An Aggie Ring

Introduction
I think we have a very diverse population of students here at A&M. I’m gotten to meet a lot of diff races, a lot of different ethnic and cultural groups and I think overall it’s a really good thing because you get a chance to meet people that you would have never known from you hometown or from a diff smaller college.

Campus Life and Social Life
There are so many different clubs and organizations you can be in. At the beginning of the year, they have this MSC Open House and there are so many organizations and clubs that come and set up their booths regarding how to become a member of their club and what all it entails. There’s actually a little packet I remember receiving my freshman year that was just pages and pages and pages of clubs and organizations that you can become a member of. Advertisement
Academics
I know many 5th, 6th, 7th year seniors that stay around, take their time. They don’t really want to get out in the real world yet. But you can get finished in 4 years. I’ve had a lot of workloads every semester. I’ve taken 17-18 hours spring, fall and summer semesters just try to get out of here because I’m going on to get my doctorate degree and I want to get finished up and move on with my life.

Student Body
I feel sorry for the CORE cadets because I’ve had the opportunity in the past like my freshman year seeing the freshmen or sophomores come in who had to get up early like 6 am for drills and they’re so tired, they sleep through class and of course the professors always seem to pick on them even though they know they’re exhausted. They never came prepared, they can’t carry backpacks so they never had pens, pencils, scantrons for a test. But I think it’s good, it really helps you get involved in a big part of A&M’s tradition and it’s great for people who want to be involved in the military and the armed forces and stuff like that.

In Closing...
You’re qualified to get your Aggie ring whenever you’ve taken 95 college hours and I think they made a new rule you have to complete 45 of those hours at Texas A&M. And the Aggie ring is a really big deal, it’s kind of something that you live for. And it’s probably the most recognized college ring in the nation. You go anywhere and you see somebody with an Aggie ring and you automatically bond just because there’s that bond between all Aggies. When you get to get your ring it’s a really big deal. You have the ring day ceremonies. You have to go early in the morning, they start at like 7:00 and you pick up a ticket and it gives you a lottery number and they call you by lots. People camp out for this like days at a time like waiting in line because they want to be the first person to get their ticket. And they distribute rings starting at like 3 pm to like 6 and you go through and you get your ring and it’s a big deal. Your family comes in, your friends come in. And then there’s the big Aggie tradition of dunking your ring where you drop your ring in a pitcher of beer and see how fast you can chug it so it’s a pretty great honor when you get that ring because it’s what you’ve been waiting for ever since you were a freshman.