<p>What are my chances at acceptance into the Engineering school at A&M?</p>
<p>1270 SAT (690 M, 580CR)
28 ACT (29M and 32S, cant remember english scores)
3.4 GPA (not UW, ouch)
roughly in the top 25% of a top 600 public school
ECs - Football, Band, German Club, Chess Club, Scholars, and retail experience</p>
<p>Senior Schedule-
AP Cal AB
AP Physics C
English IV
Honors Biotechnology
Honors Business Management
Street Law</p>
<p>I'm a non-minority state resident. I'm taking the SAT II Math II in a couple of months and my APUSH scores havn't came in yet. I messed up my GPA with a couple of classes I did bad in, but my course rigor is pretty good and I have alot of credits.</p>
<p>I would say welcome to A&M. I'm in a similar spot with a slightly better GPA and ACT but still not Top 10% so I'm using A&M as a safety and hoping I get into UT but I wouldn't be too upset if I had to go to A&M.</p>
<p>Yea, I am a huge longhorn fan. I have lived in Austin for all but 2 years of my life, both of my parents are alum, and I havn't missed a single homegame (football) in over 4 years. I'm really interested in engineering. But, since my scores are mediocre my chances at getting into UT are slim. Thus, I'm going to see if I can set aside my differences and go to a good engineering school in A&M (that is, if I can get in).</p>
<p>Welcome to my world, both of you. Ive been a longhorn fan all my life. I applied to UT with excellent stats, but since I wasnt top 10%, they shut me out. I almost did their CAP program so i could transfer as a soph, but decided at the last minute to go to A&M instead since they accepted me to engineering. Im glad I did.</p>
<p>Two years ago, our son's best friend had stats very similar to yours and he's currently a student in A&M's engineering program. Like others here, he wanted UT but couldn't get in. It's a shame for UT since it's missing out on some fine students, but it's good for A&M.</p>
<p>gstein,
not to disappoint you or anything but i know lots of students here that have very similar stats that you have that wanted to get into business or engineering.
lets hope that i'm wrong in this, but you might be accepted into General Studies and not into engineering at first. texas a&m is a competitive college and especially engineering and business are hard to get into.
i'd say the main reason why you wouldn't get engineering is because your class rank. at a&m, its like their main criteria for accepting students. if you want to get engineering (or business) you NEED to be at least in the top 5% of your class if not higher.
general studies is not bad though because you're still in and you can still take the classes you want for engineering--you just wont be there from day one.
but its not that bad as it sounds.
so anyways if you can pull your class rank up to like top 5%, i'd say you're in good shape otherwise, pray or whatever that you will even be accepted. texas a&m and UT are equally hard to get into and if you get in, be proud of yourself.</p>
<p>best of luck to you and i hope you get into engineering right away!
(sorry, i hope this doesn't sound too harsh, i just know people who had the same stats as you)</p>
<p>Umm I know plenty of students that have gotten into A&M Engineering with similar stats to his. Infact I have 3 friends going to A&M next year that weren't even in the Top 10% and all had ACT scores of 28 or 29. One will be doing Nuclear and the other two Mechanical. I know Aggies like to think they are better and more selective than UT but to be honest they are not and the figures reflect that. I'm just to lazy to find them again.</p>
<p>TAMU is not a competitive college compared to many others. Gstein, just make sure you apply as early as possible into engineering because they fill up quick. When it's nearly filled up, that's when it starts getting competitive. The opening date for applications usually starts on September 1st.</p>
<p>we actually are just as competitive as Texas, we just dont use the same narrowsighted "class rank means everything" approach, instead preferring a more holistic view.</p>