<p>Can you still apply to BLINN as a regular applicant, and fulfill the requirements for TAP?
is TAP available to everyone with participating community colleges?<br>
Thanks!</p>
<p>Blinn is a CC, as long as you register, it is open to pretty much everyone. I don’t think TAP is an agreement with TAMU as soon as you enroll in Blinn, but if you follow the guidelines everything is all good. Also, Blinn isn’t the only school on the list, just the most obvious…</p>
<p>Blinn College is absolutely on the TAP agreement
And the TAP is available to anyone.
[Transfer</a> Articulation Program (TAP)](<a href=“http://admissions.tamu.edu/TAP/default.aspx]Transfer”>http://admissions.tamu.edu/TAP/default.aspx)
Blinn also bost the highest transfer admissions to A&M. Not just through the TAP program.
Many of the professors at Blinn also teach at A&M.
Anyone can get into Blinn (anyone)
You can pretty much see the campus of A&M from the campus of Blinn, so you will always have your goal in front of you.</p>
<p>Blinn students are integrated into everything Aggies do around town. I bet 90% of the student apartments have Blinn and TAMU students side by side - you never really know or care who is where at any one time. Blinn’s Bryan campus has over 11,000 students so believe me when I say they are everywhere! </p>
<p>Shuttle buses run between both campuses all day and I feel that is an indication of how much they are integrated. </p>
<p>Many departments advise students to take some of their least important classes (and this varies by academic area ) at Blinn because it is so much cheaper (about 25% of the cost of TAMU tuition and books together). Many locals who gain full admission into TAMU register at both campuses for their first year in order to take advantage of the lower rates. </p>
<p>No one should rule out Blinn if they don’t gain admission to TAMU right away. I know some students feel like they are missing out in some way by not being Aggies right away but if they can be a little patient it really wouldn’t matter by the end of their freshman year (assuming they work hard at Blinn and don’t think they can goof off because of some preconceived idea about community colleges).</p>
<p>My sister didn’t get into TAMU or Blinn team so she just went to Blinn regularly then transferred in a year or two later.</p>