<p>If you want to do something - now’s your chance:</p>
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<p>ag54, Great to see some concrete action on this front. Wish I were a Texas voter. What are people saying about how UT would implement this? If one of these two bills were passed, how would they do this, do you think? </p>
<p>Speed? The first xxxx people who have complete applications in place and are from the top 10% get in? Probably not because the poor inner city or poor urban schools would be at a disadvantage… </p>
<p>Rank? First let in the top 2% and then the top 3% and then the top 4% until you reach the number that would fill 40% of the freshman class or 50% of the freshman class, depending on the bill?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>EDIT: OK, I looked up the actual text of the House Bill and it would be rank:
If the number of top ten percenters applying
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<p>The Senate Bill wording is fairly similar.</p>
<p>This would probably yield a California- or Florida-like admission rule for UT, where the top 4% would end up being admitted automatically. And for A&M, it might be the top 7% or something like that, maybe… And it could change every year as other Texas colleges become more desirable.</p>
<p>Basing it on rank will be much more reasonable. Of course, there should be a deadline as usual.</p>
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<p>This method - like they currently fill the first 75% of the business and engineering schools</p>
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So they have some experience implementing using a rank based method.</p>
<p>It will be interesting to see how these bills fare.</p>
<p>I’m glad something is being done. I’m a student at The Texas Academy of Math and Science which is supposed to be a prestigious school sponsored by the state. Our school does not rank, however the admissions process to get in was highly selective and required us to be in top ten percent. My SAT is a 2150 and ACT is a 34, tons of EC’s and community service hours. Me and many of my friends with close to the same stats were waitlisted or CAP’d. So in other words, we are being penalized for being ambitious and attempting to pursue a more challenging education earlier on, as compared to our counterparts who have been accepted to The University of Texas. Now how is that fair?</p>
<p>I know it’s unfair. Just out of curiosity, what’s your GPA like? I wonder if UT emphasizes more on the GPA than standardized test scores.</p>
<p>it is a 3.774 on a 4.0 gpa scale</p>
<p>So maybe 2 or 3 B’s in your whole transcript? That’s crazy! I agree with you that it’s totally unfair in your situation considering that you go to a tougher school and take more rigorous courses. Hope everything will work out for you in the end.</p>
<p>man it seems a lot of people have gotten waitlisted…seems a lot more than 250</p>
<p>The major problem in Power’s reasoning is the fact that after this year, the number of graduating seniors from Texas high schools will decrease, rather than increase, so the change in the law is going to be pointless and will hurt deserving high school students in the state.</p>
<p>This is the first year in the wait list but I’ve spoken to an admissions counselor (one of the advisors for my fraternity) and he said that they expect the number of kids to be taken off of the waitlist to be minimal. Sorry, folks.</p>
<p>klparker, why are you even on the Texas board? I’m sorry I don’t kowtow to your agenda, but I’m a current student who is just trying to present information to prospective students realistically without either hurting anyone’s feelings or getting anyone’s hopes up without reason. I do think I know quite a lot about the admissions process at Texas and if you don’t want to listen to my posts you are welcome to ignore them.</p>
<p>Texas has been one of the faster growing states for years. Did something happen? Why is the number of seniors suddenly going to start spiraling downward?</p>
<p>theloneranger, I have been researching the top 10% issues, that is the reason I have been going through the messages on the TU board.
In the process I see your arrogant post. You do seem to know a lot about Texas admission’s process - but you don’t stop there. You throw out so much as fact - when it isnt. You belittle people and their feelings. I’m not the only one who has noticed this about you.
You and your self assuming attitude is exactly what I think of when I think of TU.
I will ignor you post in the future.</p>
<p>My son was wait-listed. He is a National Merit Finalist, SAT 1490/2190, GPA 3.78 unweighted, 4.46 weighted, class rank 39/361. He applied for architectural engineering. Oh, and he is attending a very competitive magnet high school. But, we are out of state (I’m Texas resident serving in the military).</p>
<p>He’s going to A&M on a full ride National Merit scholarship, and I’m frankly very glad. UT’s National Merit program is a pittance compared to A&M. In a way, this makes a very difficult decision much easier for him.</p>
<p>I’m just floored that he didn’t make the cut with these stats.</p>
<p>buffdriver, it is amazing your son didn’t get in with those stats. Even though you are out-of-state, since you are still a Texas resident through the military, I imagine he would have been considered with the Texas resident pool. He is exactly the kind of student that is disadvantaged by the 10% law. It is great to have him coming to A&M though! (yes, I am an Aggie)</p>
<p>Although nationally the peak graduating years are 2009 and 2010, we are no where near the peak in Texas. Dallas and Houston are the 2 fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country. Texas is not only a “sticky” state, but it continues to attract due to its relatively stable job market. This problem will not be resolved by waiting.</p>
<p>My proposal - install a match system.
All top 10% students apply by Nov 1.
They list their top 5 choices in order of preference.
The state places the top 1%, then the top 2%, etc. until each school fills 75% of their freshmen enrollment. (They won’t yield 100% of these students)
The top 10% also check a box indicating their desire to be considered at certain schools if they are not accepted to their first choice university.
Then they are placed into the general pool with all other applicant for their designated university or universities.</p>
<p>My application is still “in review”…</p>
<p>I got put on the waiting list also along with 5 other people (that I know of) from my High School. What do you guys think are the chances for all of the people on the waiting list to get accepted are?</p>
<p>Slim to none.</p>
<p>What is your reasoning for that?</p>