Explanation for what a Texas A&M system board of regents member said was a "screw up" with the flagship's online application process

This podcast contains comments from the August 27, 2025 meeting of the Texas A&M system board of regents committee on student and academic affairs (CASA).The Texas A&M system board of regents receive an explanation for problems experienced earlier this year by prospective Aggie students. The chairman of the regents committee on academic and student affairs, Sam Torn, said the issue was with A&M's admissions app.A&M associate vice president Chris Reed said the prospective students who applied the earliest were not penalized due to troubles with the university's app.Reed said messages are going out to prospects and their parents with an apology for what Torn described as A&M's "screw up".