a) only 2% aggie

b) 98% aggie but its the other 2% that makes all the difference

c) the bottom 2% (in terms of "aggie-ness" of the entire aggie population

d) other

the 2% of the student population that doesn't support the football program

The 2% of Aggies that do not support Aggie traditions.

The %2 act like the burnt orange types

2% alcohol

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To me, it means they just do 2% of the activities that A&M offers.....In other words they simply go to class and do nothing else. No participation in any traditions, and no participation in any sports...

2% of the students don't participate in any student activities.

The 2% tag is leveled when someone doesn't blindly follow and/or promote everything Aggie, including all traditions, dumb or not.

Kinda like leveling a "Commie" tag on someone who didn't go along with the Senator's Communist trials in the 50's (or was it 60's?).

I think it's stupid.

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You are an absolute moron. Somthing tells me you got you're AgTag by transfering from a JuCo and getting few enough hrs to get you're diploma.


Agreeing with Algore about Global Warming is an example of blind following. Being an Aggie is about going to school for more than an education and participating in traditions is part of the experience, not blindly following. If you're too dense to see the difference, you're truly a 2 percenter.

I think we should put DK's pic in the dictionary next to 2%er. Sounds like he doesn't know the definition of it, even though he is one.

Uh-Oh, did someone's pee pee get stepped on?

You guys have never heard of anyone being tagged the "dreaded" 2%-er tag if they don't yell out enough "Howdy's" or or whatever?

While some may not wish to participate in every single tradition or state of "Aggieness" as others, that doesn't make them less than an Aggie. And denoting someone as such, i.e. a "2%er" is doing exactly that.

And no, I spent my full time in Aggieland....but thanks for trying to say that I am less educated because, again, I may not wish to participate in everything Aggie. To try to correlate my previous response to having less than a full degree shows your mental (and social) aptitude.

As a self-professed 2%er, I'd describe it as going to school and loving sports, but choosing to only participating in some of the traditions.

I admit it is difficult for me to imagine being a 2%er today. I started in '63. The Corps was mandatory, so it run everything on campus. At that time the term 2%er may well have applied to the non-regs on campus. I doubt the make up much more than 2% of the student body. Many students stayed in the Corps even if the did not have a contract for a Commission. They were D&C(Drill & Ceremony) and participated 100% in Corps activities. What % of the student is in the Corps now? I suspect by our defintion of 2%er, there may be considerable more of you around. We had no choice but to participate in ALL of the traditions.

I hope you did not take what I said too seriously, since I am really not in a position to judge the environment on the campus today. Hopefully I will never see an "A&M Ex" bumper sticker!!!!

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Last time I checked, about 4%.

WOW!! I return to the campus every few years for a football game, or just detour by on the way back from where ever, but I had no idea. Our enrollment fell below 10,000 at one time if I remember. Had something to do with the Viet Nam war as I recall. Seriously....4%?

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You are an absolute moron. Somthing tells me you got you're AgTag by transfering from a JuCo and getting few enough hrs to get you're diploma.

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I freaking love it when someone calls someone else a moron, and in the same post uses the wrong "your."

A 2%er is someone that attends A&M, but doesn't "get it." They think that A&M is just a school little or no different than any other, when it is in fact something wholly different and more special. 98% of Ags get that. 2% don't.

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I'm an idiot for betting on the Ags, and was pwned by ParisTx04

a 2%er is a student of texas a&m that is not an aggie....you can usually find them saying things like...

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While some may not wish to participate in every single tradition or state of "Aggieness" as others, that doesn't make them less than an Aggie. And denoting someone as such, i.e. a "2%er" is doing exactly that.

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i think the corp is now sub-2000 members, but i could be wrong, so 4% sounds about right

Its those "Aggies" (and I usethe term loosely) only give about 2% effort in those actions and traditions that DEFINE what it is to be an Aggie. This would include:

Acting like a grown-up member of a family.
Participating in the campus-culture.
Keeping A&M from becoming "...just another university."
Continuing to hold true to the principles of Aggieland after you've graduated.

From my 20-year experience in the Navy, I define a two percenter as one of that small percentage of the sailors who caused ninety-eight of the personnel problems.

A two percenter in Aggieland is someone like poster SulRoss, i.e., someone who has nothing but negative things to say about A&M.

Gig 'Em, Aggies !!

DK = 2%er

2%ers are BORING

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As a self-professed 2%er, I'd describe it as going to school and loving sports, but choosing to only participating in some of the traditions.

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No, that isn't it. You don't have to participate in every tradition in order not to be a 2%er. Also, you wouldn't care about sports either. It is simply someone who only goes to class here at A&M and doesn't participate in ANYTHING else that Aggies do outside of class. There are way too many people that go to sporting events or maybe an occasional muster/silver taps and while they may not be as hardcore Aggie as you, they are a step above those that do not go at all..

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A 2%er is someone that attends A&M, but doesn't "get it." They think that A&M is just a school little or no different than any other, when it is in fact something wholly different and more special. 98% of Ags get that. 2% don't.

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I don't know if I agree with this because a girl who graduated from A&M who knew my sister told me straight up she was a 2%er. She didn't go to anything like muster, or football or basketball games.. On the other hand, she completely knew what A&M stood for. She got it, and loved what it was all about but just didn't participate due mostly to lack of time, and some just simple laziness. Like I said, she "gets it", but there is a big difference between getting it and participating in it.



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Oh, and for those of you saying it is 2% of the students that don't participate in any that is Aggie....Do you really think that 98% of the people that go to A&M are not 2%ers????? That is why I think it is more or less only doing 2% of what A&M has to offer....CLASS. And not 2% of the students because it is a MUCH higher percentage.

As things are on campus these days, the definitions of the tags need to be reversed - i think its fair to say that the percentage of people who "dont get it" is closer to 98 than it is to 2.

asf, I would say that most everyone who goes to A&M gets it, they just don't do anything about it. Most of the 2%ers I talk to understand a lot of what A&M represents, they just don't care. Doesn't mean they don't get it.

Even Dr. Gates was a 2%er! He often said he hated the term "from the inside you can't explain it (Aggie Spirit), and from the outside you can't understand it (Aggie Spirit)"!

To be a 2%er all you have to do disrepect ANY old age Aggie Tradition! This includes yell leaders, humping it, HOWDY, uncover, fish wildcattig into Kyle, hazing, bull ring, knowing the name and hometown of every football player on the Fightin' Texas Aggie Football Team, etc. etc.etc...............

Of course there are so many 2%ers now it is impossible to reverse their high school, cookie cutter, bamma gamma fi fy fo delta alpha frat attitudes.

If you refer to the north forty as anything other than t.u. or 'sips, you are not an AGGIE.

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oh boy here we go

JT, you caught a big one

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Even Dr. Gates was a 2%er! He often said he hated the term "from the inside you can't explain it (Aggie Spirit), and from the outside you can't understand it (Aggie Spirit)"!

To be a 2%er all you have to do disrepect ANY old age Aggie Tradition! This includes yell leaders, humping it, HOWDY, uncover, fish wildcattig into Kyle, hazing, bull ring, knowing the name and hometown of every football player on the Fightin' Texas Aggie Football Team, etc. etc.etc...............

Of course there are so many 2%ers now it is impossible to reverse their high school, cookie cutter, bamma gamma fi fy fo delta alpha frat attitudes.

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Don't you think it has changed a little in todays day? I mean no one acts like this anymore. God forbid we have an attitude of our own ya know. If I had known in order to be a true Aggie you had to conform to every standard that old Ags wanted you to live by, I never would have done it. I love it here because of the tradition rich history, but by no means am I going to obligate myself into doing something just because the old Aggie way tells me to.

Did you have to know the hometown of every football player when there were no scholarship limits? What about freshman teams? Did you also have to know everyone of them as well? And I guess "frats" are really bad and frowned upon, but for what reason? Thanks in advance for the answers.

Its pretty safe to say anyone who bothers to get on this site is not a 2%er despite any opinions they might have.

i do remember the term 2 percenter on the movie never been licked. . . . . .

The main character said something like "I just don't like all this hazing and stuff"

the nice old prof responded, "you know what do to people like you. We call them 2 percenters. We deal with them. They don't stay here for long."

As for me, i feel that the qualification of a 2 percenter are those who defines themselves as one.

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I think the name 2%er comes from the percentage of aggies who don't order aggie rings (2% for the slow posters). It is then used to describe someone doing something very un-aggie like.

Just out of question, if people want to attend A&M but not participate in traditions, do they not have a right to do so?