The Engineering Living Learning Community (ELLC) is a Texas A&M University residence hall clustering program for first year engineering students. This program is specifically designed to create a community of scholars to help in the transition to college and the commitment to academic excellence in engineering. Our students live as well as learn together!

Anticipated benefits of joining the engineering living learning community include:

• Improved GPR
• Enhanced academic and social opportunities
• Improved connection to and interaction with engineering faculty and other students with common interests
• Greater cohesive peer support system that can serve participants throughout their academic and professional careers
• Increased retention rates of freshmen in engineering

Recent national studies have emphasized that living learning communities positively impact overall student success and retention. As such, participants are provided with the opportunity to attend monthly seminars that address issues such as social needs, personal development and faculty research. Upper division engineering students serve as mentors, tutors and facilitators for the students participating in the community.

Additional opportunities include interaction with faculty who teach freshmen engineering courses, on-site office hours with the engineering staff and the ability to learn about a variety of career paths while networking with the local engineering community.

Eligibility

Students eligible to live in the community must meet the following criteria: