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Well, not that my opinion holds any more weight because I'm a Texan, but the minority enrollment fell on SOME campuses. In general the rule has allowed kids from inner city Dallas, San Antonio, Houston and Fort Worth (to name a few) schools to attend when they might otherwise have not done so. We've always had something LIKE this in place in Texas (not mandated) because when I graduated in 93 I could have pretty much gone anywhere based on GPA and SAT/ACT scores. I didn't want to go to school in state however because I wanted to get away from being the ONLY minority in class so I left and went to a private HBCU in Tennessee. Really smart (ie more competitive HS attendees) like myself were still being denied from SOME schools because they are just HARDER to get into period. There will always be SOMEONE not getting a spot no matter how brilliant they are. The issue now, as was the issue then, is a sense of entitlement to attend XYZ school just because they have a 3.8. Well consider the competitive nature of the school and the fact that most of the folks admitted will have at LEAST a 3.8 that doesn't mean Jonnie Smith deserves that spot anymore than LaKesha Thompson if in general they match up. The system in Texas will NEVER be completely fair, there are too many kids, too many factors they have to take in consideration and our population is exploding. And I did watch the 60 minutes special but I always find it amazing that they don't go talk to the top ten percent or other special admit category student that matches point for point the student they are admitting that didn't get in. It's always a massive disparity between the two. And as someone familiar with Fox Tech it's NOT the creme de la creme but it's a good school with very motivated and hardworking students.
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