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Qualifications and Requirements

Determination of Aggie Ring eligibility is the function of The Aggie Ring Program. Student records are either accessed through Compass/Howdy or from records obtained from the Texas A&M Office of Admissions and Records.
 

Current Undergraduate Students

In order to verify that all academic requirements have been met, an undergraduate Aggie Ring audit must be completed by all current undergraduate Texas A&M students.
  • Credit Hours
    1. Cumulative Hours
      1. 90 cumulative earned undergraduate credit hours reflected on your unofficial transcript on Compass/Howdy. 
    2. Resident Hours
      1. Attended after December 31, 1993: 45 earned undergraduate resident hours at Texas A&M University.
      2. Attended prior to January 1, 1994: 30 earned undergraduate resident hours at Texas A&M University. You must have successfully completed a Fall/Spring semester or Summer term (I and II or 10 weeks) as a full-time student prior to 1994 to qualify with 30 TAMU resident hours. A full-time student is defined in the University catalog as one that completes 12 credit hours with a 2.0 GPR in a spring or fall semester; or 4 credit hours with a 2.0 GPR in both summer session I & II for a total of 8 hours; or 8 credit hours and a 2.0 GPR in a 10 week session.
  • Minimum 2.0 GPR
  • Must not be on academic probation, suspension, dismissal, expulsion, or on honor violation probation from the university.

Graduate Students

A graduate student qualifies for an Aggie Ring at any of the following times:

Master's Thesis Option

  1. Defended Thesis:  Due to ordering deadlines, you may order at the beginning of the semester you will graduate. Your Ring will be delivered on Aggie Ring Day if you have defended your thesis prior to the deadline set by the Office of Graduate Studies . If you do not defend your thesis prior to this date, your Ring will be held until the qualification is met.
  2. Must not be on academic probation, suspension, dismissal, expulsion, or on honor violation probation from the university.

Master's Non-thesis Option

  1. 75% of coursework completed for degree program at TAMU
  2. Must not be on academic probation, suspension, dismissal, expulsion, or on honor violation probation from the university.

Ph.D. Students

  1. Accepted as a Ph.D. candidate at TAMU
  2. Must not be on academic probation, suspension, dismissal, expulsion, or on honor violation probation from the university.

Former Student Requirements

  • Former Students must have a degree from Texas A&M University and be in good standing with the university
    1. The Ring Office must check your transcript to verify that your degree was conferred by TAMU.
    2. Former student can present their diploma to the Ring Office.
  • Former Students without a Texas A&M undergraduate degree must meet the following requirements:
    1. Cumulative Credit Hours
      1. 90 earned cumulative undergraduate credit hours reflected on the Texas A&M University record.
        1. All undergraduate transfer credit must have been completed and transferred to Texas A&M, BEFORE the last semester of attendance at A&M, to be counted towards the 90 cumulative credit hour requirement.
        2. You cannot transfer hours in after leaving the University to qualify for an Aggie Ring.
    2. Resident Hours
      1. Attended after December 31, 1993: 45 earned undergraduate resident hours at Texas A&M University.
      2. Attended prior to January 1, 1994: 30 earned undergraduate resident hours at Texas A&M University. You must have successfully completed a Fall/Spring semester or Summer term (I and II or 10 weeks) as a full-time student prior to 1994 to qualify with 30 TAMU resident hours. A full-time student is defined in the University catalog as one that completes 12 credit hours with a 2.0 GPR in a spring or fall semester; or 4 credit hours with a 2.0 GPR in both summer session I & II for a total of 8 hours; or 8 credit hours and a 2.0 GPR in a 10 week session.
      3. The last 30 credit hours must be from Texas A&M University.
    3. GPR
      1. Attended after 5/31/69: 2.00 cumulative GPR (under a four point system) at A&M must be reflected on the Texas A&M University record
      2. Attended prior to 6/1/69: 1.00 cumulative GPR (under a three point system) at A&M must be reflected on the Texas A&M University record.
    4. Must not have left the university on academic probation, suspension, dismissal, expulsion, or on honor violation probation.

Non Degree Seeking Students/Certificate Programs

Non-degree seeking students/former students and Certificate Programs do not qualify for an Aggie Ring.

Rules And Regulations

  • Repeat Course Information.
    1. A student cannot receive duplicate credit hours for the same course, per Texas A&M University Academic Rules & Regulations, unless the catalog states the course may be repeated for credit.
    2. If a course was previously passed at Texas A&M University and a grade of D or better was posted, repeating and passing the course at A&M will only change the GPR.
    3. Repeating a course in which a grade of B or better was previously earned will not result in additional grade points, unless the catalog states the course may be repeated for credit.
    4. The lowest grade is always the repeated course. In the event a student repeats an A&M course at another institution and makes a higher grade, the A&M course will be deducted as a repeat. If he/she makes the same grade as before, the transfer course will be deducted as a repeat (no credit).
    5. The successful repeat of a course(s) in which an I or X is already posted to the A&M transcript, results in no credit hours unless a grade change of F, WF, WP or NG is made for the I or X.
  • Credit by examination, work experience, or military experience is only applicable to cumulative credit hours. These hours cannot be used in the calculation of hours in residence at Texas A&M University.
  • Undergraduate transfer credit may be used towards determining eligibility (they count towards your 90 total hours). Before these hours are counted, the following must happen:
    1. The Texas A&M University Transfer Admissions Office, Heaton Hall, has evaluated and entered the course titles and hours onto the A&M transcript. (En route transfer entries are not applicable.)
    2. The courses are not deducted as a result of being repeats of previously credited courses.
  • In the event a student/former student has an undergraduate and graduate student record, both cannot be combined to meet the above requirements, unless enrolled in a recognized University 3 + 2 program.
 
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