<p>I've heard that quite a number of those who were admitted dropped out sophomore year because they came from schools that did not prepare them well for college. Are there any stats that show the no. of top 10% drop-outs vs. non-top 10% drop-outs?</p>
<p>Honestly, I cant speak for the past...but based on what ive seen this year...i wouldnt be suprised to see the non-top10s do much better than the top-10s.</p>
<p>This is a bad route to take, imo. Either CAP or goto another Texas University and transfer in the following year.</p>
<p>Actually the stats over the past ten years have shown that top-ten kids have a higher freshman year retention rate than non-top ten kids, a higher 4-year grad rate, a higher overall grad rate, and a higher average GPA.</p>
<p>I don't have the numbers right in front of me but if you look around the UT website you can find them.</p>
<p>Of course, there are a lot of very well prepared top-ten kids in addition to those who aren't so well prepared. But as a rule, kids who were hard workers in HS are going to work hard in college. They may not get A averages, but for the most part they are going to bust their butts to get good grades.</p>
<p>^Yeah, I remember reading something like that on the UT site. On the site, UT also mentioned how there were many instances in which the kids who finished in the Top 10% had higher GPAs than non-Top 10% kids who scored up to 200 points higher on the SATs. I draw two conclusions from that A) SAT scores aren't really that helpful in predicting college success adn B) While there are some Top 10% that might not deserve to get in over some rejected non-Top 10%, the majority of the Top 10% deserve to get accepted.</p>
<p>The stat is pretty irrelevant, as the top 10% includes valedictorians and similar students. </p>
<p>A student from a top suburban high school takes all AP classes, earns a 3.7/4 GPA, and gets only the top 15%. Another student attends a poor school, takes easy classes, no advanced measures, gets a 3.2 GPA but ends up in the top 7%. You are telling me that you now get punished for working harder in HS? This rule does it exactly. </p>
<p>The admission law is about who the student's competition is, not the student himself or herself.</p>
<p>Until you can prove to me that the top 10% guarantee rewards hard work, I will never believe in it.</p>
<p>the top 10% rule has actually begun to spill over into the upper tier Public universities in Texas.
Schools like:
Texas tech
UT Arlington
UT Dallas
are all quick rising stars.</p>
<p>UTD in particular, they are planing to become 2nd or 1st tier within the next 10 years. They have become increasingly diverse with a student body that is 20% Asian, and has an acceptance rate of a little over 50...that is low...the average GPA is 3.5...
WAG</a> Report: UTD Has Potential To Achieve‘Tier One’Research Status, But It Will Take At Least 10 Years And More Resources Will Be Needed</p>