<p>Academic Achievement:
Weighted GPA: 6.11 out of 7.0 (based on 6 semesters)
Un-weighted GPA: 3.46 out of 4.0 (based on 6 semesters)
Class Rank: 74 out of 556 (based on 6 semesters)</p>
<p>Academic Challenges:
Two-lab sciences sophomore year (Biology Honors and Chemistry Honors)
Two sciences junior year (Chemistry 2AP and Human-Anatomy Honors)</p>
<p>Academic Awards:
National Latin Exam- Level 1, 3rd place (9th grade)
National Latin Exam- Level 2, 2nd place (10th grade)
National Latin Exam- Level 3, 3rd place (11th grade)</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Blood Drive (11th and 12th grade) Certified American Red Cross Volunteer
FOP Holiday Party (9th and 10th grade) Member
FDA (Future Doctors of America) (9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th) Member
Future Women in Science (11th) Member
Classics Club (11th and 12th) Member
Indian Culture Society (9th, 10th, and 11th) Member</p>
<p>Did you take the ACT - many times students do better on one or the other. You might have done better on ACT.
Your ec’s are good, your grades are good, and your class rank is 13.3%
I think you have an excellent chance -
What are you wanting to Major in?</p>
<p>I’m not really qualified to tell you…
But I think your record is really pretty good.
Hopefully colleges can understand that SAT scores don’t gauge intelligence.</p>
<p>Texas does have a law though that 90% of students must be Texans, so that makes it a lot harder to get in from out of state.</p>
<p>A&M does take awile to tell final decisions - especially for OOS. I noticed last year they didn’t tell them until late April! I would just make sure you have a backup choice if you don’t get in.</p>
<p>I know it’s annoying and stressful not knowing, but just try and relax and still enjoy the time you have now while you wait for your decision.</p>
<p>Good Luck :)</p>
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<li>a former obsess-er about admission speculation</li>
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<p>I know there is a law that defines automatic Texas admits that rank in the top 10% of their class. 90% is a pretty high number of in-state students.</p>
<p>i may be able to help you out a little bit. I’m an out of state student from iowa who applied to a&m. My major was Biology as well, and Pre-medicine too. I got a 28 on my ACT, had a GPA of 3.78 (unweighted), and was in the top 18% of my class.
I was highly involved in activities throughout highschool, along with some volunteer work and a job at a nursing home. </p>
<p>From the looks of things, you’re more than able to get into A&M. I was admitted into A&M in January. If you haven’t heard yet, don’t freak out. It takes a while for schools to review applications. You probably should contact the school though and let them know you’re very interested in attending a&m. When I applied, I remember reading something on the a&m website that they really pay attention to those students who seem very interested into their school, for example, students who call to check on the status of their application, and even those students who log in frequently to the status check page. It proves that a student really cares. </p>
<p>Yes, actually colleges can keep track of how many times a student logs into status check pages.
As for calling, it can get annoying, yes… to both ends of the phonelines.
As an individual, calling everyday to check the status of your application can get annoying. Nobody wants to be put on hold everyday for a 30 second update. But, on the other hand, if your application status is important to you, I don’t think it’ll matter how many times you call.
For the other end of the phonelines, there’s more than one person answering phone calls in the admissions office–you’re probably not going to speak to the same person everytime you call. And besides, they’re getting paid to answer the calls. I don’t think they’ll have a problem answering your questions.</p>
<p>Kmolm, I know you said you are from New Jersey so… Just to let you know, it is spelled Y’ALL…
You will need to know these things when you come to Texas ;)</p>
<p>Sorry I believe I read somewhere awhile ago that 90% have to be from in-state. I can’t remember where I found it though and don’t know how to Google it with sufficient specificity. Either way, this would be irrelevant anyway since Texas schools never have close to 10% out of state students at their school anyway. Currently on collegeboard stats, UT has 5% OOS and A&M has 3% OOS. But that’s just how many CHOOSE to go there, not % of accepted. I’m sure there’s a lower yield rate for OOS applicants since it cost is more likely to be a factor.</p>
<p>well i have been checking about twice every day (even during school)…still no word (and i got into UT Austin when i checked a few days ago after not having checked my status since December… but TAMU is my 1st OOS choice)</p>