<p>Does anyone know if UT is going to abolish the Top Ten percent rule anytime soon?</p>
<p>It's not up to UT; it's up to the Texas legislature.</p>
<p>ok.... so is the tx legislature going to overturn the rule anytime soon?</p>
<p>the texas government takes forever to get anything passed (such as school finance, etc.) so i doubt it will happen anytime soon. see other threads for more details.</p>
<p>To recap from other threads, UT would like to adjust the top 10% rule. Legislators from urban and rural districts like the top 10% rule because it favors students in their districts. The suburban districts are the ones that want it changed. Since there are more urban and rural district legislators than suburban legislators, the odds of it being repealed are not good. It is slightly possible that the percentage could be "tweaked", but don't expect anything anytime soon. Especially with the current group of do-nothings in the state legislature.</p>
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<p>Aint that the truth?! ;)</p>
<p>i go to a small school and i would love to see the ten percent rule changed because i believe that it dilutes the school with idiots because there are some people in the top ten percent at my school that probably cant even handle courses at the local community college my class has 365 people in it and i believe that only about 12 or so will graduate from college with a degree which i find sad but true i hope they abolish the rule....</p>
<p>Canttouchthis, how did those people get in the top 10% if they are stupid? Did they cheat their way in? Does your school weight grades or did they only take remedial courses and still get ranked high? There are 37 kids in your hs's top 10%, yet you think 25 of them are not good students. I am curious as to your reasoning. I am from Houston and am under the impression that most schools in the Conroe area are pretty good.</p>