@Zepodes I know many other people can give much more detailed information than I can, but I’ve learned a great deal on this forum and reading online over the last couple of months. Have you applied for Engineering Honors? If not, it sounds like a wonderful opportunity to have smaller class sizes and really get to know your professors and fellow student, which I think could also help when it comes to internship opportunities. As far as internships are concerned, I’ve heard nothing but good reports from students, but hopefully someone else will weigh in here since we are also new, and I can’t give my personal experience
I absolutely love CS, and so does our entire family. The only negative thing I see about the town itself (not the campus) it is that the traffic is a little congested, but then again, we visited on a busy weekend. In our opinion, since our town is only 60,000 people, CS seems big to us. There are so many awesome restaurants and places to go. On campus, it feels like a big family. It is a huge campus, but during our visit, we found that we kept seeing a lot of the same people all day, in various places. So, it seems to be the best of both worlds for us. Big campus, but small town, at home feeling. Everyone was incredibly friendly and welcoming, and I am sure that if you are open to making friends, you will be very much accepted and have a wonderful experience. There are several threads on here and other forums regarding being international students, and the general consensus is that the experiences have been very positive, with many opportunities to connect with others! I hope this helps!
@Mech123 A thread was started for the Galveston students, and maybe you can get more concrete info there. I do believe that as long as you satisfy the requirements your freshman year, you automatically transfer to CS and there is room for you. You are absolutely considered a Texas A&M student and even get transportation to the games and perhaps yell practice (I’ve heard a couple of different things about yell practice, so please don’t quote me there). I’ve found it quite interesting that many students start out at Galveston fully intending to move to CS the next year, but love it so much that they stay. Hoping this thread can help a little more than I can: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/texas-m-university/1961993-a-m-egineering-at-galveston-p1.html