Is it advisable to sign up for campus housing even if records is still under Engineering Review?
Yes, there is a $75 application fee but no deposit. Freshman housing is based on the date of your application, so the sooner you apply, the better. https://reslife.tamu.edu/apply/
From the website:
Students must be officially admitted to Texas A&M before they are eligible to apply for on-campus housing and every effort will be made to accommodate as many freshmen as possible. Housing assignments will be made on a first-come, first-served basis—established by the housing priority date, which is defined as the date the housing application, including fee, is received in the Housing Assignments Office. Preferred housing will be given to freshmen who apply for housing after being admitted to Texas A&M, if space is available. Apply as soon as possible because space is limited.https://reslife.tamu.edu/procedures/
Yes, we recently visited TAMU Engineering and that was one of the things that was recommended to us.