<p>HB 212 introduced by Houston Representative Beverly Wooley would repeal the Top 10% Admissions Policy for in-state students at Texas Public Universities. Lt. Governor Dewhurst sees a good chance of this legislation passing the Texas House and Senate.</p>
<p>For those accepted under top 10%, I congratulate you.</p>
<p>For those, like me, who wait to get CAPped, please consider the following-
Find out your district and State Rep. Google works fine.
Go to their website and e-mail them a note of support for this bill. It wil take you no more time than it will to gripe on this CC forum in March.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if I'm for or against this. At first, I was strongly for getting rid of the top 10% rule because I believed that accepting any Tom, Dick, and Harry in the top 10% lowered the standards of the school.</p>
<p>But if they get rid of this rule, whose to say that they wouldn't accept kids of an even lower caliber?</p>
<p>I think they should get rid of this rule only if they make it harder to get accepted.</p>
<p>Exactly. Raise the standards. Eliminate the need for schedule shopping and school hopping. Look at the classes taken, the high school itself (they certainly have enough performance data) and EC's. Lok for leaders and innovators.</p>
<p>While they're at it:</p>
<p>Make it more like UNC Chapel Hill and mandate 85% in state enrollment.
Eliminate Essay B. For the love of almighty G-d, eliminate essay B.</p>
<p>I don't begrudge a single CC poster their top ten spot. I do think that there are alot more of us who have a dedicated work ethic, challenged ourselves academically and pushed the envelope. We should be in the pool and not sitting on the deck.</p>
<p>Even though I will most likely make it in as a non-top-10%er, I will, without a doubt, email my congressman about this. I saw way to many of my friends who graduated last year get capped, who were equally as smart as me, with a full class load. Then I talk to people from other schools who have absolute idiots in top 10% who get into UT and drop out because they can't handle it.</p>
<p>All that is happening at UT as a result of the top 10% rule is a lowering of their standards dramatically when looking at the school from afar. UTD, a school with much fewer top 10% people, is considered a "worse" school, however, the student population is composed of many people who couldn't make it in the top 10% but are of high caliber and thus giving UTD a better test score avg. Which means that all those other second-tier schools have had a boost in terms of the capability of their student population, while the most sought after schools actually appear to have lower standards.</p>
<p>even though i'm in top 10%, i believe the rule to be pointless cuz there are students in top 10% at my school who cheat their way through school and will prob do the same in college. but, UT will become a very competitive school if the bill is passed (for i think it is to make UT enrollment smaller and gove it a better rep). Ut may become like UCLA, accepting only like 20-25%.</p>
<p>^Yeah hopefully. haha I agree, at my school, there are about 60 kids in the top 10%. Only about 10 of those are smart, the rest are absolutely clueless about everything.</p>
<p>The legislature better ****ing give UT more money. They should also pass legislation that says the university must make tuition as cheap as possible like UNC. I just need to vent my frustration.</p>
<p>I'm not exactly for the top 10% law, but I doubt it will be repealed any time soon. It is too contentious of an issue with non Houston, Dallas, San Antonio metropolitan area reps. The small town reps and senators love it. They won't let it die without a fight, or a really good bargain in their favor (like maybe killing the Trans Texas Corridor, or something even bigger). Just my 2 cents.</p>