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re: Thanks to SEC and Heisman - A&M receives record 37,000 applications
Posted on 1/30/13 at 2:47 pm to notsince98
Posted on 1/30/13 at 2:47 pm to notsince98
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I don't know how many applications Texas received this past year. I didn't see anything on their website about it.
Texas usually gets well over 50k applications every year.
For 2012 Texas had 35,431 applications, 16,563 admissions, and 8,092 actually enroll.
Texas website
Here are the comprehensive stats for A&M's 2012 class:
The Admissions Funnel
Total Number of Freshman Applications: 29,713
Total Number of Freshmen Admitted: 16,488
Total Number of Freshmen Enrolled: 8,255
Top 10% Admits: 54%
Academic Admits: 15%
Review Admits: 31%
Class Rank
Top 10% of High School Graduating Class: 54%
Top 25% of High School Graduating Class: 90%
Top 50% of High School Graduating Class: 99%
A&M Website
Couldn't find anything on 2012 but for 2011 the stats for LSU were:
14,818 Applied
11,789 Admitted
5,290 Enrolled
51% were Top 25% of their class
81% were Top 50% of their class
The greater point for A&M is if you go from 29k to 37k applications with the same size class it's going to get a lot harder to get in unless a lot of those apps are from kids that are too stupid to realize they have no chance to get in based on the published info.
I also don't like to rag on different schools per se. LSU and Arkansas are good schools with some great people and do many things well. Different schools are a fit for different types of people, regardless of academics. Facts are facts though.
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Posted on 1/30/13 at 3:05 pm to aggressor
Posted on 1/30/13 at 4:32 pm to aggressor
these are really interesting stats aggressor. I know USNWR uses both the ratio of admits to applicants and enrolled to admits as part of their rating system. I think most of the other ranking systems do as well.
Also, while the extra exposure for us has been incredibly helpful obviously, the extra exposure for the SEC in Texas appears like it may be doing the same for many schools. My uncle is a teacher at one of the gifted and talented schools. He told me over Xmas that they usually have very few kids go to A&M or UTx simply because their top 10% generally go to Ivies and Rice and the like and many of the rest simply don't get in. So they end up going to out of state universities.
He told me that 3 universities have significantly increased among his students this fall - LSU, Bama, and Auburn. Apparently many of the kids that can't get into the Texas state schools are getting free rides to these due to high SAT/ACT etc. In the past, many of these kids went to OU or other out of state schools (he mentioned OU in particular). It's anecdotal but if it carries, that's a huge win for these schools as well because they are able to also increase their application base with top notch students.
Also, while the extra exposure for us has been incredibly helpful obviously, the extra exposure for the SEC in Texas appears like it may be doing the same for many schools. My uncle is a teacher at one of the gifted and talented schools. He told me over Xmas that they usually have very few kids go to A&M or UTx simply because their top 10% generally go to Ivies and Rice and the like and many of the rest simply don't get in. So they end up going to out of state universities.
He told me that 3 universities have significantly increased among his students this fall - LSU, Bama, and Auburn. Apparently many of the kids that can't get into the Texas state schools are getting free rides to these due to high SAT/ACT etc. In the past, many of these kids went to OU or other out of state schools (he mentioned OU in particular). It's anecdotal but if it carries, that's a huge win for these schools as well because they are able to also increase their application base with top notch students.
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