@Greymeer @ucbalumnus
Keep in mind for engineering, that full admission to College station is but one admission decision. They also admit to the Galveston branch campus as well as two engineering academies at Blinn/Bryan and McAllen.
Engineering at Galveston offers were once the only other offer considered as full admissions.
They have tweaked the program so that all the various admissions are considered full admissions and with completion of the general engineering curricula, everyone can ETAM (Apply To A Major) in Spring of their freshman year.
The Blinn Bryan Engineering Academy is a co enrollment at the new RELLIS campus in Bryan as well as being enrolled for the engineering class at TAMU.
At Galveston and McAllen, the classes are taught by A&M Professors.
Texas law dictates that the top 10% of a graduating class after the 6th semester qualifies for automatic admissions to any public university. This was implemented in 1997. Texas has grown exponentially and the top two flagships are busting at the seams with over 42000 complete applications each admissions cycle. University of Texas received permission through the legislature to limit admissions to 75% of their freshmen yield and the percentage varies from the top 6-7% of graduating class, instead of top 10&.
Because there are many high performing high schools in the state, A&M implemented the Academic Admit of minimum SAT or ACT with qualifying subscores and being in the top quarter of graduating class. Many top 10% admits also qualify as academic admits but there are many high achieving students who fall out of the top 10% at competitive high schools.
For incoming class of 2021, A&M began a holistic review for all engineering applicants into the major.
Realistically, full admissions for review applicants to any major was 13% last year and this year, it is reportedly to be smaller, in order to keep the incoming freshman class to 10,000-10,500 students.
So while links as posted above by greymeer can be useful tools in some instances, they certainly do not always present a clear and complete picture.