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I graduated from a Texas high school with a 3.9 GPA and barely made the top 25% of my class (there were about 550 of us). I remember during my junior year of high school thinking about transferring to a less competitive high school, where I would have easily made the top 10%, but it wasn't worth it to me to leave my friends and the high school that I loved. In the end it had no affect on me because I decided to attend a private university.
I graduated with some really good kids that had 3.9 - 4.0 GPAs, who were very active in extracurricular activities, and were not accepted into UT or A&M. Several decided to go out of state and others went to private universities. In fact, one of my best friends missed the 10% mark by something like 0.05% and didn't get accepted into UT (he submitted an application) but did get accepted into Harvard.
I don't know where I stand on this issue, but the top 10% system definitely has its flaws. There is talk about capping the freshman class at public universities to 50% automatic acceptance, but that would then mean that those in the top 10% of their class would have to vie for a spot in that 50%, which defeats its purpose (automatic acceptance).
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