@exlonghorn96 your attitude is terrible. - you should have spent time learning the admissions process- it’s not flawed. I do not know a single person who was a review candidate who got into A and M over the past 3 years with a 25 ACT score regardless of how close to auto they got rank wise. They have that second layer of admits who get in with a 30 and top quarter which eliminates pretty much anyone in the top quarter who do not fall into these two categories. The last review spots are for exceptional additions to the class- standouts in either test scores or service or a sport or EC. I had one who got admitted to both flagships that way and he had classmates parents who were just as mad as you are about the 35 percent rank student at your school- it doesn’t make my kid or that kid not worthy of the spot they received just because you say so.- colleges have to have a well rounded population, as an applicant you need to display how you will contribute to that.
@trinley How is UT not educating the kids of Texas when 90 percent of the admitted students come from Texas. Also,there are plenty of other excellent Texas schools to attend if you don’t like UT or don’t get in; so no need for a new school to educate our kids.
@GManmom123 my kids love that UT is large enough to provide anything they need but can be made small if you find your place in the community. I suppose it’s just a personal choice. Mine went to small private schools their whole lives and were ready to take on the bigger environment. But so far have not heard the " I feel like a number" from them
@AggieMomhelp there was a Feb 5 decision date for full admissions to College Station as well.
At this point, I am not counting in the totals, those who have posted a decision and no stats or have not offered their stats, and I have added new ones as they have posted, so these numbers may not reflect past counts.
43 of the 175 holistically review applicants who have posted on CC forum, have received full admissions. Some may have not come back to report a decision. Of the ones I have with no decisions, roughly half are 1st quarter and the other half are mostly 2nd quarter with a handful of 3rd quarter.
There are 122 engineering applicants. 96 have received decisions. 27 are still waiting on a decision or have not come back to report one. 6 are first quarter and the remainder 2nd and 3rd quarter.
I know that everyone is anxious for a decision. This year is unlike the past two admission cycles. It is impossible to draw a parallelle to UT admissions, as UT does not pull as heavily from the counties that were most heavily affected by Hurricane Harvey as A&M was.
According to the DARS reports for 2016 (2017 has not been finalized), the feeder pattern for College Station (p. 133) top 10 counties, 4 of those counties were heavily affected by Hurricane Harvey and account for 18,147 of the 2016 student body (undergrad, masters, doctoral, professional) which is 30% of the student body. Just over 10K are from Harris county alone. The extended deadline was necessary and threw the decisions release into a quagmire. I am sure admissions is not liking this process as much as the applicants. https://dars.tamu.edu/Data-and-Reports/Student/files/EPFA16.aspx
Can we please keep this thread positive in nature ( no matter what the individual outcomes are?).
Okay everyone take a deep breath… in… now exhale. We are driving ourselves and each other a bit crazy right now.
Everyone is stressed and we all know that text does not come across as we sometimes intend. We are ALL on the same team and want our kiddos to be happy… and hopefully that’s at TAMU. Let’s keep our eye on the prize and have each other’s backs in the process!
@thelma2 and this is why you are invaluable on this site (and I’m sure in your real life too!!). Not sure how I missed teh Feb. 5th admission date. Now all we need is March admission date and we can call it done and everyone can start planning housing and NSC!!!
This thread is full of people talking and speculating about why they think their children deserve things. I have yet to hear back, but I’m keeeping my head up you should do the same. I have a friend who got accepted into Blinn TEAM engineering and he’s ranked below me in the 35% area and got a slightly better SAT score than me in the 1300s. I would be very let down if I was not considered because of my better class rank which shows work and dedication and my essays which I believe is my strong point. It would be beneficial to not compare stats or make people feel bad because they think their child or themselves deserve it. We could compare stats all day long and only hurt each other’s feelings. My friend who has already heard back was in engineering so that makes sense, I just hope I’m given the same opportunity and I believe I will. Stay hopeful and don’t get too impatient we will all know soon enough!
I think the frustration (at least for me) is not so much with who is admitted, but the inconsistent / incomplete / inaccurate information coming from A&M as to when things will be finalized. It is very hard to manage expectations when dates come and go, and it seems like everyone else is sewing up their college plans.
I’m really hoping this week is the “BIG” wave. My son remains hopeful and will not commit elsewhere until he knows for sure about A&M.
I think that we are all anxious for our offers and it does help to look at previous trends but the reality is that anytime we are applying for anything that is decided by a “judge”, we can’t know exactly what they are looking for. Our students have to try to show their best and just hope that they have what the evaluator is looking for. 1 person may like lots of 4H participation; the next might see more value in sticking strictly to academics and boosting the gpa. We can never be sure who will be looking at our student’s application. All our kids are worthy but there are only so many seats in the classroom right now. If your child doesn’t get the offer they are looking for, it’s not because they are “not good enough.” It’s because admissions has to make some kind of decision. My first son did the PSA and he got to A&M after he completed his first year. He graduated this last December. My next son will do whatever he has to in order to do the same.
Hurricane Harvey is not a valid excuse for this delay in my opinion, and I live smack dab in the affected area. Not many students I know of even took advantage of the extra time that was given to submit applications. If anything, they used the extra time out of school during the storm to finish their essays! Yes, after the storm was a difficult recovery for many and I’m not diminishing that at all. But College Station did not flood and UT has plenty of students and employees that were also affected. And yes, UT allowed a Harvey delay for applications as well. Yet their decisions have been out for a while. I am not a TAMU alumni, but I am a tuition-paying Aggie mom. I don’t think you have to turn in your Aggie card in order to criticize them on this…What about the fact that this delay is further traumatizing Seniors that have already had a traumatic year? It’s just not acceptable and I sincerely hope this is resolved for next admissions cycle.
Unfortunately My change major button disappeared on howdy,i guess this means i got PSA:(
My son’s did too
What does change major button mean above?
Does the change major button disappearing always mean PSA?
My daughters howdy “change major” button disappeared within the past hour. Only the withdraw application button remains.
Last year it meant PSA
Is this change button on AIS or the manage applications page
@babymomma manage applications on howdy
Mine disappeared too
Same here for my daughter. 