I just got offered Blinn Team and I know very little about it. I know the basics such as credit hour and GPA requirements, but I don't know anything about transferring into A&M as a fully admitted student after one year. (My goal) Can anyone help me out?

Basically this is what you're looking at if I understand Blinn Team correctly:

You're given all of the same benefits that full time A&M students get without technically being a full time A&M student. You can still go to the Rec Center, football games, etc. While also taking some classes at Blinn.

Basically the only con is that you have to take some classes at Blinn if I understand it correctly. I could be wrong though

As far as transferring, I think the requirements might be slightly lower than a typical college transfer since you are already attached to the University, so they may give you the benefit of the doubt and be a little more lenient than they normally would.

With that being said, make it a strong effort to start out your first year making good grades. If you establish a solid GPA early you will be much happier in life I can promise you that. It is college, so of course you'll have some fun. But take your classes seriously! Especially in your first year

It used to be that you make a 3.0 in your classes at Blinn and A&M for two years and you are automatically admitted (40 hours were required I think)

Not sure what it is now. If you make a 3.2 or so, I imagine you can get in after year 1.

http://blinnteam.tamu.edu/

TEAM students take 4-5 hours each semester at TAMU and the rest at Blinn. They can access financial aid for the combined hours through TAMU. They can participate in almost all activities (no NCAA sports and sororities). Once TEAM students complete 15 TAMU hours with a 3.00 and 45 Blinn hours with a 3.0, they move to full-time status at TAMU without an application. They also can apply after the second semester through a transfer application and move to full-time status if they are competitive (varies by major).

I wasnt a Blinn teamer but it seemed that most of the ones that I knew that eventually got into A&M had relatively crappy majors (i.e. RPTS, Environmental Design, AGLDS, etc.). Is it hard for those kids to get into Mays, Engineering, or something else a little better? Or is it just a reflection of why they were sent to Blinn in the first place.

I was a student in Blinn TEAM the first year it was created (fall 2001), so things have probably changed since then. My goal major was mechanical engineering (which changed to civil engineering after my first semester).

The only con I noticed was finding housing so late (got the acceptance letter in early June). I saved a lot of money my freshman year since most of my classes were at Blinn. At the time, 12 hours at Blinn was way cheaper than 4 hours at A&M. I was able to get a sports pass, join any student organization, use the buses (helped with living off campus), and qualify for financial aid as a full-time student. There were also several TEAM students I met that were in the Corps. I also kept in touch with advisors from Blinn, A&M TEAM, and the department I wanted to transfer into.

I ended up applying as a regular transfer student to A&M for summer 2002 on recommendations from those advisors. I was in a very interesting situation because I took a lot of dual credit and AP classes in high school. Most of my non-engineering courses and first-year math and science courses were covered, so Blinn didn't have many courses to offer me beyond my first year. Transferred in 2002 and earned my BSCE IN 2006.

Though I didn't complete the program as it was intended, I do recommend Blinn TEAM to anyone who has the option. I never felt any stigma for being part of TEAM. I spent most of the year explaining to people what the program was. Most of all, I was able to get the full A&M experience, which I am forever grateful for.

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So you transferred from Blinn Team straight into the Engineering program? What was your GPA and how many hours did you have when you applied for the transfer? (if you don't mind me asking)

I have the exactly same situation here, just got the Blinn TEAM offer and I don't know much about it.

- I really want to get into TAMU petroleum engineering, how possibly would Blinn help/affect my major?

- Also, I heard there is step 6 on AIS, if so, what is it?

- I saw this under another topic, someone got full admission after being offered with Blinn TEAM first. Is this possible? Or, would my admission decision be update? (Wait list, full admission, etc)

Anyone please answer my question?

The math and science classes at Blinn are equally as rigorous as what you would find at A&M. The two major advantages to Blinn are the cost, and having smaller class sizes allows you more access to your professor. Many students who start the Team program will be accepted to A&M via transfer admission after the first year assuming they earn a good GPA taking a decent load of classes their first year.

If you want to get into engineering you need to be taking as much math as possible. The state now requires Cal 1 as a prereq for your first physics class. I would even encourage students who want to be engineers to take any math you need before Cal 1 and Cal 1 over the summer. This way you can take Cal 2 and Physics 1 in the Fall. Then Physics 2 in the Spring with Cal 3. Students who successfully complete the calculus, physics and chemistry sequences for engineers at Blinn have a very good success rate after transferring to A&M and have a very high transfer rate.

Another option for engineering transfers is the TAP (transfer admission program) http://admissions.tamu.edu/tap/default.aspx.

It should be noted that with the TAP admission you are not considered an A&M student during your time at the community college and thus do not have access to sports passes, the rec, or other A&M student benefits.

I think I had 11 hours from Blinn and 4 hours from A&M my first semester. GPRs were in the neighborhood of 3.5 at Blinn and 3.0 at A&M, and all of my classes, except history, were part of the engineering CBK. A very hectic first semester!

For transfers, I was told each department decided its own admissions. That was another reason why I kept in touch with advisors from the department I wanted to be in. I believed they had a hand in deciding who got in. They were also good people and made sure I took the courses that would transfer into the degree program.

The first thing I have to point out to you is that there are a really large number of students who will choose to attend TAMU in a major other than Petroleum Engineering, or choose to follow the TEAM program, but who want to someday be an Aggie PETE. It will be so competitive, based on our current projections of available space and numbers of applicants, that less than half of these people will ever have that opportunity to enter the BS-PETE degree program. You would definitely have to be above average compared to students in this department, which won’t be easy for most of the people with your current academic credentials.

The TAPP program worksheet that you sent (or the TAP worksheet available at admissions.tamu.edu/tap) do not apply to the TEAM program, although the course number translations are accurate (and observe the footnote on the worksheet you sent regarding PETE departmental policy on transfer of 300-499 level TAMU courses). You need to be advised through the TEAM program (part of General Academic Programs at TAMU). For questions that I can’t answer, you should contact Dr. Graves, russ@gap.tamu.edu. I think it is important to be educated about the possibility of early transfer from TEAM to TAMU (very competitive for Petroleum Engineering), and whether your full admission to TAMU would be as a General Studies student when you finish the TEAM requirements (change of majors into Petroleum Engineering is very competitive).

Many students in TEAM do not choose to take their first year math/physics/chemistry courses at TAMU. If you do not avail yourself of the opportunity to earn good grades at TAMU in challenging course work, you would not set yourself above the large number of applicants for transfer admission from community colleges. I encourage you to think about the longer term goal of entering the degree program from which you want to graduate, rather than the shorter term goal of meeting the minimum requirements of remaining in the TEAM program.

The number of former TEAM students who have graduated from our program in the last couple of years is pretty small, but there is no reason you can’t be highly successful. However, you have to recognize that our department has to be able to explain your acceptance to a very large applicant pool before we can approve you to enter the department.

It is routine for us to advise you as long as you aspire to be an Aggie PETE because we get so many similar requests. We can assist with recommendations on math placement and first year courses, to help you develop your plan. I have attached a curriculum sheet. Your goal for the first year or so will be to complete the College of Engineering Common Body of Knowledge courses. You can find the details on CBK at the beginning of the College of Engineering section of the current Undergraduate Catalog, at catalog.tamu.edu. The Catalog also has Appendix B, so you can know exactly how Blinn College courses will transfer.

Since you won’t be in the College of Engineering, you want to be aware of pre-approved substitute courses to replace ENGR 111 and 112 as part of the CBK. This information is at http://essap.tamu.edu/change-major.htm. In addition to the TAMU computer science courses listed, it may be possible for me to approve a Blinn College computer programming course not listed in Appendix B of the Catalog, if you will send me the course description in advance.

Note however, that the minimum GPR requirements posted on the College of Engineering web site will almost certainly not be competitive among the projected applicant pool for change of majors to the BS-PETE program. I’ll paste in the criteria met by the students approved to change majors after the fall 2011 semester below my signature, so you can see about where the competition level is right now, and you can also request updates on this information in the future, so you’ll know where you stand.

-- Bryan Maggard

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In the future, the exact selection criteria we have to use to select change of majors applicants will not be precisely the same as after fall 2011, since we won't know our exact available space or the exact number and credentials of applicants, but historical data can give you a good idea about what academic credentials you will need to deliver to be a competitive applicant. For students approved for change of majors after the fall 2011 semester, all had the following.

1) TAMU Resident GPR of at least 3.100 after the fall 2011 semester,
2) Fall 2011 Semester GPR of at least 3.000,
3) At least 25 of 27 hours of the CBK course work already completed with CBK GPR of at least 3.000 (TAMU),
4) passed at least 12 TAMU hours during the fall 2011 semester,
5) no I or F grades during the fall 2011 semester,
6) no D, or Q grades in math, science, or engineering courses during the fall 2011 semester.


This is what I just got by emailing the TAMU PE. Sounds like it's hard to get in PE from TEAM. I don't know if it is the same for getting in other engineering departments in TAMU though but I'm aiming for PE. Anyone can please explain how GPR works? Why is GPR different in TAMU and PE? Is it hard to meet the transferring requirement of any engineering schools?

Wanton to be a PE for $$ or family is in industry?

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I wasnt a Blinn teamer but it seemed that most of the ones that I knew that eventually got into A&M had relatively crappy majors (i.e. RPTS, Environmental Design, AGLDS, etc.). Is it hard for those kids to get into Mays, Engineering, or something else a little better? Or is it just a reflection of why they were sent to Blinn in the first place.

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My roommate was on Blinn Team for the 2 full years and transferred into Mays easily. Saved him a ton of money and he got all the perks. He's a Finance major who'll probably end up making more money than me someday.

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My son just received the Blinn TEAM package. I've got to admit I was disappointed. He had 1400 on his SAT's and is taking four AP classes this year, including AP Calculus and AP Chemistry. He wants to go into engineering.

We are out of state, so cost is a definite factor. He has been accepted to Tulane, Arizona State, Colorado State, and New Mexico Tech (highly ranked for engineering, believe it or not). I have brainwashed him of course to go to A&M.

Not to be a smartass, but why would you go the Blinn route in this situation? I think I would rather see him do a year at one of these other schools in engineering and then transfer to A&M from there.

Rlong are you sure he had a 1400 SAT? I'm talking about the old way of measuring, not the new way. If he has a 1300 or higher, I thought he'd be an automatic admit to TAMU. Does being out-of-state change that?

I think going to another school and transferring is fine. But, I think a lot of people like the idea that the student will be at College Station from the start. They can live on campus, have all the advantages of a TAMU student (sports passes, live on campus, rec center, etc), and be able to take some classes on main campus. Also, for your kid specifically the engineering dept. isn't going to take him as a transfer if he only has a 2.5 anyway. From what I understand, he'd better have better than a 3.0 to compete for a transfer slot, making BlinnTeam leaving him with the same standard to achieve when it is all said and done. Engineering advisors would be better to advise on this than me.

The rule is 1300 minimum on CR&M of the SAT plus top 25% of your class, with very little consideration of GPA. His GPA is 3.85, but he is 26th percentile, so he has a lot of competition. Part of the problem is the way the state weights AP classes vs. regular classes. He could actually have taken a lot of regular courses and increased his class ranking, but we thought we were doing the right thing by having him tackle a more rigorous schedule.

Also, no break on out of state tuition for legacy kids (thank you Dr. Gates) - when you consider only 8% of A&M students are from out of state. This combines for a pretty frustrated kid right now.

Rlong that is a very good SAT. I bet he'll do fine in engineering. It may not be his thing, but he could join the Corps. I think if he gets a scholarship he'd qualify for in-state tuition. The Corps would almost assuredly give him one or more scholarships and that would be a very big financial swing in a good way. He could go Blinnteam then. It's worth considering.

This is currently my first year as a full time student at Texas A&M, I was a blinn team student for one and half years. You have two years and one summer session to finish 45 blinn hours and 15 aggie hours. That being said you need to finish with a 3.0 gpa. if that is completed you will be a full time student the fall of your junior year no questions asked. The advisers will try to tell you to not take many hours your first semester, dont listen to them because I did that and was rushing at the end to take as many as possible! plus you can apply for full time admission any time during the process, so you can take the full two years or I know some people who made it in after only one semester. You start out with a cap of 5 hours at A&M and that can be moved up to six after completing your first semester. The perks are you are up here and can attend a&M classes, like regular students but you still must take some at blinn so I advise taking any science or math at blinn and take advantage of that. Plus you have all the perks of a full time student, i.e parking pass, use of the rec, sports pass, living on campus, meal plans ect..

I hoped this helped!!

theres always galveston.

Anyone have experience getting into the A&M Vet School after doing Blinn Team? I have a friend trying to decide between UConn and Blinn Team regarding which will help her get into Vet School.

She will need to make same grades as anyone else I would think.

The Texas A&M vet school is very, very heavy with students who did undergrad at A&M. I would think it will be an advantage over Uconn if he still makes good grades while he's at A&M.

For all of you that have received Blinn Team offers please feel free to contact me. I will be glad to go over to option with you.

We offer many admission options and not every option works for all students. Our office is glad to help students understand their options and help them find the best one for them. Just give me a call at my below information.


Jayson Naiser '05
Admissions Counseling Advisor
Aggieland Prospective Student Center
jnaiser at tamu dot edu

Tel. 979.458.0950

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Let me reemphasize the Galveston option. Galveston students ARE Aggies and can transfer to CS after 30 hours with a 2.5, but many stay on the island. They get Aggie rings, Aggie diplomas, sports passes, etc. It's a great way to transition to the larger campus.

Having said that, I think reading these comments should reinforce in every parent the absolute necessity of impressing on your younger children the need to excel and prioritize school work NOW - in elementary and junior high. You acquire the skills to compete at the highest level BEFORE you get to high school. And you need a competitive high school environment to prepare for the pressure cooker that College Station is.

It's not impossible for someone to start at another junior college and transfer in, but the odds are against you. A&M has become a premier university, and it's a real honor to be admitted. It make the old Ags look real smart. I'm so proud of the hard work so many many have put in to transform our school into an academic powerhouse.

I skipped weeks of class in high school, took four-hour lunches, back-talked administrators, sued the school and won, and downloaded porn on the school's network.

Still graduated in the top ten percent with the highest ACT and SAT scores.

Trying is for suckers.

Though being an all-district tight end for four seasons may have assisted me...

I was Blinn Team and it has turned out to be the smartest decision I have ever made in my life. I really wanted to be an Aggie and Blinn saved me thousands of dollars that otherwise would have been student loan debt and the classes were easier too. This in turn allowed me to focus on other things such as chasing poonany and my degree says Texas A&M University.

I did it, and would recommend it. I graduated with a degree in ECON, not a great degree but its not ALED either.

Can you do blinn team and the corps as well?

^yes you can be in the Corps

Start at the Galveston campus

Just go to another school you get into, and if after 30 credit hours you still really want to go to a&m transfer in.