Freshmen Admissions

A student is considered a freshman if they:

• graduated high school or earned a General Equivalency Diploma (GED),

• will graduate high school or earn a GED, or

• has not attended a full term (Fall or Spring) at a postsecondary school after high school/GED completion.

Freshman are required to meet one of the following to be admitted to the university:

• Rank in top 30 percent of their graduating class

• Have a composite ACT score of 21 or better

• Have a minimum combined SAT (prior to March 2016) of 980

• Have a minimum combined SAT (March 2016 or later) of 1060

• Have a minimum cumulative high school GPA of 2.75 on a 4.0 GPA Scale

Freshman students will also be required to submit:

• Proof they have had the Bacterial Meningitis immunization within the last five years

• Official college transcripts from dual credit or concurrent enrollment courses

• Official high school transcript with graduation date

• Proof they satisfied the Texas Success Initiative

Test Optional:

• Students have the option of submitting their ACT or SAT scores but are not required to do so.  ACT and SAT scores may help in determining your admission decision and/or scholarship awarding.

Transfer Admissions

The university considers an applicant a transfer student if the applicant has attempted any college level credit hours at a regionally accredited institution after high school graduation or upon completion of their General Equivalency Diploma (GED).  Transfer applicants must be eligible to enroll at all colleges or universities previously attended.

In order to be considered for transfer admissions, you must have:

• any post secondary transferable credit in a full term (Fall or Spring) after high school/GED completion.  If a student only attends the summer term immediately following high school completion they will still be considered a freshman, and;
• 2.0 cumulative grade point average (GPA) or higher

Transcripts:

• Send us all official college transcripts
  • You must submit official transcripts from ALL colleges and universities attended.
  • An official transcript bears the original signature of a school official and/or an official school seal.
  • Must be received in a sealed envelope from either the issuing institution, hand delivered, and/or electronically through an approved transcript platform.  Please note that unofficial transcripts will not be accepted.
  • Transcripts from correspondence courses and credit obtained through the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (Dantes), International Baccalaureate Diploma (IBD), and Advanced Placement (AP) Exam.  
• Additional Information
  •   Military transcript(s)
    • If a student is or has been a member of any branch of the military, he or she has an Army/American Council on Education Registry Transcript System (AARTS), Sailor/Marine American Council on Education Registry Transcript (SMART), or Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) transcript. Some of the courses taken while serving in the military may be applicable to certain degree plans.   
  • A student cannot disregard any part of the college record except under provisions of the Academic Fresh Start Policy. 
  • Failure to submit all transcripts could result in administrative withdrawal from the university.  Students cannot use records from one institution posted on a transcript from a second institution for admission purposes.  S

Please use the physical address as the mailing address when requesting transcripts and test scores:          

Texas A&M University -Texarkana
7101 University Avenue
Texarkana, TX 75503

– or –

admissions@tamut.edu

Students must submit any work attempted at another college subsequent to admission to the university whether or not students earned credit. Transcripts become the property of the university, and the university cannot return the transcripts to the student. The university will keep the transcripts on file for one year only if the student does not enroll.

All regionally accredited coursework will be evaluated by our admissions office once the transcript is received.