Texas a&m chances with low class rank

RMNiMiTz
Tue, 09 May 2017 01:16:50 +0000

@monclays

I would say that there is a decent chance of you getting into Blinn or another community college that transfers into TAMU. The main thing that is killing you is your class rank and (possible)SAT.

A top 50% class rank at a very competitive high school matters very little. A person who is ranked 9% in the crappiest texas high school has an exponentially better chance than a person ranked 11% at a far better high school.

I personally know the difficulties of class rank also, I had to transfer from one of the best high schools in Texas into a less prestigious (but still top 10) high school. This resulted in my class rank being boosted from 65% to 20%. Granted, my schedule of 6 AP classes no doubt helped, but that is beside the point.

A 50% rank is really your downfall. It leaves you out of both Autoadmit (top 10%) and Academic Admit (Top 25% + SAT). The only option (for directly getting in) is review admit. This is very difficult, as the slots are very few and you will be competing with the out of state kids, many of whom are extremely good (as in 1500+ SAT and killer EC’s).

I would say that your best bet would be to try your best and aim for Blinn or a similar route.

I have a couple questions though.

but I don’t want them to spend a lot of money if there is no chance of me getting in

Are you worried about your parent’s finances? If you are worried about them spending a few thousand (my parents spent 5k on my SAT prep), how will you be able to afford to go to TAMU? No offense intended, but your stats aren’t going to score many scholarships. I would advise against taking out student loans, and would advocate you attend a community college first to save money if your parent’s finances aren’t too good.

I would be willing to apply to a less popular major and transfer over if that helps my score

I would also advise against trying to transfer. Getting into an easy major (which is what I assume you mean by less popular, despite that fact that popularity and difficulty have no correlation), and transferring into a harder major is much more difficult than you think. The college understands that people will try and take the route that you are taking, so transfer slots are extremely limited, and even some students with 4.0 GPA’s get denied, especially when trying to transfer to the most competitive majors.

Overall my best advice would be to aim as high as you can on the SAT (preferably between 1450 and 1500) to be able to secure a spot as a review admit. You being a white female (something which is abundant in a place like TAMU) does you no favors

If you need any more advice, feel free to ask me. Just use the @ and then my username (for example @RMNiMiTz ) to notify me.