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So if you are in the 11th percentile at Great High School and you have stellar SATs and ECs, you still may be denied admission to give a spot to the 5th percentile kids from Bad High School with lousy SATs and ECs. Perhaps Srmom can elaborate
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Pretty much
It used to not be as bad, meaning that there was space for kids from competitive hs's with good scores, ec's, etc. But this past year, was unbelievable!!! Complete bloodletting at our school!!! Where as last year, pretty much if you were in the top 25%, you had a great shot of getting in, this year, I know kids who were top 14% (2 B's at our school) and didn't get in!
Unfortunately, they won't be doing anything legislative-wise until after 2009 when they meet again. The proposed changes to the law were brought to the floor in the 2007 session, but were struck down.
SOOOO, what that meant for me and mine is that we sweat bullets last week while my youngest (rising junior) took finals. He has 1 B from freshman Bio, cannot get another, and just squeaked by with a 91 in pre-AP Calculus.
Back in my day, if you could sign your name on the application, you could get in UT!!
