Texas A&M to cut tuition for summer session

AP via Dallas Mourning News ^ | 09:11 AM CST on Saturday, November 24, 2007 | Staff

[Paleo Conservative]

The Dallas Mourning News only allows excerpting which I have done liberally, so you'll have to follow the link to read the whole article.

[Clara Lou]

That’s a bargain— get a whole semester out of the way at half-price.

[billorites]

Summer classes and night classes are such a good deal for serious students.

[Westlander]

Did they collect on the bet against Texas? (football game)

[billorites]

I got a full year, two semesters, of college French completed in about 8 weeks.

Many courses are better done by intense immersion rather than the 3 hour/15 week norm.

[mnehring]

Oh great, more Aggies in Summer School.. There has to be a joke in there somewhere...

[Clara Lou]

Nah. The joke was out on Kyle Field yesterday, and it wasn’t on the Aggies.

[Paleo Conservative]

I think so. Franchione resigned less than an hour after beating Texas. I’m glad the game didn’t last two minutes longer.

[mnehring]

Don’t remind me.

[dakine]

There is catch...school, in Texas, in the Summer...

Avg. Hi Avg. Lo
June 92.0° F 72.0° F
July 96.0° F 74.0° F
August 96.0° F 73.0° F

[stbdside]

I think so, the Aggies beat the Longhorns yesterday 38-30.

[rawhide]

Great move, but the professors will not like it if they were counting on having the summers off.

[luckystarmom]

Summer school at A&M was a ton of fun when I went to school there. I would only take a few courses, and the campus was never crowded. The class sizes were also a lot smaller.

My girlfriends and I would take morning classes, and then hang out by the pool with our books in the afternoon.

The pace was so much slower than the regular summers.

I only went for 2 summers, but it was great!

[tuffydoodle]

Can you live in a dorm during the summer?

[Paleo Conservative]

Avg. Hi Avg. Lo
June 92.0° F 72.0° F
July 96.0° F 74.0° F
August 96.0° F 73.0° F

So what in the summer of 1980 it was over 100° F for about 40 days straight, and I ran about 6-7 miles 4-5 times a week starting about 4 pm. I often ran by the pig farm which is now the location of the Bush presdential library.

[Dick Vomer]

Oh great, more Aggies in Summer School.. There has to be a joke in there somewhere...

What do you call an Aggie with a pig under one arm and a chicken under the other arm?

[Paleo Conservative]

Even if a professor taught both summer sessions, there’s plenty of time to take a long vacation either in May or August. How many people in the US outside of academia have the time to take month long vacations?

[Dick Vomer]

Heck I remember when the Mall in College Station was a cow pasture and living on the “edge” of town meant the Doux Chene Apartments.

[Southack]

Seems like just yesterday that I was paying $8 (yes, eight) per credit hour at TAMU.

[dakine]

“and I ran about 6-7 miles 4-5 times a week starting about 4 pm.”

Uphill, both ways...no doubt...