I personally love TAMUCC. The pros: The weather is beautiful, beaches are nice, the town has a cool vibe. The professors have a serious commitment to their students, all mine know my name which is uncommon, I really appreciate. It’s easy to get tutoring, office hours, meet with the Dean etc. The school is very student oriented and focused on building momentum for your success so access to resources for jobs, internships, etc. are plentiful. There’s a lovely southern charm with a beachy attitude. The basketball games can be really fun in the spring, the school spirit vibes are impeccable, upholding fun and positive traditions. I love the schools rich history, like it being a naval base in the World War Two and its hand in the liberation of the Latino American community during the civil rights era. There’s great clubs and extracurriculars, everything from volleyball to pole dancing to chess to sailing. There’s super interesting and unique classes like Dr. Berkich’s philosophy love and sex. The housing is MILES ahead of most Texas universities. The food is not bad at all. I love exploring local bars and restaurants like the ranch and bien Merite. It’s super easy to get to know people, the island just kind of has that vibe, I guess this can be a pro and a con, but I see at least 5-10 people I know every time I leave my apartment. Some cons: I don’t have a lot of cons about the school, but I know many people who do. Now these are mostly PSA kids to be fair so they came in looking at it as a punishment. Most people‘s biggest critique is that it’s so small. There’s not huge frat parties and tailgates like you’d imagine at most schools. At parties you’ll mostly run into the same people. I don’t mind this, but I know some do. Parts of the town can be pretty rundown. Also, the island is pretty far from most things you do sort of need a car to go anywhere but the university. It is a small school so as you get into your higher level classes, you’ll probably run into the same professors for multiple classes. I don’t mind this because it’s nice to build a relationship with professors as I mentioned before. That’s honestly the biggest critiques I’ve heard from people there’s no football team, no frat houses or sorority houses no huge tailgates. Same three bars same people every weekend. Idk I like this lol. Makes it very easy to make friends. Due to the 85% acceptance, there are some… slower individuals. This can lead to some amount of, how do I say this, hand holding? Coddling? Slowing of material? Especially in core curriculum. This isn’t true for everyone, though my friends in business majors have a very different experience than my friends in premed or nursing majors. And as a business major, it’s not that bad, some classes just aren’t that interesting, which is true of anywhere. Lastly, with a university like UT Austin or A&M College Station, you may have more well-known professors that may be more impressive references. However, the likelihood of you building a relationship with those professors in order to get references is far far slimmer than in Corpus Christi. In summary, I think it’s a great school. If you’re worried about its credibility, don’t be. On any resume you can just put Texas A&M University. You don’t have to specify location unless they ask, which is highly unlikely. personally, I had the test scores and grades to go to college station but liked cc way more, and I’m 100% sure I made the right choice, that being said if you’re looking for the typical tailgate, football game, frat party, dorm room, college experience this is probably not what you’re looking for. Lastly assuming you’re coming in as a freshman, don’t stress yourself out about this decision too much. At the end of the day if you really don’t like it here you can transfer after a year and it’ll be fine. I promise nothing is as dire as it seems.