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Originally Posted by srmom
AND, Munchkin, as for your arguments -
Hopwood was overturned:
From the The Top 10% Law Report and its impact:
There is also no discernable difference in retention or graduation rates.
Look y'all, I've been involved with this for 6 years (when my oldest was looking at schools, ironically, he ended up at UF) - I know the statistics, I know the arguments for both sides, and based on a lot of study, I've come down on the side that college admissions should be based on more than ONE factor.
EVERY other TOP school in the country uses a holistic measure. If it was better to only use ONE factor, then schools across the country would be doing that - it would certainly cut down on salaries for admissions folks.
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Yes, but Hopwood was overturned in 2003; the 10% law was instituted in 1998-99 (I believe). So, why didn't the State legislature change the law when Hopwood was overturned? Clearly, someone is benefitting from that law.
Please don't think I pulled my statements out of a hat:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...z/5634400.html
This article states that black and hispanic enrollment at UT increased by an average of 30%.
http://www.utexas.edu/student/admiss...8-Report10.pdf
This one supports the assertion that the students who are admitted under the 10% deal actually do better. Who better than the actual university to determine how its students are faring?
I can tell that this may impact your kid, which might be why you're so against it. But, I've been involved in selective college admissions for a while--if I wasn't doing architecture as a career, that's what I'd be doing, and I might start doing it full-time within a few years--and we're extremely familiar with national trends, and not just state/regional ones. The Texas, Florida, and California responses to the removal of race-based affirmative action is a VERY hot topic, and one I feel completely qualified to discuss.
The plan may not be perfect, but it shouldn't be thrown out completely just because your kid may not be guaranteed entry to UT-Austin.
I doubt it will change anytime soon, so this back-and-forth may be a moot point.
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