<p>I think that the most important thing is to definately visit campus. A&M can be overbearing and definately cliqueish--it is critical that you visit and decide that type of environment is something that you can put up with or desire. The campus is very conservative--there is a definite conservative political bent as well as an overbearing conservative religious overtone--the whole town is very conservative and there isn't alot of diversity-The engineering programs, ag programs, and vet school are outstanding. Anything other than that and it isn't the school for you.</p>
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<p> and you would know this because?</p>
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The campus is very conservative--there is a definite conservative political bent as well as an overbearing conservative religious overtone--the whole town is very conservative and there isn't alot of diversity
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<p>LOL, no bias here, right? ;) Just out of curiosity, are you speaking from experience as a student, or are you just parroting what youve heard?</p>
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The engineering programs, ag programs, and vet school are outstanding. Anything other than that and it isn't the school for you.
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<p>I dont know, jwh. The last time I checked, the colleges of Architecture, Business, Education, Geosciences, Government & Public Service, Liberal Arts, and Science were not too shabby either.</p>
<p>I know a A&M alum that could testify that there is some racism going on down there, but no more than any other southern state school.
if you are ( as a minority ) walking around campus you will be seen an treated as an Aggie and believe me you won't be the only minority there.
walking around northgate at night is a whole different story. you are walking around a small rural texan town.... at night.
props to kyler242
cheers</p>
<p>My information is from my experience as a student (although that was in the mid 80's), but we live in College Station now (and have for the last 15 years) and are on a multitude of committees and organizations at the school. I feel my information is accurate--yes, the business school has been a recent enterprise and had some successes with funding, but overall it is still a school with a bent towards engineering and veterinary sciences. I definately stand behind my claims that it is extremely conservative.</p>
<p>I am being offered tons of financial aid from A&M for being a national merit finalist.</p>
<p>I want to study computer science and hopefully do research in robotics, with the ultimate goal of going to Carnegie Mellon for graduate school.</p>
<p>However, I'm not sure if A&M has a strong computer science department...</p>
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However, I'm not sure if A&M has a strong computer science department...
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I know a A&M alum that could testify that there is some racism going on down there, but no more than any other southern state school.
if you are ( as a minority ) walking around campus you will be seen an treated as an Aggie and believe me you won't be the only minority there.
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Is it dangerous for non-white student?Will they attack me?</p>
<p>I hope you applied to Rice and UT Austin which both are much stronger in CS than TAMU. Money is tempting, if I were you, I wouldn't go there instead of a stronger school unless it was a financial necessity.</p>
<p>How would you compare the engineering programs, mainly biomedical and EE, of A & M to UW-Madison? Texas offers alot more scholarship money than Madison does.</p>
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<p>A lot has changed in the last couple decades. :) </p>
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<p>LOL, are these multitude of committees and organizations dedicated to helping combat the definite conservative political bent and the overbearing conservative religious overtone of the school? Or maybe to help the university not be so definately cliqueish? ;)</p>
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I feel my information is accurate--yes, the business school has been a recent enterprise and had some successes with funding, but overall it is still a school with a bent towards engineering and veterinary sciences.
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<p>Your feel may have been accurate in the 1980s, but nowadays A&M is much more well rounded than you are giving it credit for. </p>
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<p>hahahahaha, Im sure Professors like Bjarne Stroustrup would be relieved to know their department is at least decent. :rolleyes:</p>
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<p>yucca, havent we covered this? Seriously, get a grip. You are insulting the A&M student body. </p>
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I hope you applied to Rice and UT Austin which both are much stronger in CS than TAMU.
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<p>Rice and A&M may be ranked higher, but TAMU is no slouch is CS. For anyone doubting that, look no further than their faculty: <a href="http://www.cs.tamu.edu/people/faculty%5B/url%5D">http://www.cs.tamu.edu/people/faculty</a> </p>
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<p>Money and rankings are important, but fit (or lack there of) should not be ignored. </p>
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<p>UW-Madison and A&M both have outstanding engineering programs in those areas. You can not go wrong with either one. :)</p>
<p>I honestly never really cared for the traditions at A&M. I mean I respected them but I was never really big into them. The reason I chose A&M was for the camaraderie. A few years before I attended A&M I dated a (good-looking) girl who was at UT-Austin, and I got lost on campus there one night and nobody really bothered to give me good directions. It was like they were so involved with themselves and their studies that they didn't care about anything else. That will never happen at A&M. A&M has a closeness to it that you won't find at most large universities. Also, it doesn't feel like just another big state school like most others. A&M has it's own identity.</p>
<p>Another reason I went to A&M is because they have more practical majors. UT doesn't have as many and almost all the girls I've met at UT were liberal art majors.</p>
<p>There's more than one person using this account, BTW. From my experiences at A&M, yes, I would say that it is a cliquish school, more so than most universities of it's size. The vast amount of majors allows students of different academic backgrounds to attend, so high school cliques do carry over. But it's no where near as bad as small universities, like the regional, division II schools.</p>
<p>BTW, I find it hilarious that people want to ***** about racism at A&M but those same people refuse to ***** about the war zones our inner cities in Dallas and Houston have become.</p>
<p>I just heard some terrible stories about crimes based on race hatred toward Asians in A&M. Texas A&M is not for everyone.</p>
<p>Yucca, have you visited campus?</p>
<p>No,but I'm thinking of attending A&M's summer school.</p>
<p>How does TAMU rank in national rankings among other universities?</p>
<p>around 62 among national research universities,anyway,I only care about engineering</p>
<p>I personally believe the major problem are student/faculty ratio and class size</p>
<p>Just saw this article on the website:</p>
<p>Hi-Power,
maybe people aren't aware of these "war zones"? Being oos, I never knew about this..</p>