@greymeer @TexasGuy2019 I’m not sure that is exactly correct @greymeer. A&M has been doing total holistic reviews of all engineering applications since the 2017/2018 fall entering class. That year and since if you were an academic or auto admit you could fairly quickly gain entry into the university but without a major assigned. This allows you to get in the housing queue early. They start reviewing the engineering applications as they come in but wait until you are admitted to the university; they do not wait until October 15th. That is just the deadline to get an “earlier” answer as to whether you will gain admission into engineering. My son got his engineering acceptance in early November.