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Originally Posted by em_adpi
To be honest, I never liked the 10% rule because the 'top 10%' of a high school class could vary from one school to another.
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That's the reason I liked the 10% rule, it gave students from "less fortunate" school districts a chance to go to a good college.
Lets be honest---I was in the top 10% and I think i'm darn smart (along with the other 28 people who were in the top 10% w/ me) but I don't know if we could compete with people at more fortunate school districts in Austin, Dallas, etc.
But I know that when my cousin was a senior in HS (which was 2 years ago) the counselors told the seniors that they would no longer be accepted because they were top 10% that it was taken away.
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There's been so much talk lately about them starting a UT medical school that would be in Austin and a direct college within UT Austin. I think there's too much opposition for that to happen though. I personally don't know how much there is a need for it in the first place.
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Well the medical school in Houston is SOOOOOOO crowded and so hard to get into. What gets me mad about this idea, is that there have been plans for soo long to start medical schools in other places (Like El Paso) and the buildings were built and then the board, or whoever is in charge, kept taking away the funding. The medical school should have been opened in Fall '07 or fall '08 (i should have been part of the first class).
I know a lot of people got upset here, because the person who they put in charge of the medical school hired some AWESOME doctors from around the country---very well respected doctors in their field. Then he was fired and the doctors were told that if they came to El Paso they wouldn't have a job.
The reason the funding was taken away? Because they didn't think El Paso was "worthy" of having a medical school.....they wanted the med school in Austin or some place "better." I know El Paso isn't Austin, but I don't think its a bad place and we are a unique city. The medical school would benefit b/c they would see problems here that you wouldn't really see elsewhere.
Now we were told we got funding again, so we'll see what happens.