Undergraduate Enrollment Plan 2022-2023

1. Incoming Freshmen – 1,125 admitted

Mays does not directly select new freshmen. All students must apply through the university’s Office of Admissions process. Select business (BUAD) as your first-choice major. Once you have been admitted to the university, you will be considered by University Admissions for entry into Mays on a first-come, first-served basis. The demand for Mays is much greater than the number actually admitted, so it is important to complete the application process early. If there is no space available in Mays when you are admitted to the university, you will be placed in your second-choice major. Please direct all inquiries to the Office of Admissions, not Mays.

2. Transfer Students from Other Universities and Colleges – 100 admitted

A limited number of transfers from other universities are admitted to Mays through the university’s Office of Admissions process.

Transfer applicants will be admitted on a competitive basis through a comprehensive application review process for summer or fall admission only.
Students are encouraged to plan early and consult with an admissions counselor. This admission process requires strict and comprehensive adherence by the applicant to Mays Business School’s Required Coursework. Students need to have credit for both required math courses before submitting an application.
Successful applicants must have completed required coursework at the time of application and have consistently excellent grades. Spring grades are not considered for summer or fall transfer admission decisions. Second-choice majors are not accepted.
Transfer applicants who accept transfer admission to a non-business major at Texas A&M are generally not eligible for future on-campus change-of-major into Mays. See 3. On-Campus Change of Major: Minimum Requirements.

3. On-Campus Change of Major (also called Change of Curriculum) – approximately 100 admitted

Currently enrolled students at Texas A&M may change their major to Mays on a limited basis. The requirements are specific and the number admitted is small.

Minimum Requirements:

Students may request change of major to Mays Business School by meeting the following requirements:

admitted to Texas A&M through the Freshman admission process, and
cumulative GPA of 3.5 or greater in a minimum of 30 graded hours at Texas A&M, and
total college credit hours do not exceed 60 (including transfer credit, but excluding AP and dual credit completed in high school), and
completion of qualifying course requirements with a GPA of 3.5 or greater (shown below).

Transfer applicants who accepted admission to a non-business major at Texas A&M will be considered for on-campus change-of-major to Mays by waiver only. (Note that prospective transfer applicants were instructed not to accept admission to a non-business major with the expectation of later requesting change of major to Mays.)

Qualifying course requirements:

A minimum of four of the following courses completed with a GPA of 3.5 or greater, and two of the four courses must be MATH 140 and MATH 142, or their equivalents.

If more than the four courses minimum are complete, grades in all courses complete will be included in the GPA calculation. If a course has been attempted more than once, the higher grade will be used in this calculation.

MATH 140*	Business Mathematics I (or MATH 148^#, 152* ^#, 168 or 172^#)
MATH 142*	Business Mathematics II – Calculus (or MATH 147^#, 151* ^# or 171^#)
ENGL 104*	Composition and Rhetoric (or ENGL 210)
COMM 203	Public Speaking (or COMM 205 or 243)
ACCT 229	Introductory Accounting – Financial
ACCT 230	Introductory Accounting – Managerial
BUSN 203	Statistical Methods for Business
ECON 202*	Principles of Economics – Microeconomics
ECON 203*	Principles of Economics – Macroeconomics
ISTM 210	Fundamentals of Information Systems

* Credit by exam accepted but no grade is awarded.
^# Calculate specific course GPA using only 3 hours of any graded 4-hour course.

When to Apply:

Students may access the change of major application online via the Change of Major Requests channel on My Record tab (Howdy portal) any time between the day following the posting of final grades of the previous semester and ending on the 20th class day of the current semester per the academic calendar. A student planning for change of major to business may submit their request as soon as their Texas A&M transcript reflects that they meet the minimum requirements listed above. All students who change major into business enter as lower-level Business (BUAD) majors. All Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) majors select lower level business, which appears on the Change of Major Requests channel as “Business Administration (BAC).”

A student requesting change of major to business (BUAD) may receive a follow-up email from an academic advisor asking for more information. It is important for the student to closely monitor their TAMU email account, and when replying to correspondence always include their UIN.

Change of Major Term: Request Initiation Period:

Spring 2023 December 20, 2022 – February 13, 2023
Summer 2023 May 16, 2023 – June 27, 2023
Fall 2023 August 16, 2023 – September 18, 2023

Decision Notification:

Requests for change of major to business will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Applicants will receive a decision about their request via TAMU email. If approved, the email will include orientation material, instructions on how to meet with an advisor to complete the change of major process and, if needed, how to adjust their registration for the effective change of major term.

When the minimum requirements for change of major are not met, the request will be denied. Review the “Waiver for Exception to Minimum Requirements” process, outlined below.

Waiver for Exception to the Minimum Requirements:

Formerly known as “Appeal for Exception to the Minimum Requirements,” a student who does NOT meet the minimum change of major requirements (outlined above) may submit a request for waiver exception to change major. In the request, under the change of major requirements section, is a box for the student to write an essay stating reasons for wanting to change major.

Next, the student must check the “I don’t meet requirements” box, and then complete an explanation of why they are requesting the waiver. Included should be the reason(s) they believe Mays should grant a waiver, including past accomplishments, how the desired major would help with post-graduation goals, explanation of any extenuating circumstance believed to warrant consideration, and any other relevant information.

A student requesting a waiver for exception may receive a follow-up email from an academic advisor asking for more information. It is important that students monitor their TAMU email account closely, and when replying to a request for more information to always include their UIN.

Change of Major Term*: Request Initiation Period:

Spring 2023 December 20, 2022 – February 13, 2023
Summer 2023 May 16, 2023 – June 27, 2023
Fall 2023 August 16, 2023 – September 18, 2023

*must select “I don’t meet the requirements” box on the request

Students will be notified of the waiver request decision before the first class day of the following semester.

Given the oversubscribed status of Mays Business School’s undergraduate program, approved requests for change of major are generally limited to students who meet all minimum requirements. Students should work with Transition Academic Programs well in advance of a waiver decision to form appropriate back-up plans to act on should their request for waiver be denied.

4. Readmission

Strict policies govern readmission of former Texas A&M students to this degree program.

A former Texas A&M University undergraduate who is no longer enrolled at Texas A&M University and whose last major at Texas A&M was not business will qualify for readmission only by meeting the minimum requirements for on-campus change-of-major (see above).
A former Texas A&M University undergraduate who left Texas A&M University in good standing for one or more long semester and whose last major at Texas A&M was business may apply for readmission to that same business major. The student must meet all Office of Admissions readmission requirements, including application deadlines and fee payment. If the applicant attempted any college-level coursework while away from Texas A&M University, transfer transcripts must be posted to the readmission applicant’s official Texas A&M University transcript and must reflect a minimum transfer GPA of 2.00.