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Originally Posted by breathesgelatin
Speaking of public schools in Texas, did anyone see the recent thing where the legislature wants to consider starting a "third flagship public school"? I guess the idea is partially to take some of the strain off UT & A&M because of the 10% rule (well especially A&M). I don't get this idea. I thought that they were grooming Tech to take the "third flagship" role anyway and that it was already edging that way in the first place or even already there. And I also don't see why they would spend millions and millions of dollars into an entirely new school when they could use the money to build up places like Tech or even Texas State, where the basic infrastructure already exists. It's weird to me and I don't quite understand where the lobby for this is coming from.
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The 10% rule needs to be eliminated anyway. The population has grown so much; I'm pretty sure that's why UT had to introduce the CAP program.
To be honest, I never liked the 10% rule because the 'top 10%' of a high school class could vary from one school to another.