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Originally Posted by PVGORD
Every Texas girl I know going to Alabama, Arkansas or Ole Miss didn't have the grades to get into Texas. Not sure they would be considered the state's "finest".
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That was true 20 years ago when schools like Bama and Arkansas were known for accepting just about anyone with a pulse. Now many of the top PNM's from Texas attend these schools- and a lot of them are on major academic scholarships.
There are dozens of elite Texas public high schools like Dallas Highland Park, West Plano, Austin Westlake, Houston Memorial, The Woodlands, etc where being ranked anywhere in the top 20-25% of the class means you had close to a 4.0 and took AP/Honors classes. Only the top 7% are guaranteed a spot at UT so many choose to take their talents out of state. My dear friend's daughter had a "perfect" rush at Bama 3 years ago. Her class at Bama had close to 500 kids from the Dallas-Fort Worth area enroll. I'm thinking at least 100 of the girls went through rush that year.