Texas A&M University (TAMU) (2024-2025)

[indigo shale]

does TAMU consider AP scores? i added them to my commonapp but iirc they werent on my pdf

[sweet shuttle]

Yeah

But the other two optional ones, idk if I should really put a lot of effort into them when I'm alr auto admit

Plus the prompts are rly weird

[wraith bloom]

idk i sent them just in case tho and they arrived before they gave me my acceptance

[indigo shale]

they're not optional

unless ur doing the scholarship ones

[sweet shuttle]

Yeah MB I was thinking of another school

But everything else still applies

[sweet shuttle]

prompt 1 for the tamu application can be our personal statement right

copied from the common app

[faint path]

if it fits the prompt

[sweet shuttle]

oh ok

also for letter of rec, a&m doesnt take them from common app right

is there any way to get your LOR from common app to AIS

[sweet shuttle]

btw if im auto admit do they even read the essays

[faint path]

for scholarships, yes

for autoadmit, probably not? but idk

[sweet shuttle]

oh they read the admissions essay? i thought they would only read the short answers in the scholarship section, unless thats what you meant

[faint path]

for the admissions essay, then probably not

they might read it, but it probably won't impact your decision

[sweet shuttle]

yeah i looked it up, they basically dont even look at your essays if you're auto admit

but i am curious if its different for college of engineering applicants

[faint path]

engineering has a holistic review even for autoadmits

i don't know what happens there though

[sweet shuttle]

yeah i know, its the only thing that isnt automatic admission to the major

by holistic you mean looking at activities and stuffd right

[faint path]

no idea what happens during holistic

[sweet shuttle]

i dont think anyone does actually

i guess ill put a bit of effort into the essays

i got one left anyway

[balmy quail]

Yoooo TAMU got my SRAR

And it put me as 1st quarter

🔥

Brother bless

[indigo shale]

w same

does anyone know how long it takes to get a decision back if ur nmsf

but oos

[balmy quail]

It depends

Same situation here

Some ppl get theirs in a week

Some takes until the deadline

[indigo shale]

i submitted by the EA deadline for cs

do we get an email when our decision is ready

[balmy quail]

Yes bruh

[indigo shale]

alr so i dont have to keep checking the AIS every day 💀

[faint path]

you're pretty much guaranteed in

[indigo shale]

w

why did i spend so much time on this app then 😭

[faint path]

i'm interpreting the silent decision to make nmsf's etam autoadmit w/o 3.75 gpa requirement as the school's efforts to attract more national merit scholars

[balmy quail]

Wait fr

[faint path]

yes

[balmy quail]

Tuff tbh glad I locked in for the english section

[indigo shale]

im so happy that i took the SAT in another country before taking the psat lmaoo

it was good practice

[sweet shuttle]

what does that mean

[balmy quail]

I did my SRAR and it ranked me 1st quarter

Cause my school doesn't rank

[sweet shuttle]

where do you see this

[balmy quail]

AIS

[sweet shuttle]

oh so like top 25%?

[balmy quail]

I'd assume so

[sweet shuttle]

you get your login after submitting application on common app right

[balmy quail]

Ya

[sweet shuttle]

so are you like fully submitted

jstu waiting results

[balmy quail]

Ya

It's rolling so

[sweet shuttle]

alright so i got a question, do they see the rec letters on common app

[balmy quail]

I showed as full ready like friday or sat

Yea

[sweet shuttle]

oh they do?

nice

[balmy quail]

CA sends it to them

Like for me

My school uses naviance

So it goes from naviance to commonapp to texas

[sweet shuttle]

because i saw a few old reddit posts saying they dont see the common app recs

[balmy quail]

But it'll get there eventually

Uh

Idk abt that

Maybe I'm wrong???

But I'm submitting stuff on CA

[sweet shuttle]

yeah i wont get stressed about it

[balmy quail]

Like low key

It's optional I'm pretty sure

So don't sweat it

[sweet shuttle]

aight

[sweet shuttle]

do yall got any tips for the "why are you choosing to apply to A&M" scholarship essay

[indigo shale]

find something u like (ex: a special program, research opportunity) and yap for 50 words

[sweet shuttle]

i submitted my app just now, but im wondering if theres some special way we have to submit transcripts and scores

[indigo shale]

you have to send scores officially and also fill out the SRAR

[inland sorrel]

does anyone know if theres a date u need to complete srar by to be considered for ea

[primal terrace]

uh

its passed

oct 15

[inland sorrel]

srar needed to be done by oct 15th asw?

dang it man

[primal terrace]

yeah

its nbd tho

EA dont mean anything for tamu

[inland sorrel]

ur talking about the engineering specific one right

like the engineering ea thingy

[primal terrace]

ya

rest of tamu is rolling

so no ea at all

[inland sorrel]

tamu is rolling?

so like every app is considered by the time its submitted?

[primal terrace]

pretty much

[faint path]

yeah

[indigo shale]

just to confirm once again, the srar had to be submitted by 10/15 but its fine if it showed up as linked on 10/16 right

[alpine zodiac]

where tf is this

[tranquil quartz]

Just search it up and make it

[sweet shuttle]

the ais or the srar

[sweet shuttle]

guys i submitted app on commonapp and i did the srar before that, so im just waiting for AIS now

should i send sat scores rn

also how do i send transcripts? my school's website sends them as paper copies im pretty sure, but A&M doesnt pop up as an option when searching for its name

[faint path]

Transcripts are attached by your counselor when you invite them to write the counselor recommendation

If you don't have one, send the physical paper transcript to the admissions office's mailing address

[sweet shuttle]

ok

my counselor alr did the thing but ill still send a paper copy just in case

cuz my school doesnt use parchment or whtvr else im pretty sure

[sweet shuttle]

do i have to send sat scores from CB for tamu

like do they allow self report

[wraith bloom]

send from cb

[vestal raptor]

For national merit do we get all of these or just the highest one

Bc I know at some schools you only get your biggest qualified scholarship

[faint path]

all of them

[vestal raptor]

Betttt

[primal terrace]

45k total scholly bet

[errant arch]

it says collegeboard sent my scores to A & M

but its not here yet

[faint path]

It's not instant

[errant arch]

it was sent yesterday by college board

[faint path]

Yeah give it a few days

[indigo shale]

it takes 2-3 days minimum

did you do rush

[errant arch]

yeah'

[errant arch]

collegeboard said they sent it

but its not showing up in AIS

[indigo shale]

yeah but it takes time

just wait

[sweet shuttle]

ok

[primal terrace]

For TAMU can i just copy commonapp essay if its not for the specific prompt

or do i have to change it

[errant arch]

yeah

i did that too

[primal terrace]

did u get in

[vestal raptor]

I did that and got in (i'm auto admit)

[wraith bloom]

i did that and got in (non auto admit)

[indigo shale]

when did yall submit

for those who got accpeted

[vestal raptor]

I submitted common app oct 8th, completed file on the 14th, got engineering acceptance email today

[indigo shale]

alr cool

are u OOS

and congrats btw lmaoo

oh wait i just saw ur msg above

[vestal raptor]

Nah i'm in state with top 10% and national merit so it was kinda a given but still nice to have in stone

[sweet shuttle]

i just got my AIS and linked my srar, so will that also show up as a check for rank as well

im top 10% btw

[errant arch]

congrats '

i really hope i get in

[sweet shuttle]

when did u submit

[errant arch]

didnt do it yet

planning on doing this week

[sweet shuttle]

r u dooing eng

[errant arch]

i submitting my common app

[errant arch]

yes

im finalizing my srar by today or tmrw

and submitting it

so by the end of this week it should be sent

[sweet shuttle]

ok sick

[errant arch]

its rolling from now on i heard so

yeha

a lot of kids in my school doing cs

or ee

good thing im not going in that field

😭

[sweet shuttle]

im doimng comp eng

[errant arch]

yeah

less compeititve

im going into aerospace

not a lot of kids in my school doing this

[sweet shuttle]

and i just submitted yesterday am i cooked

[errant arch]

nah

if ur literally above average sat for A & M

solid ecs

and good essays

[sweet shuttle]

im top 10% i should be fine

[errant arch]

ur fine

[errant arch]

in state?

your garunteed basically

im oos

[sweet shuttle]

yh

[errant arch]

ur garunteed to get in

[sweet shuttle]

nice

[errant arch]

i believe

with the texas law

they admit top 10 percent

[sweet shuttle]

not for eng necesarily

[errant arch]

p sure they do

[sweet shuttle]

for every other major yeah

[errant arch]

rly

[sweet shuttle]

yeah

thats why theres ea for eng only

[errant arch]

yeha i missed that deadline

💀

hopefully my research project from a ut austin scientist carries me

💀 🙏🏿

[errant arch]

cause i thought i need to submit common app that day

[vestal raptor]

I thought that deadline was the final deadline for eng lol otherwise i definitely wouldn’t have had it done in time

But glad i did bc now I don’t have to apply to any other safeties

[errant arch]

😭

[wraith bloom]

8/26

[errant arch]

god damn

did u get accepted?

[wraith bloom]

yea

on october 4th

or the 3rd

[errant arch]

are u instate or some?

[wraith bloom]

i forgot

yea

[errant arch]

oh

makes sense

top 10 percent

[wraith bloom]

no

not even close

[errant arch]

nice congrats

wait rly

well still instate

higher acceptance

[wraith bloom]

why are non texans even applying here lol

[errant arch]

rarley

from my school

im only applying cause enginering

well yeah acc its decent for cs

[wraith bloom]

oh yea

makes sense

[errant arch]

and engineering is chill tooo

so yeha

[wraith bloom]

everyone is general engineering first yr btw

[errant arch]

and my stats are whack

[wraith bloom]

there's ETAM

[errant arch]

WAIT

ITS NOT ACCEPTANCE BY MAJOR?

[wraith bloom]

you have to get a 3.75+ gpa first yr to get your first choice of major

[errant arch]

wait wdym

wheres this coming from

[wraith bloom]

from a&m? lol

[errant arch]

show

😭

[wraith bloom]

https://engineering.tamu.edu/academics/undergraduate/entry-to-a-major/index.html

all engineering majors (even CS) have to do general engineering first year

CS is one of the most competitive majors

[errant arch]

OHHH

[wraith bloom]

if u don't get the 3.75 first yr ur fucked

💀 🙏

[errant arch]

like 3.75? in ur first year of college

[sweet shuttle]

how competitive is compE do you know

[wraith bloom]

yea

[errant arch]

ok nevermind

i thought hs gpa

nvm

[wraith bloom]

about the same as cs (i think)

[errant arch]

i got scared 😭

[faint path]

unless national merit

[sweet shuttle]

damn guess i gotta lock in

[wraith bloom]

oh yea unless national merit

forgor abt that

[errant arch]

wait so texas doesnt admit first years by major?

[faint path]

computer engineering is less competitive

but they don't accept anyone who listed them as 2nd+ choice

[errant arch]

on their application they made us indicate a major though

[wraith bloom]

yea

but you still have to go through ETAM lol

[faint path]

this isn't the same as etam first/second/third choice, this one doesn't really do anyhting

[sweet shuttle]

what if i did both?? i put compE CS as main and CompE EE as secondary

[errant arch]

o

wait so texas just admits by college

not major

[faint path]

wdym compE CS, are you double majoring?

[errant arch]

oh wait thankgod this is rolling admission

[sweet shuttle]

no it was an option

[wraith bloom]

i think he means compe cs track and compe ee track

[sweet shuttle]

lemm find a pic

[faint path]

yeah you're admitting to engineering school

[wraith bloom]

there were two options on commonapp

[errant arch]

yeah nvm i forgot this is rolliong

[wraith bloom]

im pretty sure they're combined now at a&m tho

[errant arch]

so they just see if ur a good fit

[wraith bloom]

it's just cpen now

[faint path]

CE's 2 tracks are identical, and only belong to two different departments because of technicalities

[wraith bloom]

not csce and ecen

oh

nvm

[errant arch]

what are the first year engineering courses?

[faint path]

do you have any ap credits?

[errant arch]

yeah a lot

[wraith bloom]

https://catalog.tamu.edu/undergraduate/engineering/computer-science/bs/#programrequirementstext

[errant arch]

all above passing

[faint path]

then you can probably fit 2-3 major-specific courses into yoru schedule

[errant arch]

what score they need for chem

[faint path]

yeah the different tracks dont mean anything

[faint path]

4

[errant arch]

i got a 3 in ap chem

oh my god

scam

what about physics?

[faint path]

3

[errant arch]

lessgo

im taking that this year

[sweet shuttle]

ok cool so i can choose to do ee track instead of CS? (thats what i wanted to do i nthe first place idk why i switched)

[errant arch]

im talking about physics c mech

btw

[faint path]

yyeah

[errant arch]

can u send this links

[faint path]

3 on phys c = credit for that type of physics

[errant arch]

ok bet bet

[faint path]

yeah it doesn't matter

[errant arch]

bruh i thought they acept. 3 chem

[faint path]

the tracks are meaningless

[faint path]

unfortunately they don't

chem is a rare exception where you need a 4

[errant arch]

oh well

i thought i was done with chem

[indigo shale]

is getting a 3.75 really that hard

[faint path]

no

if you're tryhard enough to be on a2c, you probably have the drive and smarts to get a 3.75

[errant arch]

wait but this is for cs though

[faint path]

the 1st year courses generally apply to everyone

unless you have relevant ap credit

[errant arch]

ah

are humantiies needed for first year or anything?

i have credits for those as well

[faint path]

you don't need any humanities to etam

but make sure to check the gen-ed requirements (university core curriculum)

[errant arch]

oh yeah

thats what i meant

gen ed

[faint path]

don't need any, just scatter them throughout your 4 years

[errant arch]

ok bet bet

[faint path]

i took 15 ap exams and i only have 3 gen-ed's to take

[sweet shuttle]

guys do yall know how quick results come out if ur auto admit

[errant arch]

oh they need history

i got a 4 in apush

so

[sweet shuttle]

damn 15 is crazy

[errant arch]

lessgo

[faint path]

roughly 2 weeks, applied on ~oct 21

[errant arch]

dang im taking 11 only

💀

[sweet shuttle]

same lets goo

[errant arch]

nice

[sweet shuttle]

same lets goo

[faint path]

most of my credits came from calc bc and phys c

and spanish

[sweet shuttle]

my friend got his results in like just over a week prolly cuz he was a semifinalist for national merit

i was legit 1 question away from national merit semifinalizing im so pissed

[indigo shale]

im oos but nmsf so does anyone know when i can expect a decision

completed my app file on 10/15

[sweet shuttle]

probably soon

[wraith bloom]

its been a week bro

wait like a few more weeks 👍

[indigo shale]

chat am i in

[errant arch]

did u get a email with a acceptance?

[indigo shale]

no

[errant arch]

then idts usually colleges email you about your descion

[faint path]

you probably are

widely known thing about the whole "7 tabs in howdy" meaning accepted

[tranquil quartz]

When did you apply?

[indigo shale]

common app was 10/13, linked everything with the AIS by 10/15

[tranquil quartz]

Oh okay

[tranquil quartz]

What were your stats and are you in state b

Ah okay I’m Washington aswell that’s cool

Thank you!

[indigo shale]

np

[sweet shuttle]

guys how long does it take to show ur srar as linked on AIS

also when it shows up as linked will it fix the class rank thing too

[indigo shale]

1-2 days after u link it

[sweet shuttle]

ok and what about the class rank thing

[indigo shale]

that will update when the srar links

[sweet shuttle]

alr cool

[thick cave]

wait do people get accepted to majors in college of engineering??

my friend got accepted to her major but i only got accepted to general engineering

and we're both national merit semifinalists so i'm kinda confused

[faint path]

No, general engineering

[indigo shale]

got 7 tabs but my ais shows cs and ce

[faint path]

The major listed on common app doesn't apply for engineering majors

[faint path]

You're probably in engineering holistic review

[indigo shale]

and im NMSF

oh alr

[faint path]

You'll get a 2nd letter to your AIS once approved

[thick cave]

idk my friend's admission letter said she was accepted to electrical engineering major

in ais too

[tranquil quartz]

Do they send you an email telling you to check your status when you get in?

[thick cave]

i didn't get anything

[indigo shale]

yeah i've heard that they do

[tranquil quartz]

Ah okay

You just checked and you were in

Okay cool

[copper egret]

so i have this on my AIS home page and my transcript's marked as incomplete.... but when i check my documents it says i got a transcript. is that normal?

[sweet shuttle]

everyone applying to an engineering major goes to general engineering first year

[thick cave]

Congratulations! In celebration of your National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist designation, I’m pleased to inform you of your admission to Texas A&M University College Station for the Fall 2025 semester. You have been admitted to the College of Engineering with a major in Electrical Engineering. As a member of the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Class of 2029, we welcome you to the Aggie family and to our proud tradition of leadership and academic excellence!

this is what my friend got

[sweet shuttle]

Bro I dead ass thought this was an email from a&m at first about my acceptance

I hope I get into engineering

yall i have my srar linked and everything but now it says my transcript from school is missing. but when i click my documents it says this

[thick cave]

oh oops lol

[thick cave]

good luck 😄

[sweet shuttle]

thanks

[thick cave]

it was like this for me too, but it went away in a few days

[sweet shuttle]

aight sick

[vestal raptor]

This is normal it just matters that it’s received

[faint path]

that's extremely weird i didn't get a custom national merit one

[wraith bloom]

wait yeah i just realized i have the same thing

i got in like a few weeks ago

oh wait final transcript is the transcript that i send after the end of 2nd sem right

[sweet shuttle]

Yeah

That says after admittance

[wraith bloom]

wait i already got admitted tho

or will it only turn green if i register for the nsc

[faint path]

if you choose to accept the offer, then these are required

you don't need them immediately upon committing, just get them in by summer

[wraith bloom]

ok thanks

[sweet shuttle]

the what

[wraith bloom]

new student conference

[sleek saffron]

Does TAMU not admit by major? I just got in for gen eng but I applied CS first choice

[faint path]

all majors in the college of engineering get placed into gen eng first

after 2 semesters, you can declare major into CS if either 3.75 gpa, national merit, or with internships/projects (holistically)

also national merit scholars get to eat at the president's endowed scholar luncheon and they give you free actual food

[sleek saffron]

Ah lol alright thanks

[storm slate]

UT Austin?

[errant arch]

yeah

[storm slate]

Yeah same

[errant arch]

nice nice

[storm slate]

My SAT is below par though

[errant arch]

oh shit

[storm slate]

But I'm international

[errant arch]

what is it?

[storm slate]

1460

[errant arch]

ur good

if u check cds

they accept 1300+

[storm slate]

yh but thats because they accept lots of instate

who don't require as high of an SAT

[errant arch]

yeaH

are ur ecs good?

[storm slate]

International Tennis Player, National Piano performer a few useful others

but nothing crazy

Not like "I made a $30,000 non-profit organisation"

[errant arch]

i did research w a scientist

there

so hopegfully

got a rec from them too

[storm slate]

You american?

[errant arch]

I live in America

but im indian

[storm slate]

So youre American

[errant arch]

not really

[storm slate]

I think the best thing I've got is I had an online webcall with a Nobel Winner thats abt it

[errant arch]

oh shit

whatd u do w then?

them?

any paper or some

[storm slate]

wdym

Nah

discussed issues regarding climate change and jet zero

[errant arch]

oo

where u from?

which country?

[storm slate]

UK

[indigo shale]

i just got one

its probably a new thing

[balmy quail]

Woohoo accepted

I got a national merit one

[errant arch]

congrats!

i need to submit my srar today 💀

and link it

for rolling

[sweet shuttle]

just making sure, if it says they still need my transcript but it says received under my documents, itll be fixed soon right

[indigo shale]

they dont need ur transcript

they use the SRAR

they only need it if u want to attend a&m

[sweet shuttle]

It says they need it to prove I'm top 10%

[indigo shale]

oh sorry i was talking about OOS

[indigo shale]

u should be good then

[sweet shuttle]

Hopefuly

[primal terrace]

something looks terrifying about that steak

[faint path]

it was pretty good but I don't know what makes a steak good anyway

[sweet shuttle]

it still showd up like this even though it says received

[faint path]

is it preventing you from registering for a NSC

there are a few NSC's in the winter if you commit really early, so you can pick classes ahead of time

[sweet shuttle]

what is that

[faint path]

you commit by registering for a new student conference (nsc), which basically serves as orientation + course registration

[sweet shuttle]

i havent been admitted yet

thats the problem

idk if my app has went through yet

bc of this

[faint path]

oh huh idk, in my "required to be admitted" documents i had hs transcript + college transcript, didn't end up needing to submit them

[sweet shuttle]

thats the reqs after being admitted right

[faint path]

yeah i think so

[sweet shuttle]

yeah that hasnt happened yet

[vestal raptor]

This is fine, it’ll process in a few days

[faint path]

there's a bunch of CS student orgs here and i'm bored, so here's a disambiguation on each of them by specialization:

Texas A&M CS Student Orgs

Software Engineering

Aggie Coding Club: Learn about careers in software engineering with talks from industry SWE's, and develop software projects with other students in semester team projects
Texas A&M Computing Society: TAMU's chapter of the American Computing Society; gives industry talks and provides technical workshops on software development.
ENGR TAO: College of Engineering TA Organization; occasionally hosts CS events, such as Big Tech Intern Panel w/ SWEs from Jane Street, Meta, etc.
tamuhack: University hackathon; also hosts HowdyHack for those new to hackathons.

🔐 Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Club: University's club on cybersecurity; don't know many details
TAMUctf: TAMU's chapter of the CTF cybersecurity competition, where you perform white-hat hacking to retrieve a "flag" and win prizes

Algorithm Design

Aggie Competitive Programming Club: Weekly educational meetings on competitive programming topics, with weekly problemsets/leaderboards, semester-ly contests w/ prizes, and sponsored by ROBLOX

📊 Data Science/ML

There's a whole ton of them, i'll just list some of them off the top of my head because i don't know them all
Aggie Data Science Club
TIDAL
TAMU Datathon
Aggie AI Society

[open ruin]

roblox??

damn

when can i expect decisions as a intl student

[errant arch]

its rolling

so it gets reviewed as it comes in

[sweet shuttle]

what time does a&m update their portal, anyone know?

[faint path]

rolling, just check once a day or something

[sweet shuttle]

its been a few days since thats been there

can i just upload a picture of my transcript just in case

[vestal raptor]

Yeah it took mine like a week

Plus nothing happens on weekends

[primal terrace]

wait shoot my friend told me that most of the engineering spots are gone 💀

am i cooked

[faint path]

have you not been admitted yet

[primal terrace]

i ddint submit cuz i was working on my common app essay

am i actually cooked

fuck

[faint path]

probably just submit as early as you can

aren't you autoadmit

or national merit

[primal terrace]

no

nms

[faint path]

yeah you'll be fine

[primal terrace]

ok phew

lowkey im honestly happy with TAMU as my safety

in state etc

nice social life

[faint path]

ngl i don't participate in the social life

i'm here to get a job

and make dollars

[wraith bloom]

based

[balmy quail]

Join the corps

🙏🙏🙏

I probably wouldn’t have if it wasn’t mandatory for me

But it’s whatever I selected opt in

[faint path]

i really dont like the corps

[balmy quail]

I think it’s kinda ode but I don’t have a say

[storm turret]

me who has poor physical fitness:

[balmy quail]

It’ll change that

[errant arch]

WHAT

WHAT????

[primal terrace]

nah

[errant arch]

MY APPLICATION WENT UNDER REVIEW TODAY

WDYM

[primal terrace]

brah its calm

[errant arch]

OH MY GOD

oh

ok phew

[primal terrace]

he was just talking out of his ass

[errant arch]

u gave me a heart attack bro

😭 😭 😭

[primal terrace]

every1 else told that its no biggy

[errant arch]

did A & M not download ur teacher lors?

@primal terrace

[primal terrace]

i didn’t turn in yet lmao

[errant arch]

oh

[primal terrace]

also idt recs even matter too much for tamu

[errant arch]

my gpa isnt that good

so im doing eveyrthing in my power to 😭

help boost my chances

[errant arch]

did u do ut austin?

[primal terrace]

yeah lmao

[errant arch]

does my status still show under review

ur transcripts

[primal terrace]

nah but

[errant arch]

but

[primal terrace]

it’s a bit complicated for me

[errant arch]

y

im so confused

I got ranked second quarter on A & M 😭

i am done

[wraith bloom]

yea mine says the same thing

except my status date is 10/14

[sweet shuttle]

aint this ut

[wraith bloom]

yea

[errant arch]

ys

[sullen kayak]

do they review ur app if ur letter of rec hasnt been submitted

like one of them

[wraith bloom]

yeah

I don't even think my one letter of rec got sent

I didn't see it in the documents thing

[balmy quail]

Mine all got sent after I got admitted 😭

[tranquil quartz]

Damm yall are already on??

[sweet shuttle]

bro istg it still says they need my transcript

i hope this goes away cuz otherwise im throwing hands with the first a&m employee i see

[open ruin]

yall are getting admitted as well?

its not even 2 weeks in

[errant arch]

prolly instate

or national merit

and rolling to

so i submitted my aoo last week

[balmy quail]

National merit is pretty much auto admit

I got word in a week

[indigo shale]

same

[finite zodiac]

Same but without nm

[open ruin]

guys can someone

help me with this

it shows i havent completed this

but the documents were recieved??

[faint path]

It's not an X so that means they aren't missing

I'm not entirely sure what happened, but try hovering over the diamond warning symbol

Or emailing admissions office

[open ruin]

it isnt showing anything when i tried hovering over the symbol

[faint path]

Yeah I've never seen that before

[open ruin]

nvm

makes sense

[inland sorrel]

has anybody oos and not auto accept been accepted yet?

[sleek saffron]

I have

a few weeks ago

[inland sorrel]

oh sick congrats

I think all my materials got in on like the 24th so I'm curious to see when I'll get my admission decision

Hopefully it shouldn't be too long

[sleek saffron]

yeah probably wont take that long

[cold shuttle]

was i suppoed to submit my srar on the 15th to be considered EA for engineering, cause i submitted my application on the 15th but submitted the srar on the the like 22nd

[errant arch]

ur not. EA

all materials needed to be in 15

😭

same thing happened to me

[cold shuttle]

wait 😭

ok so its just rolling then right

[errant arch]

yeah

i got my stuff in like 10 days ago as well

[cold shuttle]

oh wait it even says freshman application was recieved on the 16th 💀

[errant arch]

uhm

dang

[sweet shuttle]

i got admitted into engineering review, anyone know how long until i get a result

[faint path]

a few days

[tranquil quartz]

How long do rolling decisions usually take?

If I applied just after EA for engineering

[faint path]

non auto? dunno

[tranquil quartz]

Ah okay yeah I’m OOS

[sweet shuttle]

oh cool

i didnt do EA for engineering but i am auto admit so im pretty sure ill get in

[amber chasm]

it says for ea is mid december, so probably sometime in early 2025? just a guess tho

[indigo shale]

did anyone receive a sus looking email from craig and galen brown foundation

they have my name and my counselors name but the email is very sus

they sent this like idk if its legit tho: https://brownfound.org/

@faint path do u know anything about this

[faint path]

yes it's the fullride scholarship

or something like that

[indigo shale]

oh sweet

[chilly viper]

bro why am I still getting emails saying my app is incomplete

like everything is there

its just that yellow hazard symbol next to my official transcripts and class rank

and btw how do they calculate class rank?

[sweet shuttle]

u should have said it on ur srar and they use ur transcript to verify

how does housing application work for a&m

[chilly viper]

im an international student

i dont get a rank

at all

[sweet shuttle]

oh ok

[primal terrace]

they wont consider your rank then

they'll just look at record

[amber chasm]

is the 7 tabs thing in howdy a myth or real thing? my friends is so anxious abt it hes like tweaking lol

[sweet shuttle]

yo lets go i got accepted into engineering

yall what is nsc

[chilly viper]

nice

congrats

were you EA?

i still have the hazard symbol next to my transcript and rank bru

fml

[sweet shuttle]

no

but in state and auto admit

[sweet shuttle]

youll be fine, it said they didnt even have mine lmao

[chilly viper]

oh nice

[amber chasm]

new student conference

[tranquil quartz]

Has anyone non auto gotten in yet or oos

[amber chasm]

yea i got in

[errant arch]

dang

congrats

[errant arch]

what major?

[faint path]

You commit by signing up for one
It's orientation + registration

[tranquil quartz]

Are you non auto or oos?

[amber chasm]

non auto

[amber chasm]

applied math

the amount of time they take is rlly random tho

[tranquil quartz]

damm okay

[amber chasm]

like the day i discovered that 7 tabs thing i got accepted lol

[tranquil quartz]

did the 7 tabs appear before you saw your status?

Or does the 7 tabs appear before your decision even comes out

[amber chasm]

before

so if u see it ur decision should come out soon

[sweet shuttle]

do you have to commit to do housing? i know you dont have to for ut

[faint path]

Don't have to commit to apply for housing iirc

[sweet shuttle]

it says i have to pay the fee and sign a contract, does that mean i have to attend? probably not but im jus wondering

[faint path]

no, you can cancel the contract

[sweet shuttle]

ok cool

[chilly viper]

has anyone applied rd and got a response?

[sweet shuttle]

i have

but i was auto admit

[celest talon]

any international that got in?

[primal terrace]

for my "person who affected me most" essay i wrote about my grandfather and all but idk it wasnt very good

does it really matter or nah

[tranquil quartz]

Probably

[chilly viper]

yeah

essays do matter

[sweet shuttle]

not for admissions tho, thats a scholarship essay

still important

[primal terrace]

i alr have NMS schoalrship so idc too much

[errant arch]

what/

?

i thought essays mattered here

[sweet shuttle]

oh wait nvm i got confused for a sec

thats a admission essay mb mb

because A&M has scholarship essays too and a lot of them

i thought that was one of the scholarship prompts

[sweet shuttle]

and they lowkey didnt matter for me i think

i just copy pasted my personal essay into their prompt, which didnt even fit the prompt that well and i still got in ☠️

[errant arch]

ohh

personal statment (same)

[errant arch]

yeah

i just copied my personal statement but my personal statement was the prompt about personal growth or some

[sweet shuttle]

mine was the what interests shaped you as a person or sum

[errant arch]

oh

yeha that did not fit 💀

[sweet shuttle]

worked tho 💀

they most likely dont even read the essays of auto admits

[errant arch]

yeah prolly

[inland sorrel]

for the ppl that have gotten accepted, does anyone know where to find the 7 tabs in howdy lol

also how long does it take between seeing the 7 howdy tabs and getting an official decision letter

[cold shuttle]

also does it take way longer to get your application back if you applied to honors college through common app

[faint path]

i did this and i heard back within 2 weeks 🤷 your mileage may vary

[cold shuttle]

I'm cooked

[celest talon]

are decisions coming out only for instate or oos or if any internationals have gotten acceptances so far?

[inland sorrel]

its rolling so everyones decision comes out at a diff time

but i got 7 tabs today and im oos and not auto admit

[cold shuttle]

Wait this might be a dumb question but is rolling only going to tell you if you got accepted or will rolling also let you know if you got rejected

[celest talon]

it will inform you about your rejection too

[faint path]

In theory yes, but in practice most rejections come near the later half of spring

[celest talon]

would you say it based on major too? like less competitive major you would hear sooner or is it just random ....

[inland sorrel]

honestly not sure its all so random lol

[tranquil quartz]

When did you apply? And if you don't mind me asking what state are you from?

[inland sorrel]

i got all my files in on the 24th of october, and im from georgia

[primal terrace]

finally applied

[pine harbor]

How long does it take to get the application login?

It's been like 2.5 days lol

[faint path]

shouldn't be too long after that

[pine harbor]

Okay, hopefully. I'm honestly getting a little nervous 😭

[primal terrace]

wait yk kho

wait i feel like i had this convo b4

[tranquil quartz]

24th?? i submited mine on the 16th wtf

[inland sorrel]

well i still haven't got my letter yet lol

so ig i still do have to wait a bit

[tranquil quartz]

Ah okay you just got 7 tabs?

[tranquil quartz]

So does your portal still say like “in review” but you have 7 tabs?

[inland sorrel]

yes

[tranquil quartz]

Ah okay sick

[pine harbor]

Yeah

We have: #1268294675467600055 message

[primal terrace]

lmao

[errant arch]

praying i get in

[errant arch]

man

i thought this was admisison decison

💀

[inland sorrel]

ive just received my acceptance letter lol

but i got 7 tabs like 2 days ago

so theres gonna be a bit of a waiting period

[tranquil quartz]

ah okay for sure

[inland sorrel]

but also idk it could be diff for everyone

[tranquil quartz]

i haven't seen 7 tabs yet

[errant arch]

where do i see 7 tabs?

[tranquil quartz]

in howdy

https://howdy.tamu.edu

[errant arch]

howdy partner

[errant arch]

am i supposed to see 7 tabs here

[tranquil quartz]

Yes

*if you got in

but i don't see anything there yet either

[errant arch]

ohh

[tranquil quartz]

but that does not mean we're rejcted just still being reviewed fs

[errant arch]

yeah ik

(prolly cause i got ranked 2nd quarter )

i am so cooked bruh

[errant arch]

ik like few ppl at my school got accepted

into cs

so

hopefully

[tranquil quartz]

dammm wtf

i applied for CS

i'm so cooked

[primal terrace]

if i turned in the Common App last night should i expect TAMU to send the portal in like 3-4 days

[pine harbor]

Yes

I got mine like 4 days later

[quasi coral]

no portal astro!

[errant arch]

sorry guys

[cold shuttle]

same 💀

[errant arch]

getting my hopes up frl

😭

[cold shuttle]

ikr 😭

its been like 3 weeks for me

its either cause of honors college or they acc dont want me

[tranquil quartz]

That’s not astrology it’s a fact 😭😭

If you get 7 tabs you’re in

I’m not like guesssing that you’re in

[quasi coral]

You're not allowed to discuss the status of your application based on the material you received or changes to your college portal.

[tranquil quartz]

Alright

[primal terrace]

@faint path yo how do i choose a good netID 😭

im scared that ima choose a shitty one

[faint path]

you can always change it

if you want something generic just do first.last

[primal terrace]

bet

just submitted srar

[pine harbor]

How long does it take for the SRAR to link with AIS lol

[errant arch]

rawr

[errant arch]

like few days

48-72 hours

[pine harbor]

Okie lol

[errant arch]

okie

🧁

[sweet shuttle]

yall does a&m do merit scholarships or nah

[balmy quail]

nm

[sweet shuttle]

besides that

[amber chasm]

does anyone know why does my app list my class rank as a quarter but my friend doesnt have it on there

[sweet shuttle]

is your friend in the quarter

[amber chasm]

wdym

[faint path]

yes but rare

[chilly viper]

is mays already full?

[sweet shuttle]

what is that

[tranquil quartz]

The business school

[chilly viper]

business school

[sweet shuttle]

oh ok

[primal terrace]

i doubt they actually fill this early

they leave spots for review in january

waiting for engineering

[amber chasm]

the tamu admissions subreddit is p adamant its full lol

[errant arch]

the buisness school?

yeah after reading the reddit thread

i might be getting rejected 😭

[amber chasm]

yea

like if u request to change major it doesnt even show up anymore last time i checked

[errant arch]

oh

im engineering

so im not sure

[amber chasm]

i think ur gonna be fine

[primal terrace]

engineering is fine rn

but uh

[vestal raptor]

Bro i went to the a&m game last weekend for the first time

Lowkey wanna go here now 💀

[faint path]

have fun pulling tickets

[storm turret]

if you go there in the fall have fun seeing half the town dressed in a&m gear

[vestal raptor]

I was having fun with some friends at the games and wondered “huh i should go the UT game that’d be awesome” then lo and behold the nosebleeds are $600

[faint path]

yeah the ticket pull is a crowd

and people are sick so everyone's spreading the disease

also the frats sometimes rush the line and pull 500 tickets or something at once

[amber chasm]

do i need to enroll to a&m to apply for honors?

[faint path]

no

[amber chasm]

this screen keeps popping up

when i try to login to launch

[faint path]

are you able to set up 2fa

[amber chasm]

yes but it still gives me that screen

[faint path]

it's a bug then, maybe the applications aren't open yet

[amber chasm]

it says its open on the website 🤷

[errant arch]

naww

im deadass tweaking

💀

[amber chasm]

what happened lol

[errant arch]

i got a text message from tamu amd i was like shit did i get in

turns out they were inviting me too some groupchat

[amber chasm]

huh

tamu gc lol

[errant arch]

idk

[amber chasm]

💀

[primal terrace]

just got this email from tamu 💀

[chilly viper]

Bro these guys have been edging me sending me some juicy emails

[faint path]

They don't stop until may

[faint path]

i have news

national merit scholars are direct admit to engineering majors

no etam at all

applies if you're NMSF or NMF

[primal terrace]

!

woohoo

[cold shuttle]

Does anyone know what the highest scholarship offer is for an out of state student

[faint path]

brown foundation scholarhip covers 30k a year, but only about 50 of the 150 national merit finalists get it
this reduces the coa to about 3k for instate or oos

next best is national merit finalist, reduces the coa to about 19k for instate or oos

[tranquil quartz]

When did you apply?

And that comes later

Dw

[primal terrace]

yeah

it takes a day or two

[tranquil quartz]

And you alreyd got in wtf

I’m
Guessing your auto

[primal terrace]

damn i applied the same day

hoping i get in too

[primal terrace]

🔥

[chilly viper]

bruh what

😭

your parents keep track of your discord account?

[open ruin]

are there any scholarships for intl students

whatsover

[amber chasm]

is it hard for 2nd quarter to get in

[faint path]

probably

texas public schools prioritize class rank over gpa

kinda dumb in my opinion but it's what it is

[sweet shuttle]

isnt class rank based off gpa

[primal terrace]

yes but if u go to a comp HS with a high gpa but lower rank, TX universities usually will put you below people with high rank at non-competitive HSes

i think theres both good and flaws for this

bc people from rural or disadvantaged areas will be guaranteed representation, but it also penalizes people for going to comp high schools

[sweet shuttle]

yeah i see what you mean

[primal terrace]

i think a good compromise would be to auto-admit the top 3% of each HS, and then auto-admit the rest of the top 5% of TX students (who werent already auto-admitted)

thru some sort of standard metric akin to UCs

for less comp colleges like TAMU or UTD, maybe it could be like top 6-10% of each HS, and then the remaining top 10% of TX

[faint path]

Yeah this

[primal terrace]

waiting for the acceptance...

gh

[errant arch]

the wait is brutal bro

im tweaking everytime

i get a email from a univeristy

"we want you"

😭

shits got my tweaking so hard

this the most waiting ive ever done

[sweet shuttle]

nah ut got me opening every single email they send and checking the portal like 4 times a day

even though i know it wont come till jan 😭

[faint path]

they don't email you when the decision comes out, have fun spamming the portal along with everyone else in the ut megathread lol

[errant arch]

oh my

wonderful

make it even more suspenseful for he applicants

i am so cooked

[primal terrace]

dammit still didnt get my 7 tabs

[cursive iris]

hi can someone explain to me how the college credit hours thing works? does it count ap test scores? if it does, how can you anticipate what scores you get from the ap tests you're taking your senior year?

[primal terrace]

just CC/dual credit stuff

[cursive iris]

thank you so much!

[storm turret]

good luck to me yall im submitting today

[amber chasm]

gl

[celest talon]

How many college credit hours will you have earned by your high school graduation date? If you have not earned any hours enter '0'.*

for this ....do IB courses count?

if anyone can clarify this real quick, need to submit soon🥲

[faint path]

No

[primal terrace]

just dual credit yall!!!

[primal terrace]

just answered up there but only CC/dual credit

[storm turret]

do ap tests count as college credit hours

i got 12 combining ap lang stat and us history

scores of 3, 3 and 4 respectively

[faint path]

no

[storm turret]

oh i feel so stupid 😭

i entered them

i should ask them to correct them

[wraith bloom]

💀

[chilly viper]

im so done with this transcript in review bs

fuck this shit

[primal terrace]

still didnt get me 7 tabs...

[celest talon]

my transcript went from being in review to being marked as incomplete even though it’s not?? that’s my final transcript from all four years of high school

what do i do? my past questions on AIS have gone unanswered as have my emails

[storm turret]

literally freaking out about this application ngl

[celest talon]

same

[chilly viper]

dude my shit been stuck in review for like 3 months now

lol

[errant arch]

rela

my app under review still

[sweet shuttle]

has anyone who got accepted had to fill out the senate bill 1528 affidavit

[amber chasm]

tf

what is that and where do u find it lol

[primal terrace]

they’ll message u

wait you can just upload it thru document upload system

[sweet shuttle]

Yeah ik but idk what to fill in on some of the blanks

[primal terrace]

wym

[sweet shuttle]

Like where it says student id idk what to put

[primal terrace]

UIN

[sweet shuttle]

Ok cool

Thanks

[primal terrace]

like ur tamu id number

or ur UT EID number

[sweet shuttle]

Wait is it the password for your account?

No right

[faint path]

No

You get it in the email

When you get the login to the portal

You should've input it to create your netID

[sweet shuttle]

k

[sweet shuttle]

did you have to do it

[primal terrace]

UT reclassified me as foreign so i had to do it for them

TAMU still hasn’t updated anything

[sweet shuttle]

where did you get it notarized?

[primal terrace]

any post office has a notary

just go there and fill out the form

took me 15 minutes

[sweet shuttle]

alright cool

did you have to bring ur ID

[primal terrace]

just a drivers license

[sweet shuttle]

cool

[primal terrace]

yeah just print out the form, bring your ID and fill it out at the notary

[sweet shuttle]

ok so i have to fill it out there not beforehand?

[primal terrace]

some parts there

i can’t remember

i think you can fill the middle part at home but some parts like where you sign u have to do it there

[sweet shuttle]

aight cool thanks a lot