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Florida also guarantees admission to those who are in the top of their classes. The difference between Florida and Texas is that the demand is spread out among the 11 campuses of the State University System; it looks like most students in Texas pick UT as their first choice.
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Munchkin, you made my point. Yes, Florida guarantees admission to A state college to those who are in the top of their classes, BUT they don't guarantee that you can go to the school of your choice, it is spread over the 11 schools (or however many).
IF Florida was like Texas, then conceivably, every graduating senior in the top of the graduating classes in Florida could choose UF (it being somewhat the college of choice in Florida), thus it could completely overwhelm UF and eventually, there would be NO room for anyone from out of state or even all of the top graduates.
That is what is happening at UT. If you are in the top 10% in Texas, you are guaranteed a spot at
your choice of Texas public colleges- since UT is THE most popular, a VAST majority choose it. It is getting to the point that they are running out of spots in the freshman class PERIOD! That is why they closed the summer program, they cannot offer those spots anymore because too many guaranteed people are choosing UT.
Read the report posted in UHDEEGEE's post - it spells it out plainly
The president of UT is saying that it is getting to the point that there will not be enough spots to even take all the 10%ers (why the athletics programs are in danger). What do they do then? Build more dorms? Hire more professors? UT is already one of the largest universities in the country (numbers wise) and it is landlocked in the center of Austin!!!
The law must be changed!
Also, as UHGEEDEE states above, at our highschool, the top 1/4 has significantly higher grades than a 4.0, so a straight A student who only takes "academic level" classes cannot even be in the top quarter.
I guess I could have pulled my son out of that school and transferred him to a crappy school where he would be assured of being at the top.
Oh well, he is currently still in the top 10% (despite his freshman B, his GPA is 4.49 and he is ranked at around 6%), he just has to finish this year with no B's while he is taking AP Physics, AP Calculus, AP English, AP US History, Spanish III, Journalism (he's the sports editor), and Football.
Yeah, that's clearly a kid who "couldn't hack getting into his state school with everyone else, and should maybe spend a year (or two) in community college"
