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Sorry, I would have responded to the questions re: the Texas Top 10% law but we left for a family outing. Breathesgelatin answered much better than I could have, though.
BG, you are correct in that my son can get into out of state universities that are ranked higher nationally than both UT & A&M and also that we have been blessed to be able to afford tuition at a private university. But, when you are a native Texan (btw, UT is NOT our family tradition) who wants to attend one of the 2 state flagship universities and are basically penalized for attending a "prestigious" high school, than there is something wrong with the system. Perhaps the mandatory auto-admits should be the top 3% instead of 10%? Or cap the percentage of freshmen admitted under the current top 10%? I simply feel that this law will hurt our state in the long run by forcing some of our best & brightest young men & women to look outside of Texas for college....and in turn accept jobs outside of Texas as well.
OU is one of the universities that my son will be applying to next year, which is why the OP's thread caught my eye; I didn't mean to highjack. Ladybugmom, I wish your daughter the best of luck at OU recruitment!
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