Texas A&M: To rush or not to rush?

[33girl]

It seems like it's a little bit different in Texas as the main reason many of these students end up in Blinn and similar programs are because of the top 10% rule, not because their academics aren't quite up to snuff.

[carnation]

Oh, the Top 10% Rule has everything to do with it! Here are these outstanding kids who want to be part of one of the big Texas universities and they can't get in, while some of the Top 10% grads who did get in are hugely unprepared for even community college. Does the state of Texas win with this program? No, they lose massive numbers of outstanding grads to nearby state universities--and they may not come back to Texas after they graduate.

Georgia Southern University has a program in which prospective students who don't quite qualify for admission attend East Georgia College but their classes are on the Southern campus. Last I knew, they couldn't live on campus, pledge a social fraternity or sorority, or play varsity athletics but they can join anything else. The high school grade factor would probably keep them from pledging anyway.

With a certain GPA after 30 hours, they can become regular Southern students.