UTK Tickle College of Engineering acceptance, but her sister goes there and wants to forge her own path. Id love for her to be at UTK but she is unsure. U Kentucky Pigman School of Engineering with nice merit. She got deffered by Clemson, UGA and U of SC. So here we wait!
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It is a good time to visit if admitted. It was the first time my Aggie got to do the department tour which solidified her decision to enroll at A&M for her major over other schools she was admitted to. Previous visits were campus tours and university level tours.
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Well thats wonderful that she has two great options!!!
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Is this table about the pathways from the A&M website? If so, it looks like some of these options may be a little different now. I have a class of '26 engineering major and when he applied two years ago, he was given the Galveston offer. It was considered full admission and he was eligible for a sports pass and to use all the CSTAT facilities and resources. He was just physically located in Galveston for the first year. After the first year, he transitioned - not transferred - to CSTAT. It was automatic after ETAM. Also, the cost was not lower. His tuition was calculated at CSTAT rates and we paid all the same fees.
Due to MLK holiday, and the campus being closed due to weather today, there may not be many coming out. Having said that, admissions personnel may be able to work remotely.
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incoming Freshman. NMSF. The scholarship was about NM mostly I think
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Yes, that’s NMSF specific, very different from general A&M scholarships; those won’t start being offered until February-March, and appear in Howdy portal, not mailed out.
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My son got offered the TEAB/Galveston/McAllen options on January 28th last year. (You can check my posts from back then for stats, other acceptances, concerns, etc)
I’m very grateful to @FriscoDad @ChristiR93 and @52AG82 for so generously sharing their thoughts, ideas, expert advice and guiding us through this often confusing and overwhelming process.
My son ended up choosing TEAB. We can’t say enough good things about the program. He’s been thriving there, finishing his first semester with a 4.0 and is eligible to enroll in University and Engineering Honors at A&M, regardless of his TEAB status. His professors, advisors, class sizes, ease of scheduling have been outstanding. He lives on campus, goes to football/basketball games, and is in an A&M FLO (freshman leadership
org), where he has made a wonderful group of friends and peer mentors.
Many of his peers that are full-time admits to A&M have been struggling in overcrowded weed out classes with 500-700 students. Some of his TEAB track classmates were actually full-time admits to A&M but asked to be placed in TEAB instead for the much smaller class sizes (25-30 students max) and the substantial financial savings. I think you save even more on OOS tuition. Seems like A&M tries to honor such requests if space is available.
I have a younger student that will be applying in a couple of years and we’re hoping for TEAB!!! I’m happy to answer any questions about our experience and again, heartfelt thanks to the moderators in this group! We couldn’t have done it without you! 
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Does the TEAB year serve as ETAM? Just wondering if his 4.0 gets him top choice major.
At this point in the cycle, I ask people, do you want to be an Aggie? Or do you want to be an engineer? (Similarly, Do you want to be a business student?)
If a student wants to be an Aggie, TAMU will offer lots of ways to do that. If a student wants to be a direct engineering/ health/ business major path, there are lots of good schools that offer direct admittance. Good luck to all of us who are making that decision.
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That’s awesome! I think it was @Abigail_Anderson that you probably wanted to respond to.
I think TEAB is wonderful and a great pathway! I am just not sure if I would do it out of state. That’s really where the question was. Sounds like it’s wonderful for your kiddo!!
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Also great info to hear!! I think that TEAB could be a good option, the hearder sell is my husband! I have tried to show him the positive aspects but he sees it differently! In the end I hope she ends up where she is meant to be!
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It most definitely does. He’s applying for ETAM in March and as long as he keeps his GPA at 3.75 or above, he will get his first choice of major as an auto-admit. He started out wanting Computer Science but after attending multiple DI Saturday industry sessions at A&M, he’s developed interest in a variety of other fields, as well.
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@Abigail_Anderson TEAB can be great! Students can live on campus, pledge Greek life, have a sports pass, etc, plus Blinn classes are smaller (tho some are 8 week classes, much faster pace)
TEAB IS considered full admission.
Tuition would be slightly less, because Blinn is cheaper than A&M, but you’re still OOS, so it won’t be a huge savings.
Just be aware that if she decides to go Wait List vs TEAB option (if offered), she’ll be waiting much longer to hear back. If TEAB and TEAM offers come out shortly, on campus housing is still guaranteed. Most likely it won’t be, if she goes Wait List route, might not hear back until March.
If it were my kid, and she’s given pathway options, I’d go TEAB over Wait List. With offers (and merit!) at both UTK and UK, she could then weigh all her options.
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TEAB students take designated classes in specific pre-designed tracks at the Blinn/RELLIS campus. Those tracks don’t offer 8-week classes. This past semester, they actually had an extra week, compared to the A&M equivalent.
I believe TEAB savings are even higher for OOS families, as A&M charges a lot more for OOS tuition than Blinn. I’ve heard it adds up to around 10K in savings per academic year for OOS. I haven’t looked into it more closely as we’re in-state, so make sure to confirm.
Last year TEAB didn’t have a waiting list option similar to TEAM. On 1/28, my son got an offer in AIS with 3 options: TEAB (Texas A&M Engineering at BLINN), Galveston, McAllen and was asked to choose one. He selected TEAB and got his 7 tabs exactly a week later. We paid housing deposit the same day.
A friend of my son chose Galveston for first year engineering and he’s also very happy there, making good grades and planning to transition to CStat after ETAM.
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The savings with TEAB are over $10k for OOS students. I would urge people to research the TEAB option in more detail.
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I know it can sting to be put on the “B team” but we put our ego aside and quickly realized the B team had lots of perks in this case! My son never felt like a second class citizen at A&M due to his TEAB status. (As a matter of fact, no one even knows unless you choose to share it) If anything, his full admit friends said they wished they could have similarly small class sizes and approachable professors.
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@Decision2023 ahhh, my bad about the 8 week classes at Blinn. Good to hear that isn’t happening with TEAB! That’s the way many TEAM classes are…and it makes some of those classes pretty difficult, due to the fast pace.
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This. My D23 was a top 10% student so we didn’t know anything about TEAB/ TEAM. But now that she’s been there for a semester and has friends on TEAM and sees their life, she’s very gung ho about my D24 getting it… 
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We were on the same boat when S24 got admittance to the 2+2 option at Penn State (2 years at a branch campus such as Harrisburg followed by 2 years at UP) for Engg. Initially, we dismissed it as an option specially since we are OOS. Then we started researching and found that many people had good things to say about the 2+2 option (lower tuition, smaller classes at branch campuses, more facetime with professors for weed-out courses, easier transition as compared to a straight jump from HS to a large, populated campus such as UP etc.). We then started researching the alternate pathways to Engg options such as TEAB etc at TAMU. We now feel the TEAB option, if offered to S24, would be better than the 2+2 option at Penn State, primarily because there is no change of campus (which is huge for continuity). There are many posts on Reddit about how students retrospectively have realized that TEAB was even a “better” option as compared to full admit at CStat.
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