Carswell Alumni[edit] With over 508, 000 alumni, [272] A&M has one of the largest and most active alumni groups in America. [273] Many Aggies have attained local, national, and international prominence. Jorge Quiroga and Martin Torrijos have served as heads of state for Bolivia and Panama, respectively. Rick Perry served as the United States Secretary of Energy, former Governor of Texas, and ran as a 2012 US presidential candidate.
Dormitories, as well as the main dining centers and many campus support facilities, are also on the main campus. Notable buildings on main campus include Kyle Field, Sterling C. Evans Library, the Academic Building, Harrington Hall, the Memorial Student Center, the Administration Building, Rudder Tower, Albritton Bell Tower, and the Bonfire Memorial. [146] To the west of the railroad tracks lies West Campus, which includes most of the sports facilities, the business school, agricultural programs, life sciences, the veterinary college, the political science and economics school, the George Bush School of Government and Public Service, the George Bush Presidential Library and two schools within the Texas A&M Health Science Center.
Mitchell, chairman and CEO, Mitchell Energy and Development Corp. ;[274] Khalid A. Al-Falih, President and CEO of Saudi Aramco;[281] and Eduardo Castro-Wright, CEO of Wal-Mart Stores USA. [282] Many Aggies have become leaders in the armed forces. General Bernard Adolph Schriever, the architect of the Air Force's ballistic missile and military space program, became the namesake of Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado.
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Admission was limited to white males who were required to participate in the Corps of Cadets and receive military training. [20] Originally, the college taught no classes in agriculture or engineering, instead concentrating on classical studies, languages, literature, and applied mathematics. But after working through initial faculty resistance, the school began a heavy focus on degrees in scientific agriculture, civil and mechanical engineering.
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2016[63]Admit rate63. 0% ( −2. 8)Test scores middle 50%*SAT EBRW580–680 ( +50 median)SAT Math580–700 ( +30 median)ACT Composite26–32 ( +2 median)High school GPA†Top 10%65. 84% ( −1. 8)Top 25%91. 53% ( +0. 8)Top 50%98. 96% ( +0. 4)*Among students who chose to submit†Among students whose school ranked As of the fall semester in 2021, Texas A&M was the largest American university, with an enrollment of 72, 982 students[7][64] pursuing degrees in 17 academic colleges.
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