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Early Graduate Admissions Program Office of Graduate and Professional Studies 1

What is Early Graduate Admissions? Assist departments Admission in recruiting of REU & Apply decision high quality USRG early for September domestic and students Fall 2020 2019 URM graduate students  A program open only to summer undergraduate research students participating in a structured research group  Students can apply early for the Fall 2020 semester  Admittance decision in September 2019 2

What is Early Graduate Admissions?  May apply to any participating department  Students have until April 15, 2020 to decline 6/13/2019 3

Motivation for EGA  Money and time for recruiting events/activities to expand our pool of high quality domestic graduate students.  Competitive student interest and opportunity to discover excellent researchers.  Early admissions programs are becoming a national best practice. 6/13/2019 4

Benefits Stud Student Univers rsity ity / D Departm tmen ent  Offer of admission in pocket  Addresses goal of increasing when beginning senior year high quality domestic and (strategy used by industry) underrepresented minority graduate students  Focus on applying for funding  Personal performance in senior year assessment in addition to  Students admitted will be highly traditional application materials considered for appropriate University Level Fellowships  Early pool of potential high quality fellowship nominees  Graduate Diversity Excellence Fellowship  Students are enthusiastic about having a TAMU admission decision 6/13/2019 5

Program Timeline • Deadline for departments to notify OGAPS if participating June • Informational session for USRG students • Informational session for REU students • EGA applications due to OGAPS July • EGA applications forwarded to departments • Departments begin notifying OGAPS of admission decisions August • Departments notify OGAPS of admission decisions • Final department notifies OGAPS of admission decisions • Students notified of departments’ decision September • Deadline for students to submit online application – Application fee is paid by OGAPS • Departments enter admission decisions and Admissions Office November sends official letter of admission • Students officially admitted to TAMU through Office of Admissions 6

EGA Application Materials  Official Transcript  From REU/USRG Application  Two letters of recommendation  From REU/USRG packet  Statement of Purpose  Resume/CV 7

If Accepted  Students must complete online application (e.g. ApplyTexas, EngineeringCAS, etc.) no later than September 30 th  Students should take the GRE by November 2019 and submit scores to department to be competitive for university/college/department fellowships 8

EGA Student Demographics 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017- 2018- 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Applicants 19 29 31 8 26 16 18 Applicants Accepted 13 22 28 6 23 15 16 Attending TAMU 10 12 11 1 15 0 4 # of Participating Programs/Departments 22 17 22 7 12 23 32 Fellowship Awardees 7 4 4 1 1 0 0 Applicants Applicants Accepted Attending TAMU # of Participating Programs/Departments Fellowship Awardees 6/13/2019 9

Participating Departments Accepting previous year REU Department: Program Level Participation: Experiences: Ag Leadership, Ed & Comm MS (Thesis Option), PhD Yes Biological & Ag Engineering All Yes Biochemistry & Biophysics PhD No, 2019 only Entomology MS and PhD yes Construction Science MS in Construction Management yes Public Service and Administration MPSA Yes Biomedical Engineering MS, MEN, PhD Yes Chemical Engineering MS AND PhD Yes Computer Sci & Engineering MS Only Yes Electrical & Computer Engineering ME, MS, PhD Yes Mechanical Engineering ME, MS, PhD Yes Materials Science & Eng MSEN, MENGR, MS, PhD Yes Nuclear Engineering ME, MS, PhD Yes Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution MS in Engineering Technology Yes Geography MS, PhD, and MGSC last summer only Genetics PhD last summer, forward MS (Thesis option) and PhD Marine Biology Yes Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences MPH No, 2019 only MPH in Occupational Health & Safety; Environmental and Occupational Health MPH in Environmental Health No, 2019 only Epidemiology and Biostatistics MPH No, 2019 only 10

Applications are due by 5:00pm on Friday, July 19th – Email to ogaps-grad-recruit@tamu.edu or – In person to Jack K. Williams Administration Building, suite 112

Questions? Office of Graduate and Professional Studies 6/13/2019 12

Early Graduate Admission Program Dr. Shannon D. Walton shannon@tamu.edu Office of Graduate and Professional Studies 6/13/2019 13