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Old 04-21-2008, 10:37 AM
 
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I consider the top 10% rule flawed, because my assumption is that the UT system should admit based on the students who are the most qualified, not on who is most 'diverse' (whatever that means). The top 10% of students are, in fact, not the top 10% of Texas of high school students. It's the top 10% of each school, and as you point out, not all schools in Texas are equal. In my opinion, academics should be about achievement, not a social experiment.
MiniMom, welcome to affirmative action.....
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Old 04-21-2008, 07:08 PM
 
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The idea that sometimes you or I may pay for something we don't directly use, but that we might benefit from in the long run (think engineering students who discover new materials or medical students who find a cure, or even first kid in a family to attend college opening the door to an entire family's economic advancement) is pretty abstract when you're the one being denied a spot. But even students who've never paid a cent in Texas taxes can be a benefit to the state and its residents.
That is exactly right. The criteria may have changed over the years, but what has made Texas the greatest state in the nation is that we have always attracted the best and the brightest from all over.
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Old 04-21-2008, 07:13 PM
 
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I had to give you reps for this post! I don't understand why some here on this forum think that they or their children are owed a college education at the school of their choice within the state of TX based SOLEY on their residency status! Everywhere, everyone must compete for a spot in a top school, no matter what state you live in.
Well, mostly. Rich folks seem to live off a different standard, that's how George W. got into Yale.
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