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Yeah, being assaulted for wearing a hat is pretty extreme... but then again tamu being previously a military only/male only/white only school...

Hey Everyone, I was admitted to TAMU under the Mech Engineering program in Fall of 2011, I deferred to Fall 2012, and will be attending this August! I guess my current concern is with regard to housing. Is anyone staying at the on-campus (grad) apartments? How are they? I am moving from California so that they are fully furnished is a massive plus. The other concern that I have is that I have received almost no information regarding the program or what I need to do prior to starting school again. Thus far the only things I have heard about are submitting a first semester proposed course schedule prior to the start of the first semester. It seems to me that the admissions process at TAMU for the grad program is extremely informal. There is also little useful information on the Mech E website in this regard. I have been looking for a "dummies guide" of sorts to graduate school online, but most appear to be catered towards PHD studies. Also, is the social life actually that abysmal at TAMU? From what I gather it doesn't appear that there is much social life for grad students outside of one's department... or much to do at the school at all...

Undergrad Institution: UCSD Major(s): Mechanical Engineering Overall GPA: 2.79 GPA in Major: 2.991 Length of Degree: 5 years Position in Class: ? probably terrible Type of Student: California resident (US Citizen), Ethnicity: Hapa (1/2 Chinese & 1/2 German) GRE Scores: Q: 780 (89%) V: 660 (91%) W: 5.0 (87%) Experience: 2.5 years working in related field (FEA/CFD) Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Nope. Applying for [ MS ] at: USC (Rejected) OSU (Rejected) Texas A&M (Accepted for Fall 2011!) Very late accept (May 2nd), but very glad to get it... late probably due to poor GPA. Most likely would not have gotten in without relevant work experience? Looks like I'll be an Aggie most likely in Fall 2011!