<p>I sent in my credentials back in December, but not all at once and they just reached step 3 on OSARIS (the review step). Im sick of all this waiting and im wondering if anyone would have any input on my chances. I've already been accepted to some similar schools (ohio st, baylor) but TAMU is my definate #1...</p>
<p>out of state
ACT-28
Class Rank: 154/386 (i know this seems really low, but im in a HIGHLY competitive class which is sending students to the likes of MIT, Princeton, Penn, and Notre Dame. My g/f has a 3.9 and is only 64 in our class)
GPA:3.2 (UW)
course load: fairly heavy, ive taken many honors and 3 AP's</p>
<p>Extra Curricluar:
Newspaper (3 years)
J.V. Soccer (2 years)
Drama Club (2 years)
HUDDLE (1 year)
JSA (2 years)
Young Republicans (1 year)
Spanish Club (2 years)
Key Club (1 year)</p>
<p>Community Service (about 50 hours):
Habitat for Humanity
WASA Fall Tournamnent
Salvation Army</p>
<p>Work Experience:
Hollister Co (August '06-current)
Pinnacle Sports (September '05-current)</p>
<p>Awards:
Scholar Athlete (twice)
Honors Diploma (when i graduate)</p>
<p>Leadership:
Captain of local club dodgeball team
Business Manager of School Newspaper
Teen Prevention Leader
People to People Student Ambassador
Invited to National Leadership Confrence in DC</p>
<p>I'm trying to get in to the Mays Business School and double major in Business Management and Finance</p>
<p>i dont think im much help since i'm out-of-state and have no idea how tamu works but i hope i made some impact. </p>
<p>i know what you mean about the waiting thing. i've heard back from 4 out of 5 schools...the fifth one being UT..gosh, cant they just announce who got in already?!?</p>
<p>can I ask you, what makes TAMU more attractive to you than OSU? I applied to both as well, and wasn't sure myself.. it would seem that being from ohio would make you more inclined to want to go to ohio state, if not just for the thousands saved.</p>
<p>what makes tamu (well, texas in general) more attractive than OSU?</p>
<p>THE WEATHER! </p>
<p>really. i hate the cold. i hate snow unless school is closed. i hate winter in general (except holiday season...when people are in the spirit)</p>
<p>and i like the overall southern hospitality. when i visited texas last spring break, i really like the overall attitude there.</p>
<p>im from the washington dc area...eh, i live in one of those "**** you my county is the third richest county in the nation i'm so rich we're so much better than the rest of the world" places...and geez, i just wanna get away from all the arrogance and traffic! </p>
<p>the big state school in my area is university of maryland - college park. every parent in the area hopes their kid goes there, and if their kid doesnt, they hope their kid transfers in. my dad is alumus and my sister goes there...and me? i really didnt want to go. i ended up getting deferred to spring admission..im taking that as a sign that it wasnt meant to be.</p>
<p>for me TAMU stands head and sholdurs above OSU. i like the campus and the surrounding areas (college station) a lot better than downtown columbus. Plus most of my family lives in Texas, so i want to be able to spend more time with them. i really only applied to OSU because it was cheap ($35) and all my friends are going there so id leave it as an oppurtunity. i totally agree with jmr the weather really sucks up here, and the people are WAYYYYY friendlier down there.</p>
<p>btw, does anyone else have any input on my chances at TAMU?</p>
<p>Don't be afraid that it's taking them a long time to go over your application. A&M is notoriously slow in their admissions (Though they can be fast if you apply really, really early). </p>
<p>Just to give you an idea of how slow they can be, I sent all of my credentials early December and was only accepted by early February (And I'm an automatic admit, as I'm in the top 10% of a public school in Texas).</p>
<p>A&M is also in their peak application processing time, so they're stretched to the limit. They are also notoriously error prone, so be sure to keep an eye on everything they're doing on the process-tracking website. </p>
<p>I'm almost positive you'll get accepted. A 28 on the ACT is enough to get you accepted to their honors program, let alone get accepted in the first place. (Unfortunately, you won't be able to be a first year honors student, as you're not in the top 10% of your class, though you can join in later years)</p>
<p>If you don't get accepted, I'll be extremely surprised. Gig 'em!</p>
<p>stuck, drop the management major; it's worthless. You'll do just fine with only a finance degree. If you really want to double major go for accounting and finance.</p>
<p>I'd sweat bullets about getting into Mays because that's a tough program to get into. However, I wouldn't worry about it too much because you can always get into A&M as another major and then after 30 hours transfer into the business school.</p>
<p>thanks for the advice on the accounting stuff, but thats not really why i was looking at finance... My dad's a business owner and offered me a postion in his finance dept. after i graduated, which would lead to CFO, and then CEO once he retires. That why i wanted to get the management side of things as well as the finance side.</p>
<p>Well, stuck, if there's a specific reason for you to go into management, that's cool. That said, I think you'd still be better off just focusing on finance and not stressing yourself out as much. Most aspects of management you will learn through experience, not in a classroom.</p>
<p>Public schools in Texas won't even ask you for income information for admission purposes.</p>
<p>There's no admission decisions based on it, Just2Fitz. I've known kids from poor, poor backgrounds at UT and I've also met kids with wealthy backgrounds at A&M. How you answer that on the application has no bearing on whether you are accepted or not.</p>
<p>Yea, I know theres no decision based on income alone; however and in response to your statement, "Public schools in Texas won't even ask you for income information for admission purposes," they still have an option for the applicant's income.</p>