How much weight should Texas A&M give to an applicant who has had family members attend the university?
November’s meeting of the board of regents academic affairs committee was the second time this year the idea of giving consideration of an applicant’s “Aggie Legacy”.
The A&M system’s chief legal officer, Ray Bonilla, said creating a legacy admissions program would “have to be probably pretty limited and very carefully structured.”
Regent Bob Albritton of Fort Worth says “having kids be raised by (Texas A&M) graduates, they already have to me kind of an ingrained a little bit about what they’re getting into. And that’s a big positive.”
Regent Mike Hernandez of Fort Worth, who supports legacy consideration, said “We have more white students than any other legacy group, that goes against the whole other thing, so I understand both sides of it.”
Regent Michael Plank of Houston said “One white student versus another white student all other things being equal we have one with a tremendous legacy consideration, I don’t see why in the world you wouldn’t think about it.”
Regent Elaine Mendoza of San Antonio said “I think one thing we need to be careful is that first generation students come from all races.”
Click below for comments from the November 17, 2021 meeting of the Texas A&M system board of regents academic affairs committee.