garaceg, I will send a FReepmail later. TAD is right. Our daughter had visited several other colleges, but changed her mind the day she and her high school friend visited TAMU. They both went there and even roomed together for the first two years.
We also have several neighbors who sent their kids there after one visit. The traditions there are like nothing you will see anywhere else. A&M grads will recognize each other instantly if they are wearing their very distinctive class ring (which most wear daily).
As the next reply says: Just don't walk on the grass.
The home game right after 9-11. We were in the stands at Kyle Field that day wearing red t-shirts. Our son was a brand new fish in the Corps.