Texas A&M or Auburn?

littlerachelbee
Thu, 20 Feb 2014 09:39:36 +0000

I have been accepted to Auburn, and got offered to do the PSA program at A&M (not full admittance). For those of you who aren’t familiar with the PSA program, it is where you spend your first year at one of A&M’s “sister schools” (I am specifically looking at the one in Commerce-near Dallas) and you must get a gpa of at least 3.0 in every class and then you are fully admitted to A&M the second year. I understand that only 36% of holistic review people are admitted to A&M and only 6% get offered the option to do “another pathway” such as the one I got. And with the cumulative gpa I had (2.6-I had a bad sophomore year but near perfect junior and now senior grades) I am super lucky to have these two options. I toured A&M last year and absolutely fell in love with it. It was my dream school. I just toured Auburn in October and liked it as well (but not quite as much…there was just something about A&M). Although, I began to gain more interest in Auburn after researching it and also because A&M took so long to get back to me I started leaning towards Auburn…but now that A&M gave me this option (which I was not expecting) I’m conflicted on what is the better option? Options: Is it worth doing the PSA program at A&M, or should I take the full admittance at Auburn? I want to be in a sorority so would going to A&M my sophomore year rather than freshman affect that? I am majoring in International Business with a minor in politics at Auburn, but at A&M I would be majoring in political science with a minor in business and just get a certificate in International Business. I plan on going to law school after I get my Bachelor’s. I know A&M is ranked significantly higher than Auburn, and their business school is pretty great but Auburn is by no means bad. Also, A&M is almost $10,000 per year less than Auburn. Again, opinions on which is a better option?