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Old 02-28-2012, 11:12 AM
 
Location: Charleston Sc and Western NC
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[quote=DanielWayne;23178771]Your post implied UH has open admissions, which is far from true. /QUOTE]

True. It's "open your wallet and you can attend" admissions.
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Old 02-28-2012, 11:54 AM
 
Location: League City
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[quote=EasilyAmused;23179125]
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Your post implied UH has open admissions, which is far from true. /QUOTE]

True. It's "open your wallet and you can attend" admissions.
It's not UT or ATM stringency by a long shot, but still far from open admissions. Besides there is a big disparity in funding between the top 2 public schools in Texas and everyone else.

I still don't get why some people are still hell bent on trashing one of the biggest economic engines for the city of Houston.

Todays chronicle:
UH creates fund to attract STEM faculty - Houston Chronicle
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Old 02-28-2012, 12:59 PM
 
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[quote=DanielWayne;23179866]
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It's not UT or ATM stringency by a long shot, but still far from open admissions. Besides there is a big disparity in funding between the top 2 public schools in Texas and everyone else.

I still don't get why some people are still hell bent on trashing one of the biggest economic engines for the city of Houston.

Todays chronicle:
UH creates fund to attract STEM faculty - Houston Chronicle
Because its easy.. and true..

UH been "easy" to get in but "hard" to get out. Could be due to the fact that alot of students get in who aren't quite prepared for the rigor's of college coursework.
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Old 02-28-2012, 01:05 PM
 
Location: Charleston Sc and Western NC
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Quotes function has apparently gone all screwy......
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Old 02-28-2012, 03:00 PM
 
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UH is just as good as UT or A&M. Just not as prestigious. 99% of the people in here didn't even attend UH,UT or A&M. So it's pointless to listen to people who think they know something when they are clueless. That just dosen't help anybody.

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What's your point? I don't remember anyone saying that no UH graduate has ever gone on to achieve success.

What we are saying is that unless your a corpse and you are wheeled into the admissions office by your caretaker, you will very likely be admitted to UH. Your comment did absolutely nothing to dissuade that notion.
Your comment is a comment a High School drop out would make. I don't see why someone would say anything to that. His comment was factually correct. Yours was, literally, just some brainless comment.
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Old 02-28-2012, 03:20 PM
 
Location: Houston, Tx
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Because its easy.. and true..

UH been "easy" to get in but "hard" to get out. Could be due to the fact that alot of students get in who aren't quite prepared for the rigor's of college coursework.
That could be said about a lot of schools. There was a report about how a lot of incoming freshman have to take remedial courses, because they're not prepared for college leval work.

Scores show students aren't ready for college - Washington Times
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Old 02-28-2012, 03:49 PM
 
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This fact sheet gives some information on the freshman class. Average SAT is 1115. I would expect that to keep creeping up in the coming years as admission gets tougher.

http://www.uh.edu/admissions/apply/a...shman_2011.pdf
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Old 02-28-2012, 06:32 PM
 
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That could be said about a lot of schools. There was a report about how a lot of incoming freshman have to take remedial courses, because they're not prepared for college leval work.

Scores show students aren't ready for college - Washington Times

No Child Left Behind is really on the ball isn't it?

3 out of 4 aren't prepared and need remedial courses? Good Lord!
I wonder what the numbers are for Texas. Probably making us look like a 3rd world country. TAKS and the rest are horrible. Kids are being prepared to pass a test and after than it's ??????? huh?
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Old 02-28-2012, 08:04 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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I know for the Business program you will need a 3.0 GPA and that's for transfers.
Good luck.
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Old 02-28-2012, 08:09 PM
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How is their MBA program? It worries me that it's so "easy" to get in. That's a bad sign. I know they're not top tier, but if everybody and their momma can get in....
I graduated with an MBA there back in 95'. At the time, the program had an average GMAT score of 560 ....not sure what it is now. I enjoyed their program. They had a MBA/JD program too. I heard Rice Univ. has a very good MBA program also, so you might want to look at that. The graduate schools are not quite that easy to get in. I know the Pharmacy and Law school are pretty tough to get into.
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