@hopefulaggie2022 Econ or ag business is a pretty smooth transition. If you aren’t interested in ag stuff at all then do Econ with business minor to get some of those under your belt to look good for change of major! You got this!!!
@Kuehne410 Econ has a deal with mays where you can get your Econ degree and MBA from May’s in 5 years. Call an Econ advisor to learn more about it. You may get what you need and want.
@trinley Im an echs student who will get their associate’s, so I figured it’d be useless for me to go to Blinn… plus there’s the risk of not getting accepted while I’m at Blinn, where as if I’m at Tech and get denied then atleast I’m still in my major and at a 4-year university.
@Kuehne410. You might try to get a really wide-eyed idea of transfer possibilities into Mays. Some of the forum posters here will also have a good feel.
@Kuehne410. Why not visit Tech if you haven’t already? Sometimes we get stuck with a certain idea and need to get some perspective.
@AggieMomhelp Thanks for the advice and words of encouragement!!
@MomHopesNxtGenAg I’m looking more into the accounting, management and finance area of business. I might be able to transfer in the spring but I’m currently on the edge of top quarter and I don’t know if by the time I graduate I end up getting bumped out of the first quarter as far as academic admit requirements. I also really wouldn’t want to lose a semester of college. As far as Cap, it is extremely more harder to transfer into business at UT. My Cap options are great but their business schools aren’t as highly recognized as Mays. And UT Dallas is a great school but I feel like it would be better to change major at A&M than transferring to a different school since transferring is usually more competitive than change of major.
My son has decided to go to Tech (his backup). We have been really impressed with the school. The drive is terrible from Houston but he felt comfortable and they gave him a nice scholarship. 
@hopefulaggie2022 McCombs is terrible to transfer into, absolutely.
It would just come down to how difficult it would be to transfer into, say, UT Dallas, vs. how tough it would be to change major at A&M. It sounds as though you are good with a path forward.
Thank you @Thelma2 , since the main attraction at A&M was the Corps of Cadets on main campus, I think I will take up the offer at Iowa State Engineering, another legacy school. My dad went to Iowa State too and so did 7 others from our family.
You’ve have been very helpful throughout this process. Appreciate the instant feedback of all the members in this group.
We weighed the options and McAllen is definitely out…no student dorms and being that near the border with no campus structure would leave me getting very little sleep! I read the security report and they basically have none…
Unfortunately, she’s not thrilled with any of the PSA campuses. It’s really too bad that A&M doesn’t have many middle-size schools in their system and none in better locations. My oldest daughter went PSA to Commerce and the town is so little and dumpy, didn’t even have a Chick-f-let. We dealt with it but I couldn’t understand why A&M wouldn’t want some more infrastructure to attract students and support their students. The school is also pretty tiny, but growing. It was, however, a big transition when she transferred to College Station as everything was much more complicated (night/day in what she had to deal with in every aspect of her day-parking, getting to class, choosing classes, joining clubs, meeting people, etc). She definitely felt like more of a number but has the personality to deal with that and has ended up adjusting nicely by re-affiliating with her sorority and joining a leadership organization (which she had to apply and interview for). My current Senior felt this adjustment would be a very big challenge for her…
We’ve also had friends who told us doing straight Blinn felt like being a kid stuck in the house watching everybody play outside…this would depress her and then there’s no guarantee of getting in so we’d have to scramble for next steps as she already has quite a bit of dual credit & AP credits and PTA doesn’t have her major.
So…we’ve decided she’ll go the first year to Tech. She’ll have a great first year experience, be used to a larger campus and it’s a great tier 1 school. If she ends up loving Tech and we can deal with the distance, she’ll already be at a 4 year university. Last night we spent a few hours talking with family friends who both went to TTU; son is there now and daughter will be there in fall so the girls are going to room together. They had amazing things to say about it and it sounds like the school has a lot of the same things that make A&M attractive. Just to cover our bases, in the event she still wants that Aggie ring, I spoke with the Biology department at A&M yesterday to get an understanding of their transfer requirements. They told me that she’d just need a 3.0 overall and a 3.0 in Bio/Chem classes and that they have no cap on transfers so we’re making sure whatever she takes matches the Bio requirements at A&M.
She is really excited now and happy to have a plan - what a crazy 24 hours!
Lastly, I really appreciate the information that this board has provided. We would have really felt alone in this without all the information, experiences and feedback.
I’ve decided to take my brothers advice and take a semester or two off. I’m following in his footsteps and join the air national guard. I would be active for a year and then apply for fall of 2019 under military admissions for Mays business. Unless I get my appeal approved for blinn team or gateway, this is the best plan for me. Thank you @Thelma2 and @AggieMomhelp for all your help and support! Good luck to all who have been a part of this forum!
@Happy2start I started college at Tech and later transferred to A&M. Many of my best friends from HS stayed at tech and really enjoyed it. There is a ton of stuff going on that campus expansion wise and the construction around campus is impressive. The area around the football stadium used to be where you would get your drugs and shot! It was been bulldozed with a mixed use development put in. Lots of good stuff going on there. THe only drawback is in the spring when the wind starts blowing. You can have a brown out develop pretty quickly and sometimes you can smell the stock yards if the wind is right. I have lots of family in Lubbock and used to go there often. THe town has most of what anybody would want and you can always fly Southwest to get where you want. Snow skiing in New Mexico is about 5 hours away. Unless she is a die hard Aggie at heart, my bet is she will enjoy her freshman year and stick it out.
My son is a freshman at A&M. He thinks that going straight Blinn is a great option. He says that, if he wouldn’t have been admitted, and he had to make a choice, he would go to Blinn.
@Ross2729. We are here to support you, and good luck! If you find that you could further your education in any way during that interlude, please consider doing so. Time is our most valuable resource.
Do you mean PSA? I’m not sure what the PTA route is. From what I’ve read transferring in with at least 24 credits and a good GPA is easier than getting in as an incoming freshman. I only say we’re not doing the psa route because he already has his housing set in college station.
@CulinaryMom22 PTA is Program for Transfer Admission. If offeres gauranteed Admission to your major (if offered by the program) if you follow the prescribed curriculum and meet the gpa requirement. Most I have seen require a 3.2 and 30 consecutive hours after graduation from the same institution. There are some other requirements such as meeting with an advisor. http://admissions.tamu.edu/PTA
Just checked this morning and I was offered PSA. Can anyone inform me on how this works exactly?
@trinley Thanks for the feedback! She’s wanted to be an Aggie since about the age of 5 so we’ll see!..the stuffed Revielle she has is still prominently displayed on her shelf. Glad they got the area near the stadium straightened out! 8-X
I was offered PSA and I am looking into going to Tarleton. If any girls are planning on doing the same please let me know I want to make some Aggie friends there!!