<p>That is what I thought. So the thread that said I should have my computer science son with 34 ACT look at UT or Rice was just silly. There is no way he could get in…</p>
<p>^ UT will still be admitting 25 percent of its Texas resident freshmen outside the auto admit law. Also, I don’t know whether you typed “Rice” mistakenly (earlier you had referred to A&M), but you should know that Rice is not a state institution and does not operate under the auto admit law.</p>
<p>As noted, the auto admit percentage rule applies only to Texas public universities. It is inapplicable to any private universities such as Rice. If you have a high test score and high grades and are out of state you can still apply to UT as it will be determining 25% of its admittees outside of the application of the auto admit rule.</p>
<p>Sorry, yes I knew that about Rice. We live in Texas and when I said he was looking at TCU and Baylor for computer science and that my son wanted to stay in Texas, most people told me to have him shoot for UT or Rice. Honestly, he can’t get into either. He doesn’t have the EC’s. For UT, with his being a homeschooled, there is just no way. Honestly, it doesn’t matter as it is too big and liberal anyway for him. But I think UT is missing out on a lot of talented people with this law. I can’t imagine that it would help them. His cousin is from out of state and wants to go to aTm… He might run into the same problem. However, he has outstanding leadership ( Eagle Scout at 15) and his parents are alumni. His dad is a Marine, so that will probably help him. We wouldn’t have any pull like that for state schools.</p>
<p>On the contrary, your son has a decent chance of being admitted to UT with a 34 ACT. You may be overestimating the affect of the top 10% law. Though such a rank may be the status quo, it is not necessary. Plenty of qualified students from outside of the top % are admitted each year. My gripe was that the law remains ignorantly blind in accepting some grossly under-qualified students, not that it led to the rejection of otherwise qualified applicants.</p>