<p>check out the link and lemme hear your thoughts... i have always hoped to go to this school, and now this wonderful news has come out, and i am unsure whether or not to trust it... it seems too good to be true! i am very excited, but afraid to get to hopeful and be disappointed... </p>
<p>is it really possible for a school to do this?</p>
<p>Of course it's possible! That's really great. It only covers tuition (they estimated at 5000/yr), and not room, board, books, fees (another 15000/yr), but it's certainly going to be a real help to a lot of students.</p>
<p>yup, definitely. harvard and yale do it too, as well as a bunch of others. good luck on getting in!</p>
<p>I wasn't able to find anything about that on tamu's website. Hmm ...</p>
<p>I find it hard to believe there are so few students with incomes of less than $60,000 a year at a large public university. </p>
<p>Strange.</p>
<p>im really excited. this year has been full of great news. In june i got a job at a local theatre and found out the have a branch they can transfer me to in college station, in july i found out that my sat scores qualify me for automatic admission, and now im finding out that i have 5k less to worry about... im so happy that this is all working out lol. my whole life everyone has put pressure about college being hard to finance and get into, and while i will still have to take a loan or two, its awesome that its all falling into place...</p>
<p>You might also want to ask how they define "household income".</p>
<p>I did find a link to the info. It does sound great. The FAFSA is used to determine eligibility, so that's good. One thing to know: Any outside scholarships will count toward the tuition - they will reduce the amount the state pays. So you won't get the full tuition AND the scholarships. </p>
<p>You'll still have to pay room & board, so keep that in mind if you plan to stay on campus.</p>
<p>I'm glad this will work out well for you!</p>
<p>I think it is likely to be true. I can't remember but I think that T A&M may have oil money. In which case they probably can afford to do it.</p>
<p>I was so surprised to see how few students attend TAMU who have an income of 60k or less. TX must be a high wage paying state ... or else those in the 60k or less income range have simply opted for other schools. In either case, it's nice to see the school helping families like this. I live in MI. If the state gave free tuition to kids whose families made 60k or less, there would be many more students benefitting than there will be at TAMU!</p>