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Admissions Process

  1. Submit the admission application, completed and signed.
  2. Attach the $25 application fee ($50 for international students). Make the check or money order payable to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Include your name and social security number on the check.
  3. Have the testing agency send your SAT or ACT score directly to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. SAT code: 0366. ACT code: 4045.
  4. Have your high school send a current, official transcript indicating grades and class rank at least through the junior year directly to the University. The transcript must confirm the courses which will be completed through the senior year. If you have graduated from high school already, have your school furnish an official transcript which includes the date of graduation, class rank and grades for all courses taken. Definition of "official": the transcript bears an original signature of a school official and/or the school seal and is mailed directly from the school.
  5. Meet high school unit requirements (see below).
  6. Satisfy class rank/test score requirements (see below).
  7. Have all previous colleges send an official college transcript. Your cumulative grade point average (GPA) must be 2.0 on a scale of 4.0. You must be a student in good standing and eligible to return to the last college or university attended.
 
 

 

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Admissions Requirements

    • English . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 credits
    • Laboratory Sciences .. 3 credits
      (At least 1 in biology, chemistry, or physics)
    • Mathematics . . . . . . . . 3 credits
      (Algebra or higher; may include plane geometry)
    • Social Studies . . . . . . . 3 credits
    • Foreign Language . . . 2 credits
      (must be 2 credits in one foreign language or American Sign Language)

It is recommended that high school students have at least 1 credit in computer literacy. Competency is required prior to graduation from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

Credit for International Baccalaureate Diploma (IBD)

In keeping with Senate Bill 111, our University grants credit for International Baccalaureate (IB) exams with certain required scores to incoming freshmen students. Texas institutions of higher education must award at least 24 semester credit hours in appropriate subject areas on all IB exams with scores of 4 or above, as long as the incoming freshman has earned an IBD. Click here to view our IBD Credit Chart, or contact the Office of Admissions and Records for more information.

Automatic Admissions Standards

  
Class Standing
Top 10%
Next 15%
2nd Qtr.
3rd Qtr.
4th Qtr.
SAT Score
No Minimum
900
1000
1100
1200
ACT Score
No Minimum
19
21
23
27
The above SAT scores include the combination of the Critical Reading and Math Sections. Our current test score requirements do not include the writing section component.

THEA Test Requirements

The Texas State Legislature requires that all part-time and full-time students who enter Texas public institutions of higher education must take the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA). Beginning in Fall 1998, students are required to take the THEA before enrolling in a Texas public institution of higher education.

Exemptions to the THEA Requirement

You may be THEA exempt if:

  1. Your ACT or SAT test scores were as follows:
  • You have an ACT composite score of 23 or higher. With a 19 minimum on the mathematics and English test each.
  • You have an SAT score of 1070. With a minimum of 500 on the mathematics and verbal tests each.

For more information on the THEA test and additional exemptions, please visit the Academic Testing Website.

NOTE: Scores are valid only if ACT and SAT scores are no more than five years old on the date of the student's initial enrollment in a Texas public institution of higher learning.

Last Updated: July 16, 2008