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Originally Posted by srmom
UT and A&M do take into account where you went to highschool and the rigor of the curriculum. In my son's class, there were a number of kids in the top 1/4 who got into UT (2007) with great test scores and extracurriculars. Many had to do the summer program, but they happily did to go to UT.
Many kids in the top 1/3 or so get into A&M, but if you are in the top 1/2, it is almost assured that you can get into the A&M/Blinn Team, and many choose to do that.
As for OU and pledging. My son has 8 friends who are either tri delts or chi-o's at OU (for whatever reason they all pledged the same houses) and none of them were 4.0 (un-weighted) students. They are all great girls with great attributes, and had no problems with recruitment.
At UT there are plenty of girls who are pledging with less than 4.0's unweighted.
A 4.0 unweighted would mean you never got a B, and while there are alot of valedictorians at UT, the student body is not made up with 100% of them, and I doubt OU's student body is either.
edited to add: My son's roommate last year was from Indiana, and he got into UT. He was a valedictorian, NMF though, but I don't think all OOS kids are.
Here is how UT does admissions for NON-top 10% kids (for those who might be interested - from the UT website)
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Thanks SRMOM for the postive words. I also got a PM from someone who told me that 4.0 was very unrealistic. Like you said, to have a cumulative 4.0 GPA you would have never gotten a B. Most likely those students from Texas with a 4.0 would be going to UT or A&M unless they have generations of Sooners in thier family. I do believe that OU is a great option for those kids from Texas that are great students but just not in the top 10%. My daughter is choosing OU over Tech because it is less than 4 hours from home. Tech is about 8 hours, however, we believe that it is also an excellent school.