What sucks to me is the year I applied it was harder to get in A&M (from talking to fellow classmates at Southlake Carroll)... A&M was also ranked higher in the US News list (I applied to both- got in both- but felt more comfortable in a real college town)

But then, from what I understand, the student population size has basically doubled since 2000.

That said, the vast majority of students at A&M are still picking A&M over Texas.

Could've gone to either school. Heck, I even had a full-ride to OU, but I chose A&M, the only school I applied to. Gig 'em.

What's interesting is that there are a whooooole lot of sips out there whose kids are at A&M because they weren't top 6% (or whatever it is now) and they are salty as hell about it.

FYI, jocks can get into any school if they want him

A small percentage of jocks are going to get into these universities on academic prowess.

Reno Hightower said:

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Greg McElroy said it and while he did QB for bama he is also from Southlake and has admitted often that he is a tu fan.

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And he is from kommiefornia.

I was from out of state (Maryland) and had already been accepted to UMD, Moravian College (a liberal arts religious school in Pennsylvania) and had just narrowly missed going to a service academy because of the physical requirements. A&M was not on my radar, but they wanted me because I had an ROTC scholarship. The admissions deadline had already passed, but they mailed me the Texas Common Application and I filled it out and mailed it back. Got accepted knowing nothing about the intra-state college dynamics. Knew nothing about the rivalry with tu, just that there was one. Had I gotten into a liberal state school I would have been dismayed but not surprised. Unbeknownst to me, the school's values aligned with my own, and again without knowing it I had just gotten into the best college band there is.

I graduated from a small private school, and every senior in the top 10% received an acceptance letter from tu, whether or not they had applied.

DD88 said:

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Most of us probably were accepted at both and chose A&M.

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I was accepted at tu and never even applied. I did have my PSAT scores sent there because they would send three to whichever university for free. A year later I get an acceptance letter and a dorm assignment in the mail.

texagg14 said:

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Reciting a quote from 16 "If you don't get into Texas, you end up going to Texas A&M State".

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Everyone knows all the Texas rejects go to Texas State. The reality is most of their fans couldn't get into A&M if they tried.

A&M is just as sound and reputable academically in nearly all degree fields w/ t.u. except LGBTQ Studies. They can have that...

Unless you're an immigrant from Bangladesh living in Houston, it's unlikely that you're applying to both schools.

South Platte said:

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Unless you're an immigrant from Bangladesh living in Houston, it's unlikely that you're applying to both schools.

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My kids go to private school in the non-Bangladesh part of Houston. Just about every kid applied to both.

dlsarmi2 said:

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A&M is just as sound and reputable academically in nearly all degree fields w/ t.u. except LGBTQ Studies. They can have that...

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Except for the following facts, I'd agree with you:

A&M number of applicants for 2025 class: 51,000
sip number of applicants for 2025 91,000

A&M acceptance rate 63%
Sip acceptance rate 31%

Amazing how many posters on this thread "got into both" considering the disparity in acceptance difficulty.

I, for one, am not excited about the two paths these schools have taken. Back in the 90s those #s weren't so skewed in sip's favor.

Those admission numbers are not a fair comparison because A&M has to auto admit a larger number of students.

The relevant number would be what is the admission rate for non-auto admits.


I still expect the A&M number to be larger there, but that would give you the actual picture

BMX Bandit said:

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Those admission numbers are not a fair comparison because A&M has to auto admit a larger number of students.

The relevant number would be what is the admission rate for non-auto admits.


I still expect the A&M number to be larger there, but that would give you the actual picture

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Unfortunately, it is a documented fact through near every metric that texas is more difficult to get into than A&M these days.

I don't disagree with that, but I am curious as to what the relevant numbers show.

levytrousersEOY said:

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dlsarmi2 said:

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A&M is just as sound and reputable academically in nearly all degree fields w/ t.u. except LGBTQ Studies. They can have that...

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Except for the following facts, I'd agree with you:

A&M number of applicants for 2025 class: 51,000
sip number of applicants for 2025 91,000

A&M acceptance rate 63%
Sip acceptance rate 31%

Amazing how many posters on this thread "got into both" considering the disparity in acceptance difficulty.

I, for one, am not excited about the two paths these schools have taken. Back in the 90s those #s weren't so skewed in sip's favor.

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So, TAMU takes 32,000 and tu takes 28,000 new students each year, that's a small difference when you're talking about 142,000 applications. When the number of applications is 80% higher at tu, appearances are it's harder to get in because they must deny more applications than we receive. Both schools are much harder to get into today than they were 35 years ago when I applied. Nowadays, my small town ass would have ended up at Texas State with the rest of my high school classmates.

BMX Bandit said:

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I don't disagree with that, but I am curious as to what the relevant numbers show.

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It's things like number of applications, acceptance rate, average ACT/SAT scores, average GPA, different auto-admit rates, etc. The numbers vary from year to year, but A&M always underperforms texas in pretty much every category. I don't like it, but it's not debatable which one is more difficult to get into.

texag101 said:

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BMX Bandit said:

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I don't disagree with that, but I am curious as to what the relevant numbers show.

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It's things like number of applications, acceptance rate, average ACT/SAT scores, average GPA, different auto-admit rates, etc. The numbers vary from year to year, but A&M always underperforms texas in pretty much every category. I don't like it, but it's not debatable which one is more difficult to get into.

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cool.

I am still curious as to what the relevant numbers show regarding admission rates.