Potentially Transferring out Texas A&M

Transfer Students
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<p>I am currently debating on whether staying at Texas A&M is the best option for me.</p>

<p>I like everything that Texas A&M stands for but I hate the sizeI was never keen on going to Texas A&M since I was forced by my family to come to Texas A&M.. I never have had that gut feeling that you know the university your are at is the correct university. I want to be a mechanical engineer/material engineer, but I want to go to a school that is much smaller and has a much more intimate atmosphere. </p>

<p>I am first semester freshman, so I do not have a GPA as of yet. But in high school, my gpa was a 3.72 out of 4. My biggest accomplishment was winning the Lemelson-MIT award. I am currently involved in a FLO at Texas A&M. I also hoping to be part of Alternative Spring Break.</p>

<p>In a university I am looking in a small to medium sized university which is no larger than 13,000 students (graduate students included). A university that is dedicated to not only furthering technology (granted the school does not have to be an engineering school first, but must have a respectable engineering college located on the campus), but also dedicated to giving back to the local community or any community for that matter. I do not want the university to be affiliated with any religion. For example, I do not want to go to a school such as SMU or Baylor for example, but it is fine if religion is big like it is at Texas A&M. I want a school that has a small student to teacher ratio preferably under 10 to 1. I want a school that has a vibrant social atmosphere which sports teams are a big event, but not just the only event. I also want a university where the students are generally very happy people similar to how it is at TAMU. The university must roughly have the same number of males as females. </p>

<p>If I was to transfer it would either for the spring semester of 2016 or the fall semester of 2016. If the right situation presented it self, I have no problem transferring before that point.</p>

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<p>Although not as small as you mentioned, Auburn might be a good consideration for you. The enrollment is less than half of A&M, but still has the same “feel.” My husband and I both graduated from A&M (89/94) but since we live in Atlanta, our son is likely attending Auburn next year instead of A&M. The size of Auburn really appeals to us, as we agree that A&M is enormous (and still growing). Auburn has very generous out OOS funds available. We also fell in love with Univ of Alabama, and that is still on my son’s short list. Again, very good OOS funding there, and very new, state of the art engineering facilities. Good luck! </p>