TAMU Class of 2024 - Admission Decisions/Discussion

@L1Ag91
It doesn’t matter which major your put down for engineering. That may or may not be the major you end up in. A&M is not a direct admit to major. With your scores and an Academic Admit, you will likely be offered an engineering major, not Mays or any other 2nd choice major. That said, not having any calculus will be a red flag in a sense, if your school offers it. Engineering really wants to see your calculus and physics readiness. Read my post to DaisyDays above.
The Academic Admits/Auto Admits who do not get into College Station engineering, don’t get offers until after January, long after Mays is full as well as some other highly sought after majors.

The reason the major you put on the application doesn’t really matter is that Freshmen are admitted to General Engineering and then, if qualified, in April of Freshman year, they undergo a competitive process called Entry To A Major, or ETAM. Your Engineering curriculum GPA and your overall GPA are considered heavily for the major you are accepted into. An applicant going through ETAM will list 3-5 choices of major on the application. How competitive an applicant you are for the number of spots available in the major will dictate a lot. If you are passed up for your first choice, your application goes to the office of your second choice. If you are passed up for that choice, it goes to the 3rd choice and so on. It is not unusual for applicants to be declined from any of their top choices and in that case, the majors that will take them, are offered to them.

It gets a little more complicated at that point to go into all of the specifics because there are many variables at that point of what students can do.

As an engineering student, you can minor in business. You can also participate in Mays businesses competitions and events that are open to other majors. My engineering son takes part in them. Lots of resume opportunities.