The statement of purpose describing the student's career goals and background information
A one page document that details to the Soil and Crop Sciences professors of interest why you want to pursue a graduate degree, your future goals, how our graduate degree will help you reach those goals, and some information about your personal background and development.
Three letters of recommendation, preferably from faculty or advisors, which evaluate your potential for graduate studies. Letters of recommendation can be submitted online through the Applicant Information System (AIS) website or submitted directly to the Associate Head for Academic Programs in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences.
Academic ability as evidenced by previous collegiate transcripts. A GPA of 3.0/4.0 system is required in the last 60 semester credit hours of undergraduate collegiate work for M.S. applicants and a 3.0 of all courses attempted in their M.S. program for Ph.D. applicants.
GRE Verbal and Quantitative scores are no longer required for admission.
Additional consideration given to applicants with appropriate internships, study abroad, work experience, research experience (especially if such experience resulted in a professional publication) or other High Impact Learning Experiences.

Minimum TOEFL i-BT score of 80 (in person or Home Edition) from a test date within two years (Texas A&M University does not accept the MyBest TOEFL score), or

Minimum IELTS Academic test score of 6.0 overall band (Texas A&M University does not accept the IELTS General test).

550 for paper-based testing (PBT)