Normally in 2-3 days if you apply via ApplyTexas.
Good Luck! Note that A&M has ETAM, that’s means ALL first year engineering students have to go through A&M ETAM before they can be admitted to their major. So by the end of May all accepted engineering students will see their majors change to General Engineering.
ETAM is very competitive, currently first year engineering student need to keep 3.8 GPA to automatically get into their first choice major.
In other cases, the choice and review of major during application is pretty much doesn’t matter for engineering. If you maintain 4.0 as freshman you can choose to major in any engineering.
May school of business is very competitive nowadays. It is still less competitive as McCombs in UT Austin, but May school of business only have around 1600 to 1700 freshmen so almost all of them have top 10% HS rank. This year there is a high chance of dropping to top 8%.
You chance is good. But note that Engineering is loaded with top 10% student. You key is distinguishing yourself in your essays.
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Mays typically takes 1000 freshman. Last year they took 1100.
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Thanks KaYoung2025. How difficult is it to maintain 3.8 and above at A&M? Is it common for students not to get their first choice - in my case it is Comp Science.
A top 9-10% student has as much chance of getting in Mays as a top 1-8% student. The cutoff for A&M is 10%. If the get into A&M and there is still space in Mays, then they are in.
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Actually, the beauty of engineering is that it is all holistic review. Top 10% helps, but they look at all the other data as well. The current cut-off for guaranteeing your major is a 3.75 GPA when you apply for ETAM (typically at the end of the first year.) There is plenty of data out there about the % of people accepted to the specific majors, but it is all based on the old cut off of 3.5 GPA. The new higher GPA should actually give them room to look at students that don’t make the cutoff, but show an aptitude for programming. IMO, Comp Sci is the reason they made the change. Historically, many have gotten their 1st choice, but Comp Sci has been very competitive in recent years. I think many with a 3.5 GPA will still get their 1st choice; it just wont be guaranteed. If you are already familiar with programming and have a good foundation for the math and sciences, then that GPA is very attainable.
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If 1125 are targeted to be enrolled, does that mean about double that amount are admitted with a 50% yield?
How many Mays spots are reserved for candidates outside the top 10%?
They do not reserve any spots for outside top 10%. First come first served.
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So, assuming A&M assumes a 50% yield, if more than say 2250 applied for Mays with a top 10% ranking by the end of September, would any others be admitted?
They probably look at the yield from last year (and other years) and therefore give out the appropriate number of admittances to get their target enrollment of 1125.
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https://accountability.tamu.edu/All-Metrics/Mixed-Metrics/Applied,-Admitted,-Enrolled
You can play around with this to see previous years results
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A lot of data from past years can be found here!
Mays Business School 2020 (Updated Stats)
Fist Time Freshmen
Applied 4591
Admitted 1922 (42%)
Enrolled 1065 (55% Yield)
Top 10% Applied 1165 (25% Of Total Applied)
Top 10% Admitted 1165 (100%)
Top 10% Enrolled 688 (59% Yield)
Non Top 10% Applied 3426 (75% of Total Applied)
Non Top 10% Admitted 757 (22% of Non top 10, 16% of Total Applied)
Non Top 10% Enrolled 397 (52% Yield)
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Good deal. With 65% of the enrollees being 10%, I don’t think there’s a risk of it going to a more restrictive guarantee like top 8%.
Maybe engineering CSTAT has a greater percentage of enrollees from the top 10%. That would be why it’s restrictive and other pathways are provided.
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Once it’s full, it’s full. But if you applied early and have good stats, you could be in that 25% non top 10 % admissions!! The key is to apply early.
Mays will not hold spots for top 10%. If they don’t apply til November, they won’t get Mays.
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Good thing is 81% of engineering freshmen got their first choice. 91% got their first or second choice. (So just 9% didn’t make it)
The high percentage means the holistic admission process works. Most people admitted are perfect fit to TAMU engineering.
TAMU also has MPE (Math placement test) for incoming freshmen to make sure all admitted has required level of pre-calculus. It will be between May and July during the NSC (new student conference). The test is pretty easy with 32 questions. 22 questions are required to pass. High SAT maths score at times doesn’t translate to success in Calculus, and TAMU engineering is very serious about Calculus. If not passing the MPE, one will be required to take extra math credit during first year.
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TAMU Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Biomedical Engineering are also very competitive. All require 3.8 Freshmen GPA. (not high school GPA)
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