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Advising Services

  • Semester Schedule
  • Degree Planning
  • Final Degree Audit
  • Holds
  • Q-Drop with Advising
  • And More!

Students will be emailed weekly with updates, changes, and reminders. Be sure to check Spam or Junk folders, as some communications have been labeled as Junk in the move to Microsoft365.

Questions can be emailed to our advisors at bims@tamu.edu.

Location

For in person advising:

  • We are located in Suite 123 of the VIDI (#1813) Building at the Veterinary & Biomedical Education Complex (VBEC)
  • The Physical Address for Google Maps is 668 Raymond Stotzer Pkwy, College Station, TX, 77845
  • If you are on Main Campus, you can take Bus Route 3 “Yell Practice” from the MSC. This route goes directly to our building, make sure you pull the chord to stop when you see it saying approaching Vet Med.

For Virtual Advising:

  • We offer advising services on Zoom through the following meeting link: BIMS Advising Zoom
    • Notice: If the Zoom link tells you “Invalid meeting ID”, please ensure that you are signed in to Zoom through SSO with your TAMU account.
    • If you are getting this error as a prospective student, reach out to us at bims@tamu.edu and we will provide you with the meeting ID to use.

Advising Schedule

Monday – Thursday: 8:00–11:30 a.m. and 1:00–4:30 p.m.

Friday: 10:00-11:30 a.m. and 1:00-4:30 p.m.

  • Advisors will be available for both drop-ins and appointments on a rotating basis. Different advisors will have availability on different days for scheduled appointments and drop-ins, so please check alternate days if you have a preferred advisor!

Drop-Ins

Drop-In appointments are available at any point during the times listed above. Be prepared to wait in a queue, but we generally do not have wait times longer than 10-20 minutes.

Please email bims@tamu.edu with any questions you have and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

BIMS Navigate Service Options

Creating an Appointment

PLEASE NOTE: Navigate will not allow you to create an appointment with a BIMS advisor unless you are a BIMS student. If you are a student from another major, please email us at bims@tamu.edu and we can get you scheduled on our side.

Appointments can be scheduled to discuss general advising questions, change of majors and minors, Q-drop or withdrawals, and class registration. You can make an appointment by following these steps:

  1. Log in to Navigate
  2. Select Schedule an Appointment or Drop-in
  3. Choose Type of Appointment: Advising Texas A&M University
  4. Under “Service”, type VM and scroll down for our options.
    • Pick the most relevant option for you. If you are unsure, just pick “VM – General Advising“.
  5. Select Find Available Time
  6. Find day and time that works best for you.
  7. If you have a preferred advisor, select them under the “Staff” drop down on the left side of the page.
  8. Enter reason for appointment in Comments

For questions about using Navigate or scheduling appointments, email our advisors at bims@tamu.edu.

Come prepared with all of your questions and concerns.

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