Did DD accept and register? It had 100 spots but they are filled now. Yes, it is for accepted students in target groups for diversity. It is sponsored by the Black Student Network and Hispanic student Network to support multicultural student success at A&M. It is a nice lead in to Aggieland. It is activities on Friday and a catered dinner with current students, faculty, and administration. They provide a hotel for friday night and then they have a hospitality room set up for lunch for a break from the crowds during Aggieland. We went to a program they offered in the summer and she left with a $500 scholarship. So we try to go to any of their events!
She did 
I just went back and looked at the email and her invite was 2/25-2/26 not the same as yours before Aggieland weekend. Thanks for the info!
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Schedule of activities and swag varies for each event. But we found the summer one worthwhile and Iām sure this one will be too. Hope your daughter enjoys it too! I should mention not everyone got a scholarship, so donāt expect one! There were a dozen students at the summer program and they had a drawing for 2 scholarships. My daughter was one of the two winners.
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That is so cool that she walked away with a scholarship. We will have low expectations here but I guess we will go ahead and fill out the rest of the paperwork and get the day off approved by her school 
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Hereās an update as to what AO at Galveston said: They said that the housing application wonāt be open till after NSC and that all those that enroll will receive an email either right before or after NSC regarding housing.
Thatās scary to wait so long. What did they say about only having 2 listed on your portal vs the 4 on the website?
Ya I agree Iām kind of scared about waiting so long but in a way itās good because I havenāt seen many people admitted to Galveston yet to room with. All they said was that those 2 are all theyāre offering right now but to call back if I have any other questions. Iām not exactly sure what to do at the point since my admitted letter told me to fill out the housing application right away as itās first come first serve. Although I didnāt really receive an answer as to why everything else including dining and campus show as CSTAT still.
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We went on a tour at Galveston. All freshmen and maybe even all students are required to live on campus so they will surely have a dorm for you. Also we saw the dorms and they were new and nice. I think all freshman are in those new dorms.
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Thatās great to hear, thank you so much!!
Did anyone get their appointment time for phase 3 housing? I thought that the times were going to be released in January but my twins have not heard anything yet
Phase 3 is usually in March. Someone asked this on FB Aggie Parents the other dayā¦it is too early for Phase 3. (Phase 3 is matching with roomies, being able to look at potential roomie profiles, etc)
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At then of phase II, it said that we would receive an email in January with a phase III date ā I just looked at the housing portal again. I am wondering if it went into their junk email or if it has been delayed.
Must be delayed, or a typo. With holistic/WaitList/TEAM admissions still going out, itās just too soon. Itās usually March.
Join the 2 parent FB pages and info will be posted.
And dorms are guaranteed until March 1 (or maybe the 5th?), so they normally donāt open up the profile portal until then.
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Thanks - there are so many A&M fb pages between my twins, my Galveston A&M kid and A&M football ticket pages - it is hard to keep track!!
I hear ya. Definitely join a major specific page, if there is one for your CS Aggies, and join/follow their class specific pages, too. My news feed is flooded with A&Mā¦and Iām not even an Aggie! But thatās where youāre going to learn about everything.
And yes, we have season 
tixā¦but I let my Aggie husband handle that.
Wow - I am impressed with the dedication from a non Aggie - We have had season tickets since the early 90ās - If I let my husband do our season tickets he would spend too much! We are going from 4 to 2 next year and he is already spending that money on seat upgrades and an away game!! (No brainwashing in our house - haha) GigāEm!!!
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Haha, if I didnāt join/follow all the pages, I wouldnāt know anything!
Hub and I looked at seat renewal last night; keeping our same 3 seats (All American Club South). I cringe at the ādonationā and overall price, BUT itās his one āthingāā. He doesnāt hunt, literally works 24/7, and Aggie Football is his outlet. Heās going regardless, so Iād better tag along if I want to see himš Thankfully weāre only an hour away.
And I can use those game weekends as leverage, if thereās ever anything I really want to doš
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I submitted my housing app(phase 1) about a week ago with my top choice as Appelt. Is there a chance I get my top choice even though I submitted this late? Also, my roommate applied a few months ago for the same choices, would that help my chances of getting one of my choices?
We put our phase 1 housing deposit in Dec. My kid is now accepted to their ED school. We would be retracting our application to A&M but is there anything else we need to do about cancelling housing?
Your housing selection is irrelevant until you actually select dorm rooms in May. Your roomie will have a better time slot than you so heāll āpullā you up with him.
Modular dorms are popular and going in as a pair is harder than going in single to find an open room. Definitely have a shot but know your back up choices ahead of time. The selection process is super quick and rooms disappear in the blink of an eye
The only reason they ask for dorm choices is to gauge interest. It holds no value til the end.
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