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A-plusses, if given, are usually assigned a value of 4.0 (equivalent to an A) due to the common assumption that a 4.00 is the best possible grade-point average, although 4.33 is awarded at some institutions. In some places, .25 or .3 instead of .33 is added for a plus grade and subtracted for a minus grade.
Equivalent to a low A* in the old grading system. 7: A: Equivalent to an A in the old grading system. 6: B: Equivalent to a B in the old grading system. 5: C: Equivalent to a high C in the old grading system. This is generally considered to be the preferred minimum grade to enter Level 3 courses. 4: Equivalent to a low C in the old grading system.
The school had a long-term connection with T. Boone Pickens, who was appointed to its board of regents in 1969. On March 21, 1973, Pickens resigned from the board in protest, [clarification needed], but was reappointed in 1981 and became its chair in 1982. He continued to chair its board until its merger with the Texas A&M system in 1990.
Former Texas Tech Board of Regents member [125] Amon G. Carter: 1930 Former Texas Tech Board of Regents member [125] Tom C. Clark: 1947 United States Supreme Court Justice and United States Attorney General [125] Glenna Goodacre — Sculptor [126] Fred Gurley: 1953 President of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway [125] Kent Hance [a] 2005
The Texas A&M International (TAMIU) athletic teams are called the Dustdevils. The university is a member of the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the Lone Star Conference (LSC) since the 2019–20 academic year.
Texas A&M–Kingsville is located in Kingsville, Texas, just 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Corpus Christi, Texas and 120 miles (190 km) north of Mexico. Kingsville, with a population of 25,000, is home to the headquarters of the famed King Ranch and Naval Air Station Kingsville .
TEA is overseen by a 15-member State Board of Education (SBOE) elected from single-member districts. [25] There are no term limits. Terms are four years in length, with one two-year term each decade. Similar to the arrangement of the Texas Senate, SBOE members are divided into two groups based in part on the intervening Census:
Texas A&M was ranked among the more selective law schools in 2019, placing 37th nationally in a 24/7 Wall St. ranking based on overall acceptance rate, median LSAT, and median undergraduate GPA. [23] Texas A&M accepted 18.41% of applicants for the 2021 first-year class. The median LSAT score is 163, and the median GPA is 3.84. [24]