If you Google how to be automatically admitted to Texas
A&M, the following will be displayed;
“Automatically admitted if you complete all of Texas A&M's required coursework,
rank in the top 25% of your class at the time of application, and have an SAT
score of at least 1300 (Math and Critical Reading) with each component at least
600, or an ACT composite of 30 with at least a 27 in English and Math.”
Just so you know, this is not the same information
published on the A&M admissions website. Even though it is similar, it
should convince you to double check information you receive online.
- Complete Texas A&M's required
coursework
- Rank in the top quarter of your graduating
class on or before the application deadline
- Meet test score minimums
- SAT: Total score of 1360 with at
least 620 Math and 660 Reading and Writing
- ACT: Composite score of 30
with at least 27 English and 27 Math
- Satisfy the State of
Texas Uniform Admission Policy
- Make sure all required
documents are received by the application deadline.
These subtle differences in the automatic academic
admission policy may be very important now, but that will not be the case for
high school graduates in 2021. After the 2020 application season, automatic
academic admission to Texas A&M will no longer exist. The only free pass
into A&M’s main campus will be via the exclusive club called the top 10%.
Hopefully, all you parents of underclassmen can see where this is headed.
Eventually, the number of top 10% applicants to A&M
will exceed 75% of the freshman class and the numbers of top students automatically
accepted will begin to shrink like that big school over in Austin. Even though
I think that development is still years away; the fact remains that after this
year, your “mad” test taking skills will no longer get you accepted. So, all
you freshmen and sophomores who have A&M as your top choice need to buckle
down and focus. You will have to be better than 90% of your peers to enter
A&M worry-free.
Just in case you were considering asking me about getting
into A&M while not being in the top 10%, relax; A&M accepts 71% of
their applicants. You won’t need to worry until a higher percentage of those
accepted students start saying yes.
If you would like to read
more about college admissions, take a look at my blog page: http://danielsec.com/site/?page_id=7