Texas top 10% HS admissions challenged (again)

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<p>I’m an IB student at Plano East. I’m in the top 5% and have always taken honors/AP courses. I don’t understand it when people say that AP’s are extremely difficult and would force you to quit other activities. It’s really not that hard if you simply do your work.</p>

<p>Additionally, the top 10% rule is great IMO. They’ll take you even if you’re not top 10%, especially if you go to a competitive school where it can be difficult to eke up there.</p>

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<p>^ not true for competitive texas private schools though. So many people from my college prep school (no rankings) with a perfect GPA and 2200+ on SATs and who got into ivys got denied and capped at UT-Austin because there wasn’t enough “room”. Of course in your opinion its great, you’re in the top 10%!</p>

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<p>Interesting reader comments here:</p>

<p>[statesman.com</a> | Deal apparently reached on top 10 percent law | Postcards](<a href=“http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2009/05/25/deal_apparently_reached_on_top.html]statesman.com”>http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2009/05/25/deal_apparently_reached_on_top.html)</p>

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<p>The problem is not with the 10% or the cap. The problem is that Texas has not used the PUF/Permanent Fund to build facilities to accommodate the increased population of of Texas, and instead spent it on specialized facilities/vanity projects. </p>

<p>TEXAS needs more freshman seats at all its branches!</p>

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I’m an IB student at Plano East. I’m in the top 5% and have always taken honors/AP courses. I don’t understand it when people say that AP’s are extremely difficult and would force you to quit other activities. It’s really not that hard if you simply do your work.

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<p>Dearest etceterae, do you know your IQ? My guess is that you’re in the top 2-5% of the population intelligence-wise. But there are kids at your school who may only be in the top 25% of the intelligence scale who are still trying to take a rigorous course of study. Even if a student is very bright but is a slow reader, it is difficult to keep up with AP classes and ECs.</p>