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University Operator: 979-845-3211Admissions Phone: 979-845-1060

Scholarships & Financial Aids: Phone: 979-845-3982 (scholarships)

Email: scholarships@tamu.edu Phone: 979-845-3236 (financial aid)

Email: financialaid@tamu.eduVisitor Center: Phone: 979-845-5851

Email: visit@tamu.eduComputing/Information Technology:

Phone: 979-845-8300 Email: helpdesk@tamu.edu

Freshman Requirements• Rank in the top 25% of your graduating class.• SAT – 1500 out of 2400 (Verbal + Math + Writing)• ACT – 18 English, 21 Reading, 22 Mathematics and 24

Science• 2 years of the same foreign language• 4 years of Science (Two courses must come from

Biology I, Chemistry I, and Physics I plus two additional courses meeting the recommended or advanced/distinguished curriculum)

• 4 years of Mathematics (Must include Algebra I and II, Geometry and a fourth math course. Applicants are encouraged to take math each year of high school culminating with a course for which Algebra II is a prerequisite.)

• 4 years of English

Texas A&M University accepts many of the AP exams for credit hours. Students that have scored a 3, 4, or a 5 on AP exams may receive the appropriate amount of credit hours. For most exams scoring a 4 or a 5 is necessary to receive credit hours. A 4 on most exams can get you 3 credit hours while a 5 may get 4 to 6 credit hours.Classes range from Art history to World History.

(http://catalog.tamu.edu/09-10_UG_Catalog/gen_info/admissions/course_credit/advanced_placement.htm)

AP Policy

Tuition and Housing

• Tuition and fees: $8,506 in-state, $25,036 out-of-state• Estimated Housing fees: $8,400• Cost per credit hour (in-state): $177• Cost per credit hour (out-of-state): $728

Important Information

• Opened in 1876 as Texas' first public institution of higher learning, Texas A&M University is a research-intensive flagship university with 48,000-plus students studying in more than 250 degree programs in 10 colleges.

Continued• Texas A&M annually ranks at or near the top by national

publications such as Kiplinger's Personal Finance, U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, The Princeton Review and Smart Money Magazine in terms of "best value", as well as "payback ratio" – or the amount of earnings new graduates receive relative to the cost of their education.

Continued

• More than 2,800 courses offered in more than 150 fields of study

• We have over 800 Student Organizations.

• The University has awarded 365,000 degrees since the opening in 1876.

Major• Biomedical/Medical Engineering• Degrees offered: Bachelor’s, Masters, and

Doctoral.• Required High School Courses: Biology,

Chemistry, Algebra I and II, Geometry, and Calculus. Computer Science is recommended.

• The six year Master’s program, requires between 15-18 hours per semester.

• Cumulative GPR of 3.25 or greater

Sources

• https://tamu.edu• https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-

university-search/texas-universit• http://engineering.tamu.edu/academics/

degrees/undergraduate/bmen• http://biomed.tamu.edu/academics/courses/