I believe majority of good stat. applicants not getting in due to two main reasons. (1) Not submitting scores (2) SRAR inconsistency.
(1) Class of 2027 is still test optional, many school counselors misread and literally misinform students that scores are not required. Test optional only favors auto-admit students. For review admit students, they have to submit scores even if it is low. So if it is below 1300, now there is plenty of time to take again.
(2) Many applicants rushed in the SRAR. In my opinion, students should spend a good week and have parents help reviewing the SRAR data. Here are the general rules
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If high school provides transcipt with unweighted GPA, go ahead send to TAMU even though it is optional for review admit. This help validate the trustworthiness of candidate, and in case some courses reported in SRAR not recognized by TAMU system but count as a credit (e.g. Pathophysiology).
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If high school does not provide unweighted GPA, spend good time to check each course and calculate your GPA. A score of 90+ is A and counts as 4.0 (even though teachers give bonus grades). If student self-reports 3.89 but SRAR and TAMU calculate a 3.75 that student is considered violated code of honor even though it can be just a careless mistake. This is by far the most common cause of SRAR issue as many claimed “better stat than friends but not getting in”
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Check rank in AIS. A student in 2nd quarter may be assigned 1st quarter in AIS. It is not necessary a mistake. TAMU configured SRAR index to ignore or decrease the weight of some unrelated classes such as (“video game design”, “culinary arts”, “digital photography”, “orchestra”…). If student finds the rank not accurate (e.g. 3.90 but assigned 2nd quarter) in AIS, the student should immediately contact admission via AIS to get it resolved ASAP (before end of September). Student can upload a letter from school counselor or grade distribution report from HS.
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Double-check your total credits on science, math, social studies, language, speech, PE. The credits have to be in-line with the type of diploma receiving.
A distinguished level diploma shorting a math or science is very common. Students should not count on TAMU admission contacting them for discrepencies. In the past, some still got green check in AIS for SRAR but got PSA as part of honor code violation. (Admission considered students receive high school diploma but lied about the type of diploma) -
Fix any SRAR error by end of September. (Before the first review)
In short for SRAR, submit your high school transcript even though optional for review admit, spend time to check the unweighted GPA (reported vs calculated), make sure AIS ranks you accordingly.