UT doesn’t care what you out-of-staters think of them as you peruse your rejection letters.
Texas is booming, the school has tons of oil field money, and it is loved by Texans, who have no desire to attend college in the northeast and go to the lowly Cornell’s of the world when they can go to UT. |
Because OP is a troll and he forgot which battle of the schools he was trying to start. |
Let's just say many of the Rice students are UT Austin rejects. UT Austin provides the same or better education at an affordable tuition. They couldn't get in to UT Austin, so they went to their fallback. |
I can almost gauarantee you the Wisconsin troll strayed this thread. You know how I know this? He/she already started a new thread, which by the way has already been blocked by the moderator comparing Texas to Wisconsin. I tried to copy and paste it, but it’s already been removed. |
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Nobody here has stated that Michigan is at the same level as Berkeley. UCLA has risen to Michigan’s level over the past two decades. Those are the three top publics in this country. Professional schools and top OOS students are definitely in the equation when ranking top schools. Very few schools are like the top three, with academic strengths across ALL disciplines. Schools that are overwhelmingly instate, with the exception of the UCs since the population of California is so huge, will have a large percentage of good, but not great, students. Texas is a prime example. That top 6% rule includes thousands of mediocre students from weaker high schools. |
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. |
No public universities--besides arguably Berkeley, UCLA and Michigan-- are "elite." They are public state schools. Some are great, others are just OK. Putting them in tiers or rows is ridiculous. |
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. |
In virtually every world ranking , those schools show up as top universities. Academically, all three are elite. |
Ever been to Sunnyside or the Third Ward in Houston? Where the hood, where the hood, where the hood at. |
Every Texas public high school is included. I’m not sure if those students even need to take a SAT/ACT test since it’s an auto admit based on GPAs. |
That's why I said "besides Berkeley UCLA and Michigan" |
Yep. I'm sure there are plenty of kids UT Austin who scored less than 1000 on the SAT (or whatever the ACT equivalent is). |
Of course those students exist - and they have SN issues like dyslexia, anxiety disorders, ADHD, etc. so ask for accommodations. Many top 6% of class kids will test low. Everyone knows this - which is why the colleges were at one point trying to do away with accepting test scores across the board. This is also why accommodations for extra time on the SAT and GRE are accepted. If the student with a low test scores gets a "bad" result then they then they should prep and retake and if still then "bad" apply to schools which are still test-optional. |