<p>I believe every school has strange cases like that.
Holistic approach is crazy.
Maybe he was over-confident in getting in and didn’t try on the essays or Texas a&m taught that he was just applying to apply. Some schools will not accept certain students with Ivy League scores because they believe they wouldn’t enroll In there school</p>
<p>" Some schools will not accept certain students with Ivy League scores because they believe they wouldn’t enroll In there school " - I agree, or they might also reject someone if they know he applied to Ivy’s seeing that if that student gets accepted they will NOT be attending A&M/UT. That makes perfect sense. </p>