How To Register For Nsc Tamu

New Educatee Conference

Hullo Class of 2026!

Welcome to the Aggie Family! At your New Student Conference (NSC) you will acquire how to take total advantage of all the academic programs, pupil life services and extracurricular activities the Texas A&M University College Instruction Center at McAllen has to offering. As a new undergraduate pupil, yous are required to register for and attend a New Student Conference in order to register for classes.

The following data is applicable to students attending Summertime 2022 New Student Conferences.

New Educatee Conferences will be available in-person for 2022

At this fourth dimension, nosotros are planning for students to accept an in-person experience for the 2022 Summer NSCs.

If students demand to change briefing dates or edit registration information, consummate these processes in the Applicant Information Organisation (AIS) atbidder.tamu.edu. Edits should not be made to a registration within 5 business days prior to a scheduled NSC. If students need to reschedule close to their scheduled engagement, they should submit a asking via AIS, Contact Us – NSC Registration.

In-Person Experience
Through the in-person format we volition connect with students and family members via presentations and activities to assist your transition to Texas A&M. If you have any questions, delight contact Marimar Miguel at mmiguel@tamu.edu or 956-271-1305.

Nosotros wait forward to creating a positive and supportive experience for y'all in your transition to the Texas A&1000 University Higher Didactics Center at McAllen.

Cheers and Gig 'em!

Register for your New Student Conference

Accepting your offer of admission and registering for an NSC is the beginning step in the process of becoming an Aggie. NSC dates for Summertime 2022 are available below.

How to Register Online for the NSC

Go to hello.tamu.edu, and select the Bidder tab (on a mobile device, you can find Applicant via the menu push on the top left of your screen).
Select Applicant Data System (AIS), and log in using your NetID and password
Under theMy App Status tab, you lot volition see your admission decision. If you have been accepted to the university, the My Next Steps button will appear. Click this push.
Follow the steps shown on the screen to annals for an NSC and accept the admission offer.

Annotation: Not all colleges participate in each New Student Briefing.

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Freshman NSC

For freshmen students, the non-refundable Conference fee of $100 is required to secure your place in a conference.

For McAllen NSCs, this fee includes all NSC materials and programming, breakfast & lunch, and one family/guest registration.

Transfer NSC

For transfer students, the not-refundable Conference fee of $100 is required to secure your identify in a conference.

For McAllen NSCs, this fee includes all NSC materials and programming, breakfast & lunch, and one family/invitee registration.

Deferrals

NSC fees tin can exist deferred if you used an application fee waiver for the Texas A&M application for admission. NSC fee deferral means the fee will exist added to your tuition bill. You may cull this pick online during NSC registration allowing you to annals without making a payment.

Questions

If y'all are unable to log in to Howdy or the Applicant Data System, please contact Help Desk Central at (979) 845-8300, Monday-Sunday, 24-hours a day.

For other questions related to NSC registration, please contact Marimar Miguel at (956) 271-1305 or mmiguel@tamu.edu

Summer 2022 New Student Conference Dates

Date	MAJORS PARTICIPATING
July 12	Biomedical Sciences
July thirteen	Construction Science
July fourteen	Engineering science
July nineteen	Agricultural Economics
July 20	Academy Studies – Arts & Sciences
July 21	Public Health, Maritime Business Administration

Summer 2022 New Student Conference Sample Schedule

*Please note: Briefing schedules are provided online for your convenience and planning purposes. Program times and locations are subject field to change, particularly equally we transition into a virtual surroundings. You lot will receive an official finalized schedule of events a few weeks before your New Student Conference.

View Sample Schedule

Fulfill all NSC Requirements & Testing

There are a couple of items to complete prior to attending your New Pupil Conference and enrolling in classes. Review your personalize checklist online at bidder.tamu.edu

Send your final High Schoolhouse Transcript after graduation
Send your bacterial meningitis proof of vaccination
Fulfill the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) requirements
Complete Tuition Charge per unit Code pick in How-do-you-do, hullo checklist, (in-state residents merely)
Complete Math Placement Exam at Texas A&Thou (required)Annotation: All freshmen must take the MPE (College of Engineering and College of Science students volition have a proctored test – for details and registration, visit: Engineering MPE Website
Complete the Lab Safety Acquittance (required)
Send any AP/IB scores to authorize for and claim college credit (if applicable)
Actuate your Texas A&M Pupil Email business relationship
Submit your photo online for your Aggie ID Card

Register Family Members & Guests

For freshman, i family fellow member/guest registration is included in the NSC registration fee. Annals family members and guests online at tx.ag/McAllenNSCGuest to grant them access to our Aggie Family Portal. Family unit and guest registration will be available online until x concern days prior to the briefing. On-site registration will be available at the NSC; nevertheless, nosotros HIGHLY suggest you register online in advance. Communication with registered family members will brainstorm a few weeks prior to NSCs.

Guests with Disabilities

Inability Resources interacts and collaborates with students, faculty and staff to promote an inclusive environment at Texas A&Thou University past educating the campus customs and facilitating appropriate accommodations for students with disabilities.

Students with documented disabilities including, but non limited to, mobility, hearing, visual, learning and/or mental health disabilities may be eligible for services and should submit an adaptation request form and supporting documentation of their inability to Disability Resources to begin the procedure to set up accommodations.

Representatives from Disability Resources are available to meet with students and family unit members almost. If eligible, y'all may arrange for accommodations for your conference by submitting documentation of your inability to Disability Resources at least two weeks prior to your NSC.

Disability Resource
Pupil Services Building, 1st Floor
(979) 845-1637
inability.tamu.edu

Arrange Overnight Accommodations

The New Student Conference is mandatory, so if you're traveling from outside of the Rio Grande Valley, you lot'll need overnight accommodations for at to the lowest degree one night. For hotel/cabin accommodations in the McAllen expanse, delight contact the McAllen Convention and Visitors Bureau at (956) 682-2871, or visit: visitmcallen.com/businesses/hotels.

Veterans and Armed services Dependents

Texas A&M University, we are proud of our rich military heritage. We besides accept cracking pride in our standing as a national leader in service to our students who areveterans, agile duty, war machine dependents and survivors. Texas A&M University is committed to serving well those who have served. At McAllen, our Enrollment Specialist, Yolanda Cardona, and staff at the Veteran Services Role have a unique and powerful relationship that is specifically designed to facilitate your transition to our nationally ranked campus so you can achieve your educational and career goals.

Veterans Services Office

TheVeteran Services Office helps veterans and their eligible dependents maximize their funding at Texas A&1000. The VSO provides services and support for accessing Veteran Assistants (VA) and state educational activity benefits. In add-on to certifying your benefit eligibility, they tin assist with financial aid and scholarship questions. Services from this part include:

Federal and land veterans' education benefits processing
Scholarship and financial aid advising

Contact

Yolanda Cardona
Enrollment Specialist
Texas A&1000 University College Education Middle at McAllen
HECM 318.ii
(956) 271-1315
ycardona91@tamu.edu

Veteran Services Office
Pavilion Bldg, Rm 205
(979) 845-8075
veterans@tamu.edu

International Students

Any students who are not U.S. Citizens or U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents – regardless of whether you are classified as a resident for tuition purposes by meeting the criteria for HB-1403, SB-1528 or the 36-Month Provision – are considered to be international students at Texas A&G Academy.

Cheque-In & Orientation
All new international students are blocked from course registration through an ISS Cheque-In registration hold. The ISS Check-In registration hold is removed one time the student has completed specific requirements, outlined on theISS website.

Campus Liaisons
Although there are not international educatee offices located on satellite locations, all international students attending the Texas A&Thousand University Higher Education Center at McAllen will have access to the International Student Services (ISS) role on the College Station campus. ISS will besides adjust to visit each campus outside of Bryan/College Station at least once per yr. You volition be notified about this visit through an email message to your @email.tamu.edu business relationship.

All ISS advisors are available to assist you lot and can process requests for you. Fifty-fifty if you cannot visit our office in person, requests can exist submitted directly to ISS via e-mail (iss@tamu.edu), fax (979-862-46330), or mail service (1226 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-1226). We are also happy to conduct appointments with y'all in person or over the phone. Appointments do need to exist scheduled in advance past visiting the office or calling ISS at 979-845-1824.

At to the lowest degree 1 private at each campus has been designated equally an ISS liaison. The ISS liaison serves equally your on-campus contact and can assist you with communicating with ISS every bit needed. Immigration advising and document processing will not be handled by your campus liaison. These services volition exist provided past the ISS function in College Station.

Currently, the campus liaisons to ISS at McAllen is the post-obit individual:

Ms. Marimar Miguel
Programme Coordinator
Texas A&M University Higher Education Center at McAllen
6200 Tres Lagos Blvd. (Suite 125)
956-271-1305
mmiguel@tamu.edu

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

FAQ

Is it mandatory that I attend a educatee conference?

Yes. All new undergraduate students are required to complete a Virtual New Educatee
Briefing in club to complete enrollment at Texas A&G Academy (non required for
Graduate, Post-Baccalaureate, Re-Admits, or modify of curriculum students from Texas A&G Galveston). Texas A&M University is committed to the orientation and academic transition of each new student. A new pupil will receive academic advisement, an opportunity to learn and sign up for different academy services and register for classes at their New Educatee Briefing. Failing to complete a briefing will prohibit yous from registering for classes and attending Texas A&M Academy. Those who practise not complete a Virtual NSC forfeit their admission to Texas A&M University and must reapply for a future term.

Must I attend all sessions of my conference?

Yes. In social club to provide a comprehensive orientation experience, you are required to complete the unabridged Virtual NSC. Conference sessions build upon each other in guild to prepare you for your transition to Texas A&Yard and to consummate course registration. Failure to complete your total Virtual NSC volition consequence in your beingness blocked from registering for your outset semester courses.

Every bit a pupil, can I annals for a conference online and pay after?

Some students volition exist eligible for an NSC fee deferral if they utilized an awarding fee waiver. If a deferral is selected as a payment method, it means the educatee will exist billed for the $100 non-refundable conference fee at the beginning of their starting time semester.

Unless you were able to employ an application fee deferral, you are not able to reserve a space
in a New Student Conference without payment. If you authorize for this option, it volition announced
automatically.

If I register for my New Student Briefing, am I bound to attend the Texas A&M University Higher Educational activity Center at McAllen?

Nosotros interpret registration in a New Student Briefing equally a confirmation that you will be attending Texas A&G. If yous decide non to attend after registering for a conference, please withdraw your application via the Howdy portal (http://how-do-you-do.tamu.edu/). Your conference fee is, however, not-refundable.

Can I change my conference date?

You lot are required to attend the conference date for which yous are registered. Students are not allowed to participate in a conference they are non registered for in advance. Appeals to change into a restricted or full conference are only granted for military orders, medical emergencies or extreme extenuating circumstances which students can substantiate with written documentation. Please contact Marimar Miguel at mmiguel@tamu.edu to submit an appeal.

What if I want to modify my major?

Admitted students may asking a modify of major via the Howdy Portal at how-do-you-do.tamu.edu by the deadlines posted below. Go to the "Applicant" tab and select "Manage Applications." Some colleges and majors have enrollment limits and will not have a change of major once filled. Students may choose from only those colleges and majors with space bachelor at the time of asking, simply a change of major is never guaranteed and majors can fill prior to processing your request.

Students are encouraged to meet virtually with a Transition Bookish Programs (TAP) Advisor prior to requesting a alter of major to make sure the new major aligns with your career goals. All advising appointments must be fabricated through TAMU Navigate. From the Howdy Portal, click on the Navigate button in My Record or use the Navigate Pupil app on a mobile device. Then follow the directions to set up an academic advising appointment. Appointments can be scheduled upwards to two weeks in accelerate.

Feel free to direct whatever questions concerning alter of majors to the Role of Admissions using the 'Contact U.s.a.' link on theApplicant Data System.

The Modify of Major Deadline for all McAllen programs is June i.

Transfer Students
Transfer students are reviewed for and admitted to a specific major. Changes of major will not be considered for at least one full semester. Many departments and colleges have grade point and class requirements, that must be satisfied to be eligible for a change of major. For change of major requirements, see tap.tamu.edu.

Your course registration at your New Student Briefing volition be limited to the degree plan to which you have been admitted. For more than information, delight contact your specific bookish higher.

Should my family members/guests nourish the New Student Conference with me?

Though not required, family members/guests who serve in primary support roles are encouraged to participate in the New Student Briefing forth with you lot. We accept programs and services specifically designed for family unit members. Texas A&Thou University believes that the higher experience represents a collaboration involving the student, the family unit of the pupil and the University. We invite family members to participate in the NSC programme. We hope that past participating, you lot volition go informed about the University's academic programs, policies, facilities and services.

If my family unit/guests attend(s) with me, do they follow the same schedule I practise?

From a logistical standpoint, the family unit fellow member Virtual NSC experience will await different than for students. Information technology volition have place over the grade of several weeks, and registered guests will receive emails with updates and information. The feel has been advisedly crafted to provide family members the information they need and allows the flexibility to review content at their own pace.

Do I demand to submit my transcript(s) earlier my New Student Briefing?

The Office of Admissions requires official copies of your last high school transcript and whatever completed college courses. Send last high school transcript(s) via TREx (Texas high schools merely) , post, or hand deliver to Admissions Customer Service.If you have higher credit, transport transcripts from the higher via Speede (use code 003632 for TAMU), eScrip-Safe/National Educatee Clearinghouse/Parchment (utilise admissions@tamu.edu if an electronic mail is required), mail, or hand evangelize to Admissions Customer Service.Faxed, emailed, copied or uploaded transcripts are non acceptable official documents and will non consummate a student'due south file.
If you have an unofficial copy of your transcripts, it may be helpful to have them available for your NSC advising appointment.

How can I get my student ID?

You lot are required to submit a pupil ID picture online prior to your NSC atmyaggiecard.tamu.edu. Choice-upward dates and locations volition be communicated via email. Yousmust take a electric current authorities-issued photo ID (drivers license, military ID, etc) to receive your ID menu.

Who do I contact with questions about AP scores?

For questions regarding scoring or how courses will apply to your degree programme, please contact your academic advisor. If you took an Avant-garde Placement examination in May, scores will not be received by Texas A&1000 University until mid-July. Students should only accept AP credit afterwards consulting with their academic advisor, which you lot tin can do during your NSC.