Texas A&M Corps of Cadets Welcomes The Class Of 2028, Prepares For Upcoming Year

Ahead of the 2024-25 academic year in Aggieland, the Corps of Cadets welcomed 830 new cadets, bringing membership in the Corps to more 2,400 students. This is the highest overall membership for the Corps in recent years. 

The start of the 2024-25 year marked the beginning of the Corps’ new onboarding process. This enhanced process provides key training for students at every level of the Corps experience, effectively ensuring that each member of the Corps continues to  progress in their leadership journey. This training occurred in preparation for the arrival of the freshman class, will continue during the traditional freshman orientation period and into the first two weeks of the semester.

“This is an important evolution to the Corps experience. This new operation provides each class year with an immersive leadership course that can be directly applied to our society. As we look toward the future, we must remain a unified student organization and leadership development program that’s rooted in discipline, promotes a world-class education and fosters camaraderie through shared accountability to our standards and cadet values,” said Deandré Macri, 2024-25 Corps commander. 

As in years prior, this orientation period will educate new cadets on the academic and personal resources available to them, the standards they will be expected to meet as cadets and their responsibility of upholding Texas A&M’s time honored traditions. Cadet advisers, known as cadre, will continue to train and acclimate new cadets into the Corps lifestyle and academic standards.

On Saturday, Aug. 17, freshman cadets will conduct their first pass in review on Simpson Drill Field as members of the Corps of Cadets. The event celebrates the hard work put forth by these new students over the course of the week and demonstrates the skills they’ve learned during their time as cadets.

As one of the nation’s most unique leadership development programs, the Corps of Cadets is home to students from all majors, interests and backgrounds. Though the Corps experience is deeply rooted in its iconic, military based cultural model, the skills that cadets develop in the program are applicable in every environment. In recent years, around 60% of cadets have gone on to lead in the public and private sectors after graduation, while approximately 40% of cadets pursued a military commission, helping Texas A&M uphold its reputation as the largest producer of officers outside of the service academies.