Undergraduate Scholarship requirements

The Craig and Galen Brown Foundation (Brown Foundation) extends undergraduate scholarships to high achieving, well rounded high school students. Each year about 50 students accept Brown Foundation scholarship offers and agree to attend Texas A&M University. To be considered for a Brown Foundation scholarship, the following requirements apply:

• Achieve National Merit semi-finalist status

• Apply and be admitted to Texas A&M University

• Receive President’s Endowed Scholarship

• Have demonstrated leadership and community service

• Interview with a Brown Foundation team member

• Attend a curated red-carpet tour of A&M University for Brown Foundation candidates

• Pursue engineering or other STEM major including business

Eligibility

To be considered, you must:

• Be a US Citizen, permanent resident, or graduate of an accredited US high school

• Be a National Merit Semifinalist or Finalist

• Be admitted to Texas A&M

• Receive a Texas A&M President’s Endowed Scholarship

• Achieve a minimum 1450 combined SAT score or a 34 composite ACT score

• Intend on enrolling at Texas A&M the fall semester after your high school graduation

• Major in Engineering, Business, or Science

• Provide two reference letters

Brown Foundation EnMed Eligibility

Brown Scholars who wish to study and receive admission to EnMed as part of their acceptance agreement to attend Texas A&M University must meet the following requirements to achieve full EnMed matriculation:

• Maintain an overall undergraduate GPA of 3.75 or higher;

• Complete Texas A&M Medical School undergraduate course prerequisites;

• Achieve a 90% or higher MCAT score;

• Maintain good academic standing in the College of Engineering Honors program for at least one year;

• Perform at least 80 hours of service or volunteer work through appropriate Texas A&M student organization, department, college or university activities and/or community, religious, or other service oriented organizations over the course of undergraduate education.

• Achieve and terminate in good standing at least one leadership position* within Texas A&M University over the course of undergraduate education.

• Conduct research*, preferably medically related (including the Houston Methodist Research Institute 10-week Summer Undergraduate Research Internship program) and/or medically related engineering research for at least two semesters throughout their undergraduate education.

Admission to the E2EnMed early assurance program requires adherence to the Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME) including, but not limited to, an evaluation of the student’s completed application, an interview with the EnMed interview Commitee, and an offer of admission from the College of Medicine Admissions Committee.

*Acceptable activities provided by Brown Foundation; activities not pre-approved subject to approval by Brown Foundation.

Unique Opportunities and Benefits

• Automatic entry for freshmen into engineering majors

• Brown-Smith UK International Honors Leadership Trip for incoming Brown Scholars

• Incoming Brown Scholars with engineering majors interview and can be offered admission to the E2EnMed Early Assurance Program

• STEM Scholars offered unique research opportunities with professors beginning spring of freshman year.  

• Member of Brown Scholar Mentorship Program where each freshman is assigned an upperclassman Brown Scholar as their mentor . 

• Automatic eligibility for Mays Business Honors Program, Brown Foundation Engineering Honors Program, and University Honors Program.

• Annual Craig & Galen Brown Foundation dinner for all Brown Scholars, attended by A&M Chancellor, President, Board of Regents, Provosts, College Deans, select faculty, administrators and parents of graduating seniors.

• Annual Spring Lunch at Brown Top Ranch for graduating Scholars.

• Personal meetings with Craig Brown and Sue Smith throughout the school years and support as needed from the Craig & Galen Brown Foundation staff and former Brown Scholars.  

• Continued support and guidance from the Craig & Galen Brown Foundation after graduation. Our Scholars are a lifetime commitment.  

• Brown Scholars pursuing engineering majors who are conditionally admitted to the EnMed Program utilizing the E2EnMed Early Assurance Program pathway or will apply to the EnMed program, have achieved 30 credit hours at A&M and a minimum 3.5 GPA, are automatically eligible to participate in the 10-week Houston Methodist Summer Undergraduate Research Internship (“HM SURI”). HM SURI is a nationally competitive program that affords students the opportunity to conduct research in their area of interest. The HM SURI does not pay interns; however, the Brown Foundation pays an additional $3,500 scholarship to participating Brown Scholars. HM SURI priority is given to students pursuing the EnMed Program; however, if there are available slots, Science or Pre-Med Brown Scholars may be admitted