Texas 10% rule - High School - How does it work? (Austin: how much, house)

[test_new_sw]

How does Texas 10% rule work? Are the allocations per city or school? Does some schools/cities offer better choices in this regard? Are cities with single high school a better bet in this regard.

Please share.

[mSooner]

Per high school. But I think it is top 8% now? Maybe 7%?

[test_new_sw]

Originally Posted by mSooner

Per high school. But I think it is top 8% now? Maybe 7%?

Thanks again... So better to go to areas with single high school than multiple ones? Any thoughts on the two scenarios.

[lifofifo]

Originally Posted by test_new_sw

Thanks again... So better to go to areas with single high school than multiple ones? Any thoughts on the two scenarios.

That's subjective and somewhat irrelevant from the 10% rule point of view. If there's just one high school in an ISD w/ 1000 students in it. 10% == 100 students will qualify. If there are 10 high schools in an ISD w/ 100 students each, then 10 students from each high school will qualify. That's still 100 students from the 1000 in the ISD.

But, if the high school is below average compared to others in the ISD, one would have a higher chance of qualifying. Similarly, if the high school is above average, there's more competition and the chances of qualifying are lesser.

[Austrian2]

I hear UTD accepts upto 30% (with good SAT and AP/IB scores) from competitive districts like PISD. UT accepts upto 15%. Automated admissions are a bit tight but as long as you get in, who cares?

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by test_new_sw

How does Texas 10% rule work? Are the allocations per city or school?

The Texas Top 10% rule means the students graduating in the top 10% of each high school's class are granted automatic admission to the public universities in Texas. You need to be in the top 7% to get auto admission to UT's flagship campus in Austin.

Automatic admission does NOT guarantee a spot in the most competitive programs like UT's business school of A&M's engineering school, just a general spot in the freshman class.

The Top 10% program is also NOT a scholarship. You still owe full tuition, fees & board unless other scholarships are secured.

Originally Posted by test_new_sw

Thanks again... So better to go to areas with single high school than multiple ones? Any thoughts on the two scenarios.

It doesn't make a difference how many high schools there are in a district as each school's top 10% is eligible for auto admission. In theory, going to a less competitive high school like DeSoto or Wylie would give a very bright student a better shot at top 10% compared to über rigorous/competitive schools like Plano or Highland Park, BUT.....the major trade off is the environment you're putting your kids in. Less competitive schools often have more gangs/drugs and fewer academic offerings (AP, Honors, etc). They tend to be in less affluent areas and have parents who are less educated and less involved.

It's important to note that T10 is NOT the only way to get into UT or A&M. There are spots reserved for well-qualified students who are outside the T10. The universities are well aware of the competitive/rigorous high schools and will admit a kid who is in the top 11-25%ish at a Plano or Coppell, who has taken a rigorous college prep courseload and scored well on the SAT (1300+ M/V). It's better to get a superior education at a top school and do your best to make the T10 than to send your kid to a crap high school where T10 is a lock.

[dch526]

Texas House Bill 588

The law guarantees Texas students who graduated in the top ten percent of their high school class automatic admission to all state-funded universities. The bill was created as a means to avoid the stipulations from the Hopwood v. Texas case banning the use of affirmative action.

The law only guarantees admission into university.

Under legislation approved in May 2009 by the Texas House as part of the 81st Regular Session (Senate Bill 175), UT-Austin (but no other state universities) was allowed to trim the number of students it accepts under the 10% rule; UT-Austin could limit those students to 75 percent of entering in-state freshmen from Texas. The University would admit the top 1 percent, the top 2 percent and so forth until the cap is reached, beginning with the 2011 entering class.

[aggie972]

Originally Posted by TurtleCreek80

The Texas Top 10% rule means the students graduating in the top 10% of each high school's class are granted automatic admission to the public universities in Texas. You need to be in the top 7% to get auto admission to UT's flagship campus in Austin.

Automatic admission does NOT guarantee a spot in the most competitive programs like UT's business school of A&M's engineering school, just a general spot in the freshman class.

The Top 10% program is also NOT a scholarship. You still owe full tuition, fees & board unless other scholarships are secured.





It doesn't make a difference how many high schools there are in a district as each school's top 10% is eligible for auto admission. In theory, going to a less competitive high school like DeSoto or Wylie would give a very bright student a better shot at top 10% compared to über rigorous/competitive schools like Plano or Highland Park, BUT.....the major trade off is the environment you're putting your kids in. Less competitive schools often have more gangs/drugs and fewer academic offerings (AP, Honors, etc). They tend to be in less affluent areas and have parents who are less educated and less involved.

It's important to note that T10 is NOT the only way to get into UT or A&M. There are spots reserved for well-qualified students who are outside the T10. The universities are well aware of the competitive/rigorous high schools and will admit a kid who is in the top 11-25%ish at a Plano or Coppell, who has taken a rigorous college prep courseload and scored well on the SAT (1300+ M/V). It's better to get a superior education at a top school and do your best to make the T10 than to send your kid to a crap high school where T10 is a lock.

Good post, but in my opinion that last paragraph is more likely for A&M than UT. I've heard stories of people just outside the top 10% getting into Berkley or NYU, but getting rejected from Texas. It's still possible, but don't count on it. A&M will auto admit anyone who is top 25% and scores 1300+ on the SAT (Math+Verbal)

[test_new_sw]

Thanks for the super informative thoughts.... Truly appreciate it.

[test_new_sw]

>>You still owe full tuition, fees & board unless other scholarships are secured.

Also does Texas residents get some discount on tuition fees? Any ballpark on how much will it be per year for undergrad and grad courses without scholarship?