To educate individuals to think and act as ethical leaders and responsible citizens in the global community.
Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Its mascot is the "horned frog" and its school colors are purple and white. The university is currently engaged in a multi-million construction project including four new residence halls, a new University Union, an indoor football practice facility, Amon Carter Stadium renovations, a new campus bookstore, a full renovation and addition to the School of Education, replacement of the existing Student Center with Scharbauer Hall, a new facility for Brite Divinity School, and full renovations of three existing buildings: Clark, Jarvis, and Sherley Halls.
East Texas brothers Addison & Randolph Clark, together with their father Joseph A. Clark, founded what was then called the AddRan Male & Female College in 1873 after the brothers had returned from service in the American Civil War. The college was named after AddRan Clark, the first son of Addison. The boy died at the age of three. The name was derived from a contraction of the two brothers' names. That name is now preserved in TCU's AddRan College of Humanities & Social Sciences. It memorializes the university's connection with its founders.
The Clarks were scholar-preacher/teachers who were products of the Campbellite movement, one of the streams of the Restoration movement in the nineteenth-century American church. The Campbellites were the spiritual ancestors of the modern Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, and the non-instrumental Churches of Christ. Campbellites were also major proponents of education, and the Clarks operated a preparatory school, the Male & Female Seminary of Fort Worth, from 1869 to 1874. But they also envisioned an institution of higher learning for both men and women that would be Christian in character, but nonsectarian in spirit and intellectually open-minded.
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| Percent of Students International: | 4% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 41% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Member of: | NAA, NCAA |
| Sports Include: |
Football (Mountain West Conference) Basketball (Mountain West Conference) Baseball (Mountain West Conference) Track (Mountain West Conference) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 21,320 | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 21,280 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 40 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 2,899 | 14% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 3,369 | 20% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 7,585 | 67% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 11,506 | 46% | |
Any Aid: |
79% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 67% (Selective) |
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| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 69% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 520, Math: 540 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 630, Math: 640 |
| Application Fee: | $ 40.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Recommended |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Required |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Required |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
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Question:
Texas Christian University?
Does anyone know if the sterotypes about TCU are true such as frats and sorities are the most important thing and that everyone is pretty and if your not you do not fit in and if anyone knows additional info not found in the college books and college manuel it would be greatly apperiated thanks
20 months ago
Best Answer
Those sterotypes aren't true, TCU has demanding academics. It isn't true that pretty people don't fit in, students, staff, and faculty at TCU make everybody feel comfortable. I know many students and alumni at TCU and they are all very nice people.
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