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txfwindian

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Hi All,

We Are staying overnight at TAMU this Saturday and looking to see around the campus on Sunday. Is there someone that you know who can give more inside insight to the Navy or Army ROTC program and meet us for for about 30 minutes or so.



Appreciate the help.
 
txfwindian said:
Hi All,

We Are staying overnight at TAMU this Saturday and looking to see around the campus on Sunday. Is there someone that you know who can give more inside insight to the Navy or Army ROTC program and meet us for for about 30 minutes or so.



Appreciate the help.
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Yes, absolutely. As for the Army ROTC program, you may contact David Manning. He's a retired US Army Colonel and works for the AROTC Department there at A&M as the Recruiting Operations Officer. His contact information is available if you search Texas A&M Army ROTC, then choose Contact Us. Very good guy and very helpful.

Can't help you on the Navy, but I'm sure Col. Manning can direct you.
 
You might also ask to speak to a cadet (ahead of time). You'll get the real skinny from both, but from different perspectives.
 
Is there any cadet on SAF from TAMU?
I'll speak with David Manning as well, thank you for the contact.
 
txfwindian said:
Is there any cadet on SAF from TAMU?
I'll speak with David Manning as well, thank you for the contact.
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I WAS a cadet at TAMU - but too long ago to provide any relevance. My DS spent a night with the Corps back in September and was thoroughly impressed with the university, the Corps of Cadets, the football experience, and the females. He came back saying he could definitely see himself going there and loving it.
 
TexasAggie204 said:
I WAS a cadet at TAMU - but too long ago to provide any relevance. My DS spent a night with the Corps back in September and was thoroughly impressed with the university, the Corps of Cadets, the football experience, and the females. He came back saying he could definitely see himself going there and loving it.
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Thank you for the information. I'll ask DD to be on the lookout for the Cadets night dates.
 
The TAMU ROTC website speaks to this. They'll help you set up visits. Maybe shot notice at this point however. Good luck.
 
@txfwindian ,

Have fun this weekend!! I am also an Aggie! But I was a 2%er! Haha! I don't have much advice on a weekend of activity. Too bad you aren't going during a football game and overlapping with school day.

General TAMU (and UT) advice:
Have DD talk to her GC as well. See if her school does any trips or customary invites for high achieving students. Based on DFW area, both of my girls got emails where you have to sign up really quick in order to get on a bus and just bring lunch money; spend the day at Aggieland. DD somehow got a Corps of Cadets flyer where you can do an overnight specific for the Corps.

When visiting civilian schools, try to have some "footprint" or something "official" that you signed up for, to document that you were there. TAMU will specifically ask on their application what you've done to show interest. In your DD's case and from we've discussed, she'll have no trouble getting admitted (auto/academic admit). The question is how much special merit aid (she's extremely competitive, IMO!) and/or whether you like the ROTC/Corps programs.

And last, have your DD ask her school what they recommend (or require) for the application platform. You will use either ApplyTexas or the Coalition for TAMU and UT. My preference is the Coalition because it feels more like the Common App, and ApplyTexas is so clunky and so different. You also have to consider what other civilian schools your DD is going to apply to - if you can avoid having to use all 3 platforms! For TAMU and UT in particular, your school may handle transcripts and parts of the application very differently from any other college, so you have to be on top of special school-based deadlines.
 
Thank you HCopter.
This visit to TAMU was not planned at all, actually we are headed to Rice university for their preview. While looking at google maps, i noticed that i can take a detour and stop overnight at TAMU. But thank you so much for the incredible information.

Best of luck to your DD as well. Has she decided where she wants to go USNA, USMA, USAFA, USCGA?
 
@txfwindian Rice is awesome! They also have ROTC, don't they? Are you looking at U of H? Their Honors College is highly rated. If your DD has a 3-5 page literary analysis laying around, she can recycle it and quickly do Honors app as well! Best of all, U of H is a common app school! She could compete for that Tier I scholarship, as civilian back up! It's a safety-match-reach school all in 1! Many TX schools started on DD's list, but when it was pretty clear she was getting into an SA early on, she did not finish ROTC applications and all civilian schools were evaluated for medical reason backup schools (down to 1).

Sorry I don't want to hijack your thread into a "TX civilian back up school" thread, so PM with with any questions, especially about TX schools (but not ROTC).

TAMU - this late may be hard to find someone there to visit, but does DD know any former classmates at TAMU, maybe she can see their room or get them to show her around for an hour or so, especially if they recently graduated, maybe freshman now?
 
Highly recommend the sleepover - don't know when the next one is but it will give your D the best indication, by far, of what is unique about the Corps experience.

(Fwiw, this convinced our future cadet NOT to go to TAMU, but the point is that the sleepover experience provided invaluable information that could not be obtained through any other source or channel.)
 
Thank you Hcopter..
My DD is looking at couple of TX schools as plan B ( with ROTC and without ROTC).

Rice for their computer science program, with NROTC. I checked with Rice and they may provide R&B for NROTC scholarship receipients.
TAMU with or without ROTC. Dont know anybody there yet, but came to know from a freshman this coming year that they have $4500 per year corps of cadet scholarship.
UT Austin
Never looked into UofH, but your post created the curiosity.
 
Couple small clarifications re A&M. First, this is the last year they are doing academic admission. So going forward it's Top 10% or holistic only. Second, the Corps scholarships are UP TO $4500. Most everyone gets at least $1200, but it may not be more than that.
 
franknd said:
Couple small clarifications re A&M. First, this is the last year they are doing academic admission. So going forward it's Top 10% or holistic only. Second, the Corps scholarships are UP TO $4500. Most everyone gets at least $1200, but it may not be more than that.
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thank you the clarification.
 
I'm a Midshipman in the NROTC Battalion at A&M, and in Company E-2 in the Corps. Feel free to message me.
 
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