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Originally posted by lyrica9
it is a really awful system, because there are kids with 2.5s that got into UT simply because that was the top 10% at their school, but there are kids with 4.0s elsewhere that are getting shafted because thats not top ten at their school.
basically if you aren't in the top 10% you dont get into UT at austin, because they have to take those kids, and there are a lot that apply.
dont get me started on the bullshit educational reforms bush put into place as govenor, because they piss me off to no end.
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No student with a 2.5 is getting int UT or any other school. There's NO school in Texas, that I'm aware of so someone feel free to correct me, that a 2.5 would even come close to the top ten percent. Even the young lady they used as an example of the system "backfiring" had a 3.4. This wasn't said here but part of it is a class size issue. I had a 3.8 graduating but that was the top 15 percent of my class because the class graduated 500 people and our valedictorian had a 4.2 because of all of our AP classes. Maybe it's me, because staying in state wasn't that appealing, but it's not like going to school in Texas is FREE or anything. It can be as expensive as anywhere else and getting in on the top 10 percent doesn't promise you ANYTHING other than admission. And as we are based on a 4.0 system in Texas if you got a 4.0 you'll be in the top ten percent of your class period.