<p>That’s a plus. My school has roughly 30 NMSF per year, and in the last 2 years we have had 4 perfect scorers on the SAT</p>
<p>You probably went to one of these:</p>
<p>[Texas’</a>; top high schools for 2011 National Merit Semifinalists | GetListy!](<a href=“HugeDomains.com”>HugeDomains.com) </p>
<p>I am sure Admissions officers in TX know them.</p>
<p>So it turns out, it was not that you were slacking off, it was the extraordinary number of smart kids in your class that kept you from getting a higher class rank, by working harder. After all, if one percent of students are suppose to be NMSF, then a class of 500 should have only 5 not 30!</p>
<p>If you are willing to apply out of state, you could apply to some other good schools like U of Michigan, U of Chicago, NYU (Engineering), Sweet Briar, Stevens Institute of Tech., NJIT, Colorado State, SUNY Buffalo etc that have late admission deadlines. </p>
<p>Just make sure you get good grades in the current semester. Good luck.</p>
<p>Good luck, biochemtx!
My friend told me that admissions sent his admission decision today. I am still on step 3 on AIS. My friend is an academic admit; is this why he’s already getting his decision?</p>
<p>yeah auto admits find out right away… I know this is kinda off topic but if your close to academic admittance do they tell your a decision sooner?</p>
<p>Yup, auto admits find out pretty soon. I got to know a few days ago.</p>
<p>Be prepared to wait until anywhere from January to May if you are a review admit. My daughter did not find out until late April, but her boyfriend was admitted as review admit in late January. She made the mistake of applying late, so I strongly encourage you to apply early since it is rolling admissions.</p>
<p>oh okay. well I applied at the beginning of September and have been on step 3 for a week now. I hope mine doesn’t take 6 months haha but you never know.</p>
<p>All of my stuff got in on Sep. 13th and my optional letter of recommendation got in on Thursday. I re take the SAT on Saturday and those scores will automatically get sent in since I ordered a free score report. I’ll just hope and pray I’ll hear from them soon!</p>
<p>Alright, i spoke to my counselor and she told me that i will be able to get in first semester grades into A&M by january 15th but not an updated rank. I have very high grades as of right now (everything is 97+ with at least 2 tests in all of my classes) and if i keep up all of my As i will have a 4.66 gpa for the semester. Will this drastically alter my chances? (a 4.66 gpa is roughly the gpa for the top 2% or top 1% of the class)</p>