2012
Texas
Science Olympiad
Centrally located in the heart of Texas, the Texas A&M University campus and College Station, better known as "Aggieland", is approximately equidistant from three of the 10 largest cities in the United States (Houston, Dallas and San Antonio) and the state capital of Austin.
Fly to Easterwood Airport (CLL) in College Station, just 5 minutes to the west of campus, or Houston Airport System in Houston, about one and a half hours to the southeast of College Station. If you are driving to campus from the airport, follow our directions by car from Houston.
PARKING -- please see general information page.
Any form of transportation other than school bus (i.e. cars/vans/etc.) must park in the pay parking at your own expense. You MAY NOT park in the school bus parking area. Please visit http://transport.tamu.edu/parking/visitor.aspx for information regarding visitor day passes/ pay parking and visitor garage parking.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Visit the Bryan-College Station Convention and Visitors Bureau for a comprehensive list of hotels, motels, etc. in the Bryan/College Station area. Given below are several facilities where discounted group
blocks have been made. These are for Texas Science Olympiad participants only.
| Facility | April 12 | April 13 | Reservation Cut-off Date* |
Country Inn & Suites |
22 Rooms | 22 Rooms | March 28, 2012 |
Ramada Bryan/College Station |
20 rooms | 20 Rooms | March 28, 2012 |
Hawthorn Suites |
25 Rooms | 25 Rooms | March 16, 2012 |
Holiday Inn & Suites |
|
30 Queen Standard Rooms 10 Queen Suite Rooms |
March 29, 2012 |
When calling to reserve the blocked rooms you must talk to a local representative - normally by pressing '0'. Do not select the option to make a reservation as this will most often take you to a reservation line that is not local.
*any reservations made after the cut-off dates will be accepted on a space available basis only - and group rates will not be guaranteed
Texas A&M University Visitor Page