Just discovered this thread. DS applied 8/17 to Mays for Business. Stats are UW 3.5 and W 4.49 (AIS ranked in 1st quarter), 14 APs, AP Scholar, SAT 1480. Decent extracurriculars - Tennis JV Team Captain, Varsity Team Manager, Youth Tennis instructor in summer, multiple part time jobs suring school year, summer internship as a marketing intern in a Tech company, guitar/drums for multiple years. Not sure if this is enough for Mays, now in review process. Wondering if you guys think that there is a shot, thanks.
I have a question about changing majors and when to do it. My DD is re-considering her selection as 2nd choice for major. There is a place on AIS where you can “change major” but would that result in a delay in acceptance (even as an auto-admit)? She is thinking she is interested in the Bush school/poly sci. It may be very competitive; I don’t know. This is new.
I’m confused by the question… she’s auto admit correct? There’s no review process. There’s no time delay on acceptance if you change your major. But I would wait til officially accepted then ask to change major. You get accepted to university not major.
I am unsure about that timeline. I know that not everyone who applies and gets accepted to the university gets in Mays or Engineering, for example. So is there a window between an auto-admit general admission and when they do acceptances for specific majors that would be best to make the change?
don’t know what to tell you. Only Engineering has a separate review for the exact major (and I believe in architecture major too). No where have I seen or heard that Mays is conducting a review for acceptance into Mays. If you are auto admit and apply in Aug/Sept your are almost 100 % guaranteed a spot in Mays.
same with pols. If they want to change from mays to pols, they can wait til formal acceptance. If you want, call to verify how and when is the best time to do it. My son changed from ag bus to Econ after accepted and had to email an advisor in Econ to get that switched. But there’s no review process. If it’s open, they’ll move them. And you are right, not everyone gets their first choice, but that’s more for holistic applicants not auto (unless they apply nov/dec)
@FriscoDad@52AG82 have you heard of a Mays secondary review for this year? I spoke to 2 people at Tamu (advisors and admissions office) to verify this. But am I missing something?
My DD’s documents section in AIS portal shows transcript is there , but the status still shows red for transcript under status and hence her application is still under review . She also verified with her school counselor and they said that they sent the transcript . Should she still go ahead and upload her transcript which she downloaded from HAC-the school portal ?
don’t know what to tell you. Only Engineering has a separate review for the exact major (and I believe in architecture major too). No where have I seen or heard that Mays is conducting a review for acceptance into Mays. If you are auto admit and apply in Aug/Sept your are almost 100 % guaranteed a spot in Mays.