UT Austin thoughts?

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Anonymous wrote:Not knowing Manhattan does seem a little strange. I would think that was just part of American culture by this point.

Why? Because it was mentioned on Sex and the City when Miranda moved from Manhattan to Brooklyn (the horrors). The kids in university these days were too young for that.

That said, I am going to quiz my 3 kids today to see if they know where Manhattan is.

Anyone who doesn't know where Manhattan is probably road the short bus.

Seriously? You need to get out of the 1990s and come join us in 2024. On the way, pick up a grammar book that teaches homophones.

A good grammar book should teach you, regardless of your sexuality.

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Don’t be homophonic.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t be homophonic.

But you can be homophony. That's where you pretend to be gay to have a better chance at getting into a top school.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course UT has an arts & science school - it’s called the College of Liberal Arts. Also, one of the student presenters had not heard of Manhattan (NY), which was mildly concerning. Definitely a wide range of students there.

Regarding the Manhattan comment, can you name the “wealthiest” part of Dallas? Manhattan is one of the 5 boroughs of NYC. It’s a section/part of a city and the wealthiest part of the city. Highland Park is the wealthiest part of Dallas and about 3.5 hrs from Austin. Similar to the distance between NYC and DC. They would probably roll their eyes at you if didn’t know Highland Park.

How many movies have been set in Highland Park?
Where are the biggest financial, advertising, and news centers in the country?

I love UT and it’s a great school but knowing where Manhattan is basic cultural literacy for an American. That said, it’s entirely possible that the student they mentioned was ESL or had never traveled and I don’t think it’s a bone worth picking. It’s not the kind of thing one learns in school- no matter where they’re educated.

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Anonymous wrote:These are the Ters

Cal, UCLA, Mich
UT Austin, UNC, UVA, GTech, UCSB, UCSD


UF UGA Wisc, UCI, UCDavis,

UIUC

Close. More like:

Cal, UCLA, Mich
UNC, UVA, GTech
UF, Wisco
UGA, UIUC, Purdue

Notice all those other UC schools are absent. Just because U.S. News & Woke Reports ranks them highly now because of Pell Grant and first-gen data doesn't mean they're elite schools. Solid, yes, but not among the 10-12 best publics -- no way.

Why did you leave UT-Austin (the school this thread is actually about) off your list? It belongs somewhere in between your 2nd and 3rd groups of schools.

Oversight. It should be with UF and Wisco despite its impossible admissions from OOS. That is balanced by the fact that anyone from Texas can get in, even with a 900 SAT, if they finish in the top 6% of their hood/trailer park high school.

No one who gets a 900 on the SAT is finishing in the top 6% of their high school class...no matter how hood/trailer park.

It does seem low. However, there is no question that the top 6% rule allows students to matriculate to Texas that wouldn’t be admitted if they were based on merit.

Huh? Top 10 in a class of 200 or so at some terrible high school in a rural area near the Mexican border? You deserve it, based on merit. Will you then have to up your game and make up deficits at UT? Yes.

The average SAT score in Texas is about 1000. So 900 is not out of line with the Texas public schools.

And I agree. Students who are in schools in the worst gang infested neighborhoods where nobody is invested in education and they still did a good job deserve a chance.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with other posters than Cal is in its own league, with UCLA and Michigan close.

UT is a tough admit, but so are UCs. IMO the “elite level” is static. 10+ years in the future it will actually be easier to get into college as we see declining birth rates.

I don’t think UT is better or worse than UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UF, UIUC, UW-M. These schools will always be in the T25-T50 range with some slight movement year over year.

I know UT has strong engineering and business programs. But the other “tier 2” schools also have their own strong programs. TBH, UT has never really been on my radar until the last few years, so no it will never catch up to Berkeley or Michigan.

I’m sure Austin is awesome and is becoming more and more of an attractive city! But I have a slight bias for West Coast and Midwest schools Can’t pay me to move to TX.

UT isn’t in Texas, it’s in Austin. And I say that only slightly tongue-in-cheek.

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Keep Austin weird.

Nope. It’s still Texas. Still governed by TX laws, TX educational standards, etc. The fact that the culture is different there doesn’t change those things.

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UT, in my opinion, is very unique. Yes, it is a large campus. it has roughly 50,000 undergrads. Your have the opportunity to visit downtown Austin yet live in a campus environment.

I was also lucky to be there and be friends with Jon Hamm, Matthew McConaughey and Renee Zellweger. We are still good friends! Glen Powell, Hangman of top gun maverick fame, is a good friend of my nephew.

In my opinion, all universities are good if they are fits for your kid. Texas obviosly holds a special place in my heart! Sorry!

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Anonymous wrote:These are the Ters

Cal, UCLA, Mich
UT Austin, UNC, UVA, GTech, UCSB, UCSD


UF UGA Wisc, UCI, UCDavis,

UIUC

Close. More like:

Cal, UCLA, Mich
UNC, UVA, GTech
UF, Wisco
UGA, UIUC, Purdue

Notice all those other UC schools are absent. Just because U.S. News & Woke Reports ranks them highly now because of Pell Grant and first-gen data doesn't mean they're elite schools. Solid, yes, but not among the 10-12 best publics -- no way.

Why did you leave UT-Austin (the school this thread is actually about) off your list? It belongs somewhere in between your 2nd and 3rd groups of schools.

Oversight. It should be with UF and Wisco despite its impossible admissions from OOS. That is balanced by the fact that anyone from Texas can get in, even with a 900 SAT, if they finish in the top 6% of their hood/trailer park high school.

No one who gets a 900 on the SAT is finishing in the top 6% of their high school class...no matter how hood/trailer park.

It does seem low. However, there is no question that the top 6% rule allows students to matriculate to Texas that wouldn’t be admitted if they were based on merit.

Huh? Top 10 in a class of 200 or so at some terrible high school in a rural area near the Mexican border? You deserve it, based on merit. Will you then have to up your game and make up deficits at UT? Yes.

The average SAT score in Texas is about 1000. So 900 is not out of line with the Texas public schools.

And I agree. Students who are in schools in the worst gang infested neighborhoods where nobody is invested in education and they still did a good job deserve a chance.

The average SAT score in the whole country is 1028.

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I just asked my freshman in a mid-tier hs in Texas if he knew where Manhattan was and he said, "New York. Do you think I am an idiot?"

Also, Keep Austin Weird is a thing. But it's not too weird anymore, unfortunately.

UT is extremely desirable in Texas because it is public (cheaper) and has a higher social standing. It is a world-class institution with enormous resources and you can get just as good of an education there as you can anywhere if you so desire.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course UT has an arts & science school - it’s called the College of Liberal Arts. Also, one of the student presenters had not heard of Manhattan (NY), which was mildly concerning. Definitely a wide range of students there.

Lack of basic Geographical awareness is pervasive throughout the United States and has been for decades. It should come as no surprise to experience it anywhere in this country. Truly sad state of affairs.

You attended an information session and you don’t even know the name of the college(s)? Of all the things that never happened, this didn’t happen the most.

There is a College of Liberal Arts at UT, but it does not include either art or sciences. Art is in the College of Fine Arts. Science is in the College of Natural Sciences.

If you’re going to make stuff up, at least do a basic amount of research first.

I think you’re confusing me with someone else. I was simply commenting on a student unaware of the borough of Manhattan in NYC.

The bolded is not from you? It immediately precedes the comment about Manhattan. It is incorrect.

If your Manhattan anecdote actually happened the way you describe, which I doubt, did it possibly occur to all of you wringing your hands that the student in question is likely from an underprivileged or even just non-privileged background and did not spend their childhood jetting off to NY for the weekend to shop and see Broadway plays? Exactly the kind of student the “top 6%” admissions program was designed to offer an opportunity to succeed.

You people talk a lot about wanting to expose your kid to diversity of experience, but you start wringing your hands when it might include exposing your kid to someone who might not have had all the privileges your kid had. You do need to stick with “elite” schools in the NE, where “diversity” means your kid can go to college with rich kids of many different ethnicities.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course UT has an arts & science school - it’s called the College of Liberal Arts. Also, one of the student presenters had not heard of Manhattan (NY), which was mildly concerning. Definitely a wide range of students there.

Lack of basic Geographical awareness is pervasive throughout the United States and has been for decades. It should come as no surprise to experience it anywhere in this country. Truly sad state of affairs.

You attended an information session and you don’t even know the name of the college(s)? Of all the things that never happened, this didn’t happen the most.

There is a College of Liberal Arts at UT, but it does not include either art or sciences. Art is in the College of Fine Arts. Science is in the College of Natural Sciences.

If you’re going to make stuff up, at least do a basic amount of research first.

I think you’re confusing me with someone else. I was simply commenting on a student unaware of the borough of Manhattan in NYC.

The bolded is not from you? It immediately precedes the comment about Manhattan. It is incorrect.

If your Manhattan anecdote actually happened the way you describe, which I doubt, did it possibly occur to all of you wringing your hands that the student in question is likely from an underprivileged or even just non-privileged background and did not spend their childhood jetting off to NY for the weekend to shop and see Broadway plays? Exactly the kind of student the “top 6%” admissions program was designed to offer an opportunity to succeed.

You people talk a lot about wanting to expose your kid to diversity of experience, but you start wringing your hands when it might include exposing your kid to someone who might not have had all the privileges your kid had. You do need to stick with “elite” schools in the NE, where “diversity” means your kid can go to college with rich kids of many different ethnicities.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course UT has an arts & science school - it’s called the College of Liberal Arts. Also, one of the student presenters had not heard of Manhattan (NY), which was mildly concerning. Definitely a wide range of students there.

Lack of basic Geographical awareness is pervasive throughout the United States and has been for decades. It should come as no surprise to experience it anywhere in this country. Truly sad state of affairs.

You attended an information session and you don’t even know the name of the college(s)? Of all the things that never happened, this didn’t happen the most.

There is a College of Liberal Arts at UT, but it does not include either art or sciences. Art is in the College of Fine Arts. Science is in the College of Natural Sciences.

If you’re going to make stuff up, at least do a basic amount of research first.

I think you’re confusing me with someone else. I was simply commenting on a student unaware of the borough of Manhattan in NYC.

The bolded is not from you? It immediately precedes the comment about Manhattan. It is incorrect.

If your Manhattan anecdote actually happened the way you describe, which I doubt, did it possibly occur to all of you wringing your hands that the student in question is likely from an underprivileged or even just non-privileged background and did not spend their childhood jetting off to NY for the weekend to shop and see Broadway plays? Exactly the kind of student the “top 6%” admissions program was designed to offer an opportunity to succeed.

You people talk a lot about wanting to expose your kid to diversity of experience, but you start wringing your hands when it might include exposing your kid to someone who might not have had all the privileges your kid had. You do need to stick with “elite” schools in the NE, where “diversity” means your kid can go to college with rich kids of many different ethnicities.

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Once again, you’re directing your ire at the wrong person. I’m originally from the Detroit area. I had a public education at a good suburban school district. I was not the one who originally stated the, “Manhattan anecdote.” Never jetted off to NYC to see Broadway plays either. Saying all that, if you were born in this country, are over the age of 18, and are not aware of where Manhattan is then you are an idiot.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course UT has an arts & science school - it’s called the College of Liberal Arts. Also, one of the student presenters had not heard of Manhattan (NY), which was mildly concerning. Definitely a wide range of students there.

Lack of basic Geographical awareness is pervasive throughout the United States and has been for decades. It should come as no surprise to experience it anywhere in this country. Truly sad state of affairs.

You attended an information session and you don’t even know the name of the college(s)? Of all the things that never happened, this didn’t happen the most.

There is a College of Liberal Arts at UT, but it does not include either art or sciences. Art is in the College of Fine Arts. Science is in the College of Natural Sciences.

If you’re going to make stuff up, at least do a basic amount of research first.

Manhattan is in Kansas. Duh.

I think you’re confusing me with someone else. I was simply commenting on a student unaware of the borough of Manhattan in NYC.

The bolded is not from you? It immediately precedes the comment about Manhattan. It is incorrect.

If your Manhattan anecdote actually happened the way you describe, which I doubt, did it possibly occur to all of you wringing your hands that the student in question is likely from an underprivileged or even just non-privileged background and did not spend their childhood jetting off to NY for the weekend to shop and see Broadway plays? Exactly the kind of student the “top 6%” admissions program was designed to offer an opportunity to succeed.

You people talk a lot about wanting to expose your kid to diversity of experience, but you start wringing your hands when it might include exposing your kid to someone who might not have had all the privileges your kid had. You do need to stick with “elite” schools in the NE, where “diversity” means your kid can go to college with rich kids of many different ethnicities.

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Once again, you’re directing your ire at the wrong person. I’m originally from the Detroit area. I had a public education at a good suburban school district. I was not the one who originally stated the, “Manhattan anecdote.” Never jetted off to NYC to see Broadway plays either. Saying all that, if you were born in this country, are over the age of 18, and are not aware of where Manhattan is then you are an idiot.