<p>michaelburt - Did your friend apply for engineering? That’s probably one of the toughest schools to get in. </p>
<p>taffy - I had a 3.9 at Texas A&M and took a couple of architectural classes of which I made A’s in. I’m sure that really helped. Tech and A&M are similiar in a lot of ways too, so maybe they thought I’d fit in well. If you read the article from the link I posted, you can see that they really want to make sure that the student is the right fit for Tech and will be happy there. It’s not all about grades and test scores, but they sure as hell don’t hurt. I was pretty upset last year when I didn’t get in with a 1350 SATand a 3.5 GPA, but I also applied for engineering. Obviously I chose to switch at A&M, thankfully. Being out-of-state is really tough, so don’t get your hopes up, but if you really want to go and don’t make it the first time around, try again. Just remember that for engineering you’d better have some great math grades. Your Math SAT looks great.</p>