<p>As you know, he had a 33 on MPE and 5s on Calc BC & AB. In addition he is a National AP Scholar. However, his weighted GPA / class rank was shot because he took 9 HS courses in middle school at a district that encouraged it because it was not included in the HS GPA. Then he transferred …</p>
<p>Also, I am not sure but it could be that A&M treats National Merit Semifinalists as auto admits. I have also heard that A&M gave semifinalists their first choice in majors (even if they were closed, they opened it to them). So, we saw a very quick turnaround (2 weeks) and acceptance to his 1st choice. We were very surprised and son was very happy. So, he did not even apply to his #2 choice school.</p>