Texas A&M is an example of a state school bound by rules of the Texas legislature to serve the state population. They are required to admit the top 10% of graduates from Texas high schools and it’s first come, first serve into the engineering department (provided students have min. SAT/ACT scores). Approx. 55% of admits for the all majors are from the top 10% with the rest being reviewed. I would argue that Texas A&M has a quality engineering department, but it’s hard to compare statistics with other schools because of the state law.