of the entire university.</p>
<p>I looked up the numbers for the entire university as a whole from the same source, the Applied/Admitted/Enrolled Report for Fall 2009:</p>
<p>Total Applicants (22,757) - Top 10% Applicants (7,683) = Non-Top 10% Applicants (15,074)</p>
<p>Total Admits (15,158) - Top 10% Admits (7,683) = Non-Top 10% Admits (7,475)</p>
<p>% of Non-Top 10% Admits (49.6%) = 100 x ( Non-Top 10% Applicants (7,475) / Top 10% Admits (15,074) )</p>
<p>So, just slightly under half of the Non-Top 10% applicants are admitted.</p>
<p>Those numbers are accurate but you’re also not including the number of academic auto acceptances…i.e top 25% with 1300(M+V) SAT so truly, the accepted percentage of non auto admits will be a bit lower</p>
<p>True and granted, but the question posed was regarding “non-Top 10%”, so that’s the way I answered it. I will check and see if I can find any information specifically regarding review admits.</p>