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Originally Posted by UHDEEGEE
It is in the State of Texas if you graduate from a Texas high school within the top 10% of your class...it's the law.
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Look, I understand it's the law that you're guaranteed admission to a public school in Texas. It's the law in Florida too.
That does NOT mean that any student in the top 10% is entitled to get into UT-Austin and only UT-Austin.
You're guaranteed admission to
any public school within the Texas system--which doesn't that include any and all UTs, A&M, and other state schools? I understand that there's a huge demand for UT-Austin because it's an excellent school, but still. My original point still stands. Just because you do well, the best school in your state isn't owed to you--a public school is. Remember, not every state with a great public university system can guarantee this!
I also understand why the law was instituted--since the Hopwood decision eliminated traditional affirmative action in the 5th District, they had to come up with a way to admit a diverse class. To that end, it has worked. UT is far more diverse both racially and socioeconomically than it was 10 years ago. More high schools are represented than pre-1998, and academic performance has improved, since the 10% admits do better in college than the others.