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 an 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
- Be a STEM or Business major at one of the following Colleges: Engineering, Science, Ag & Life Sciences, Biomedical Science & Veterinarian Medicine, Public Health or Mays Business School
- Provide two reference letters
EnMed Eligibility
Brown Scholars who wish to study and receive conditional 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 for E2EnMed, S2M or E2M Brown Scholars) and/or medically related engineering research, for at least two semesters over the course of undergraduate education.
Admission to the E2EnMed early assurance program requires adherence to the Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME) requirements including, but not limited to, an evaluation of the student’s completed application and an interview with 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
- Scholars interview for A&M sponsored Champe Fitzhugh International Honors Leadership Seminar for 36 incoming National Merit Scholar freshmen.
- Brown Scholars who are applicants to Texas A&M College of Medicine interview, depending on major, with either the College of Science, College of Engineering, or College of Ag & Life Sciences (10 positions per respective College) for automatic conditional acceptance to A&M College of Medicine (30 total positions). Scholars retain A&M College of Medicine option but can also apply to other medical schools.
- Brown Scholar engineering graduates pursuing medical school interview for prestigious EnMed 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, University Honors Program.
- Automatic housing for freshmen in Engineering Dorm (for Engineering majors), Corps dorm (for Corps of Cadets participants), Business Dorm (for Mays Business Honors majors), and Lechner Hall (for University Scholars).
- 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.
- Fifteen 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”). The 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, students admitted to A&M’s College of Medicine through the E2M, A2M or S2M Early Admissions Program are eligible for participation.