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Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948.

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In 1963, the Texas state legislature officially renamed the school to Texas A&M University, with the "A" and "M" being a symbolic link to the school's past but no longer officially standing for "Agricultural and Mechanical."

What does "A&M" stand for? Agricultural and Mechanical, originally, but today the letters no longer explicitly stand for anything. When Texas A&M was opened on Oct. 4, 1876 as the state's first public institution of higher education, it was called the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, or "A&M" for short.

Located in the heart of the Houston-Dallas-Austin triangle and within a two-hour drive of 26 million of the state's 28 million residents, Texas A&M's main campus in College Station is home to more than 69,000 students.

ing to oral history, the origin of the Aggie Bulldog mascot stems from a tale of a shepherd dog, a bulldog, that was kept on the college's farm to assist in herding the cattle and other animals into shelter.

Automatic admission is granted to students who graduate or will graduate from an accredited U.S.high school and meet one of the following: Top 25% of high school class. Cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) SAT score of 1100 or higher; or a Composite ACT score of 22 Or higher.

Best known for its business, agriculture and engineering programs, Texas A&M also has one of the country's largest programs in recreation, park and tourism management.