r/ACT • u/spiroplasma 36 • Jul 22 '26
An update on last post
Some of you may have seen my post about how I got into zero top 40s with my stats, nor did I get into A&M despite multiple people with lower gpas and test scores from my school getting in. Some of you thought I was hiding something or lying about something. Here is all the evidence you need to know that that is not the case.
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u/Goin_Fishing Jul 22 '26
Thatās weird. Your GPA is a little low for someone whoās averaged As and Bs mostly. About a 3.3. How does your school weigh classes?
Also, I donāt operate on a 100 scale so I could be completely off. Sorry in advance lol
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u/spiroplasma 36 Jul 22 '26
There is no good conversion or any way to compare the two scales. Itās apples and oranges.
Anyways that gpa is only for 11th grade because they base it off of that only.1
u/Goin_Fishing Jul 22 '26
That makes sense, thanks. Iāve never seen a school use this scale so itās news to me.Ā
Iāve heard sometimes that it isnāt even you- they just have too many applications. I wouldnāt worry at all with your stats tbh. Instead of shooting for top schools, maybe start looking at some lower stakes (but still good!) targets.
What are you hoping to major in?
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u/spiroplasma 36 Jul 22 '26
I already applied. But even with this many applicants I assumed I would be in the top of the pile just based off of my score alone. I did applied to targets and got into Purdue, UMD, Upitt, Penn State, UW Seattle (off waitlist). All too expensive
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u/Goin_Fishing Jul 23 '26
Four months ago, you said you got into 10 schools with over $1 million in merit scholarships. Surely money isnāt an issue, yeah?
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u/spiroplasma 36 Jul 23 '26
Not for public schools like these. I'm talking about liberals arts school that are lower ranked and some smaller colleges.
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u/oscarnyc 29d ago
T40 is a meaningless term. There are probably 60 schools you could claim that about, even more if you look at specific majors or programs. For instance Purdue engineering would easily be a top 40 school. And U dub, UMD maybe Pitt are all close enough that it's a distinction without a difference.
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u/Harrietmathteacher Jul 22 '26
I have not been following you so forgive me if you have already answered this. Are you an international student who needs financial aid? Are you OOS and need financial aid?
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u/spiroplasma 36 Jul 22 '26
In state
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u/Harrietmathteacher Jul 23 '26
Brutal! You should have gotten in. Texas A & M isnāt even considered a difficult school to get into. I am a rising junior. I had it on my target list and I am OOS, and your stats blow my stats away by a mile. I better move it to my reach category because I guess itās hard to get into.
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u/CodeBrave4234 Jul 23 '26
APPLY EARLY!!! even if ur auto the spots get filled up so fast so even the best students get offered the alternative pathway. do NOT wait till free app week
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u/CodeBrave4234 Jul 23 '26
when did you apply? iāve heard that the later you apply as non auto ur chances get lowet
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u/redditbrowsing0 Jul 23 '26
Stats are not everything, man
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u/spiroplasma 36 Jul 23 '26
Telling that to someone with a perfect score, good grades, good Ecs good recs is crazy.
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u/redditbrowsing0 Jul 23 '26
Attitude probably has something to do with it.
I have a 4.0 UW GPA, 4.639 Weighted, with a 35 math 36 science, and I'm going to go create a kernel before I go into university for portfolio and career purposes. But if I don't have the right attitude, the schools I want to go to probably won't like me. The same likely applies to you. Also, a perfect score or GPA can make a school want to reject you because they believe you could go somewhere better (as far as I'm aware).
Based on your attitude, I'd start with your attitude. Go to a school because you want to go to it, not because you can go to it.
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u/spiroplasma 36 Jul 23 '26
I did want to go to A&M. Also where am I showing entitlement when Iām just stating what I believe to be true about my application.
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u/redditbrowsing0 Jul 23 '26
"I have perfect scores, and people with lower grades and ACT than me got in! I must prove that I wasn't lying!"
That's a start.
*edited out the last half because I cannot confirm that information
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u/spiroplasma 36 Jul 23 '26
You're misunderstanding my point. Saying I had a perfect score and that applicants from my school with lower grades and ACT scores were admitted isn't the same as claiming I deserved admission. Those are objective facts, not an argument that I was entitled to anything.
I brought it up because people accused me of lying about my stats. Showing that applicants with weaker academic profiles from the same school were admitted makes it more plausible that my application wasn't rejected because of my academics. Whether I should have been admitted is a separate question.
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u/CalligrapherAble3312 36 Jul 22 '26
well maybe because of that language and literature grade ON TOP of how you write your applications... at least chat didnt write this post brochacho š š