<p>Somebody correct me if I am wrong but I remember them saying letters of rec are not considered?</p>
<p>It helps to do all the essays because it shows you are willing to do more and write one more essay than everyone else. That can only be beneficial.</p>
<p>Major Choice does not matter since you must be accepted into the university first before you are even considered for your major of choice.</p>
<p>No, I’m sure they are considered because a&m has certain forms you submit with the recommendation letters and they wouldn’t have those forms if they didn’t require or consider them. </p>
<p>Are you sure major doesn’t matter because from what vie seen on this forum there have been many kids placed on the waitlist because they chose competitive majors, and if they had chosen less competitive majors they would have been admitted.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if they are technically considered or not but when I sent one in it showed up as a document received in my AIS so they felt like taking the time to record that.</p>
<p>Oh right I did not submit L.O.R. since it was never in the applytexas app, and that is all I ever looked at.</p>
<p>I am fairly certain choosing an “uncompetitive major” will not help you. I know people that applied to engineering, it was full, and were put into general studies. You don’t get auto waitlisted because your major is full or you don’t meet the standard for that major.</p>
<p>Yeah, when I go to the documents tab it shows that a “letter of recommendation” has been received. So, I figure it must be considered somewhat if they take the time to record it</p>
<p>Oh ok. Well, I guess all I can do now is pray haha</p>
<p>Recommendation letters are not required - nor do they carry much weight. </p>
<p>You are accepted into the University before the college of your choice. If you are not accepted by your 1st or 2nd choice college you are placed in general studies.</p>
<p>From talking to an advisor at a prospective student center, your SAT/ACT class rank are most important. If you are a review admit, your EC’s, community service hours, and your interest in Texas A&M come into play. Your interest in Texas A&M is very very important actually. They want to admit someone who they know will accept their admission offer. That is why there are so many items on the application for you to check if you have attended. Programs such as all the programs they have for high school jr/sr’s, game day, Aggieland Saturday, SLOT, etc. They keep records when you attend an official Texas A&M University visit. There are records kept when you visit the college of your choice, and when you visit a prospective student center. It is pretty important to show interest in A&M when you are a review candidate.</p>
<p>Recommendation letters carry the most weight when the person writing it has their name/reputation on the line meaning if you end up being a good/poor worker/student/etc it will also reflect on them. This is why in this case it isn’t going to carry as much weight while grad school recommendations are huge since the writer is usually are very prominent professor in the field.</p>
<p>So, could you tell me what factors are most important?</p>
<p>class rank - SAT/ACT - most important
in no particular order all equally important
Active interest in Texas A&M by attending A&M functions for High School Students
Official tours of Campus/college of choice/prospective student center in your area
Leadership in EC’s
All other EC’s
Community Service</p>
<p>Let’s say that you are not as strong in one area, but in another you have great stats; do you think the thing you are strongest at could help make up for other weaker areas?</p>