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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“ 4.0 in Calculus can't pass Algebra” is not supported by what you demonstrated. You can have a 4.0 in mathematics and have never taken calculus.[/quote]

Only about 30% of high school students take calculus.

People here are obsessed with math but there are many degrees that don’t require calculus.  Different skills for different majors.  [/quote]

Yeah, but passing Alg II is generally a high school requirement for graduation.  So why can’t kids accepted to college do basic algebra? [/quote]

What they need is to take the top 9% who ALSO meet minimum test score requirements. Which they will never do.

UT Austin takes top 5% from every high school in Texas ... but I would argue there needs to be a minimum SAT requirement (maybe the average SAT score?). Some sort of baseline that shows a modicum of college readiness. Top 5% that don't meet the minimum could get automatically CAPPED (the jr college to UT pathway). Otherwise you are just setting these students up for failure. 
As it stands now you have Texas kids with 1500+ on the SAT and 3.7 GPAs (including tons of AP and honors) from highly rigorous high schools that aren't getting in to UT Austin, plus loads of others that are highly qualified but because they come from top/competitive high schools have zero chance of getting in to UT.[/quote]

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