Maybe it was the first time you stepped into Kyle Field on gameday.

Maybe it was Silver Taps.

Maybe it was when someone in an airport on the other side of the world recognized your Aggie Ring and said "Howdy."

We all have that moment where we realize we aren't just attending a school. We are a part of something bigger. We are a part of the Aggie family.

What was that moment for you?
The moment you knew you'd be an Aggie forever?


METM Class of 2026

At Texas A&M's Master of Engineering Technical Management (METM), we hear that story again and again. Working professionals come back because they want more than a degree. They want to learn to grow and lead as an Aggie.

METM is a graduate program for engineers and working professionals who aspire to be technical leaders. It's online and created for working professionals. We have returning Aggies as well as students who are getting to experience their first "I'm an Aggie for Life" moment.

Visit METM at our website if you or someone you know would be interested in becoming a technical leader. We accept applications year-round.


METM students receive their Aggie Rings

So let us know:
What was your "I'm an Aggie for Life" moment?

9 years old watching the A&M sip game and when the band ran off the field at halftime, I was hooked.....errr gigged!!

My Aggie petroleum engineering graduate daughter made me a proud Aggie dad for life!

89' night game as a senior in HS, sitting on the student side. Fight broke out pregame on the sidelines. The swaying started and I was like wtf is this cult? Filled out my application the following week.

I was born into it. I never knew or wanted it any other way!

Picking cotton in Temperatures exceeding 105 F

aeon-ag said:

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I was born into it. I never knew or wanted it any other way!

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Uncle B Armor Class of 54
Dad C Armor Class of 58

Saturday October 3, 1964, Memorial Stadium Austin Texas. I was pretty much a cradle Aggie, but i grew up in house divided. Dad TAMC '50 Mom t.u. '42. I always figured I'd was headed for A&M but there was always the lingering doubt, and I had lots of buddies headed for t.u. Then came the night of the night. I was in the Boy Scouts ushering at t.u. The sips were playing West Point. At the start of the second half the few cadets that were there formed a line for their team with a small victory sign. The big tough sip cowboys who outnumbered the cadets at least four to one broke up the line and stole the sign. I was shocked and disgusted, any thought of being a sip vanished that night. Two weeks later I was back yelling for Arkansas when they beat the sips 14-13. It's kind of sad to think that so many of the cadets were seniors, West Point class of '65, the class that lost so many in Viet-Nam.

After I was accepted into Texas A&M University as a transfer student on May 17, 2013

I was born an Aggie, Dad is class of 59.

The first time I stepped off at the North end zone of Kyle Field in the Fighting Texas Aggie Band, September 1964.

Being wakened early in the morning on fall days by band practicing their drill. Yes, raised in the neighborhood just south of campus. Every time I hear the band I am magically transported to being a toddler again laying in my bed listening through the open window of my childhood bedroom

was born into it father played for stallings.

that said in 1985 when we beat texas 42-10 and the players carries jackie off the field with cotton towels waiving i was hooked. i was 8 at the time but i knew that was something special.

When I realized I would rather go to junior college than Tech and I couldn't get into Texas.

Im a sadist.

That's such a great place to grow up!

Bonfire - 1999

I'm not an Aggie. However, my participation in the recovery/cleanup voided my previous feelings and emotions for A&M. I am a lifelong fan of Aggies and have made annual donations to the school since then.

The rivalry still has meaning but there's no reason to hate for me.

85 game against t.u. First time at Kyle. Senior in high school, my older sister was a freshman 2% that gave me her two tickets to the game. Sat in the student section and although I had no idea what was going on it felt like heaven to me. One of my fondest memories ever. Just couldn't believe the energy and pride everyone had. The cotton balls blowing around the stadium at the end was awesome.

Bonfire 1990

applied to one school after that

I was an Aggie when I took my first engineering course. I didn't have an option.

Have degrees from three different schools, A&M being one of them (Master's). Never really learned my alma mater, or the one at the other university....didn't really care.

Moved to College Station, and obviously new to A&M. But in two weeks I was proudly singing the Aggie War Hymn!

1999 Bonfire and the t.u. victory the friday after Thanksgiving.

I was born into a family of Aggies. My grandfather essentially raised me, he's class of '74 & the most loyal Aggie & the greatest man I've ever met.

I was raised an orange blood. I got accepted into TU after a year at Blinn while most of my lifelong buddies were Ags and went to A&M. Well, I enrolled at TU and after a year of putting up with all of the whack jobs on campus I quickly realized that the school in ATX wasn't for me. I would periodically visit CS during my time at Blinn and while enrolled at TU and always had a great time and met a lot of wonderful people. Don't get me wrong, there were plenty of people at TU I could relate with, and I have really good friends to this day that I met during my stint there. Ultimately though my heart told me I wasn't a Longhorn, I was an Aggie. I transferred to A&M after two semesters at TU (much to the despise of my tsip dad) and quickly realized that was one of the best decisions of my life.

Fast forward to today, and my wife (who is also an Ag) and I have three little Aggies...much to the despise of their tsip grandpa who tries to slip them Longhorn merch every now and again.

I had a miserable time at A&M for various reasons. Hated my time in CS. However, I felt nostalgic and seeing the positives only after I left. I did another degree from a more prestigious university but I still have a "Texas A&M" decal on my car rear window and license plate and follow only Aggie sports.

Left in the late 90s, haven't visited College Station since. About 27 years.

Nothing against my own school but I want my kids to go elsewhere. A&M is mine. They can have their own school. My son goes to another school and my daughter is likely to as well.

I live far away from CS but every now and then I see a car with A&M on the license plate and I get a great thrill and many times people have given me the Gig Em while driving by!

Also I saw a chap wearing an A&M shirt in my gym a few weeks ago. That was awesome, being so far away from CS. I got a couple of A&M shirts as well for gym use.

Birth.