<p>FormerProf:</p>
<p>“In addition to university requirements, freshmen applying to all majors in the Dwight Look College of Engineering are required to meet a minimum math score of 550 on the SAT Reasoning Test or a minimum math score of 24 on the ACT. …In particular, high school preparation should include four years of mathematics and four years of science emphasizing algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, chemistry, physics and biology.”</p>
<p><a href=“http://catalog.tamu.edu/pdfs/13-14_UG_Catalog.pdf[/url]”>http://catalog.tamu.edu/pdfs/13-14_UG_Catalog.pdf</a></p>
<p>That being said, I don’t think the imposition of those requirements affects many who are auto and academic admits. </p>
<p>Most people in the top 10% of their class have that covered. (Auto admit)
Most people in the top 25% with a 600 in both M & CR on their SAT have it covered too. (Academic admit)</p>
<p>So, for most people, it’s a non-issue.</p>
<p>From what I understand (new this year) - General Engineering fills up to about 85-90% with rolling admissions applicants. A LARGE percentage of these wind up being auto/academic admit. I forget the statistic, but it’s something outrageously high. </p>
<p>After that, EVERYONE, even those that are auto admits, or academic admits TO THE UNIVERSITY are put into a “review admit” status for General Engineering, and they fill the remaining seats.</p>
<p>A&M does not operate like UT for admission to the university, and this directly affects admission to engineering. UT’s auto-admission requirements are significantly more stringent. UT has a slight exception to the requirements of HB588 that are imposed upon every other public university in Texas. It is different than any other public university in the state of Texas.</p>
<p>So the moral to this story, for autos and academic admits to TAMU is APPLY EARLY, and you’re golden (as long as you also meet the engineering admit requirements, which you probably do). Wait, and you might not get in.</p>
<p>You don’t have it quite right in relation to Academic Admits. It is not 600 in Math and CR OR 1300 combined.</p>
<p>This is what the University says:</p>
<p>"Applicants qualify for automatic academic admission (but not necessarily to the major of choice), if they successfully complete the minimum required coursework and:</p>
<p>rank in the top quarter of their graduating class;</p>
<p>achieve a combined SAT Math and SAT Critical Reading score of at least 1300 with a test score of at least 600 in each of these components; or achieve a composite ACT score of at least 30 with a test score of at least 27 in ACT Math and ACT English (students must take the writing component of the SAT and/or ACT in order for the test score to be considered);</p>
<p>meet the State of Texas Uniform Admission Policy; and
ensure all required credentials are received by the freshman closing date.</p>
<p>[Freshman</a> | How to be Admitted - Office of Admissions | Texas A&M University](<a href=“http://admissions.tamu.edu/freshman/admitted]Freshman”>http://admissions.tamu.edu/freshman/admitted)</p>
<p>It’s not OR, it’s AND.</p>