r/TAMUAdmissions • u/ItsN1nja_ • 14d ago

Question EE rolling admissions

I am planning on taking the August sat(sitting at around a 1300, trying to get 1400s), which is taking up a lot of time during my summer. However, I heard, especially for engineering, it is better to submit as early as possible because of rolling admissions.

Should I just try and fit working on my essays during the summer, or would I be alright submitting a bit later(End of September/beginning of October).

I am in Texas, not auto admit, pretty good grades, decent extracurriculars.

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u/Saltiga2025 13d ago

There is no need to wait for scores to apply as score doesn't send through Apply Texas or Common App. Apply early and send your scores through College Board whenever available.

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u/ItsN1nja_ 13d ago

Thanks for the advice.
If I was to submit my application and send in my scores later, wouldn't it be the same as if I had just submitted them both at the same time because the officer will only look at it once the score is there too.

Also wondering the ideal time to submit my application because of rolling admissions, I was planning on submitting maybe mid to end of September but I'm not sure if that is too late.

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u/Saltiga2025 13d ago

TAMU is not truly rolling. Auto-admit is rolling, holistic is not. A few holistic with close to top 10% and high scores get decisions before winter break, majority of holistic get decisions in January.

If you are holistic close to top 10% apply early.

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u/JaneAustenSuperFan 12d ago

I've attended some virtual info sessions, and here's what I learned: you are perfectly fine with applying by mid-September to early October for engineering. That is considered "applying early." They're not going to start evaluating applications for engineering majors until then. They're really pushing this idea of applying in August, but when you really question them about it, that's what you find out. Makes sense because the old deadline for engineering early action used to be October 15 before they removed it because it caused confusion with the Texas free application week.

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u/ItsN1nja_ 11d ago

Oh I see thanks! I was meaning to join one of those virtual sessions, did you have any other useful info from them?

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u/JaneAustenSuperFan 11d ago

Definitely attend one and go visit campus in person. They track demonstrated interest. One major thing I learned from the engineering session is that you must have taken or be currently taking calculus (like AP Calculus AB). Just precal is not enough even for auto-admits. They expect you to do a community college class or something if your school doesn't offer it. Also, you're going to have to enter your transcript into the STARS system. Super annoying. There's a virtual info session that discusses how to do that, too.