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PSA offering is a new one I'm hearing about this year. Friends have a daughter and a good number of her friends get PSA where you have to take 24 hours at an ATM Systems campus. A 3.0 with this core classes get you admitted. Is this new because I'd never heard of it
I would recommend doing a lot of research before going the PSA route.
If your son/daughter is going to start at another school and transfer into TAMU, have them meet with an advisor in the desired major at TAMU. To get past the university level of admission, as a transfer student, one needs 24 transferable hours with a 2.5 GPA on those transferable hours.
Each department sets their acceptance requirements for transfer students. Meeting with an advisor from your desired major will let you know exactly what you need to do in order to have a successful transfer application process.
Our department's transfer requirements are easier than the PSA requirements.
We want to meet with our students during their application process. This gives us an opportunity to start building a relationship with our future students. After the initial meeting, we interact with the student by helping them build their schedules to make sure that they are taking transferable classes that will count towards their degree all the way through making sure that register for their transfer student conference.
Students who go the PSA route are admitted by the university rather than the department. We never meet of them, or know anything about them until they show up at the transfer student conference.
I cannot stress enough that if you are planning on transferring into TAMU you should meet with the advisor in your desired major prior to applying. Many students are denied each semester because they are not completely clear on the requirements for transfer. Some majors will not meet with prospective students. If that is your case, do your research. Transfer requirements are posted on the department web pages.
