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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If a state school hopes to be a great academic institution, it cannot take state residents only or set arbitrary cutoffs without attention to actual ability. Doing either greatly limits the pool of high-achieving applicants and saddles the university with expensive mandates to bring poorly performing kids up to speed or boot them out. The much better approach is what Virginia does: offer a variety of public schools focused on different studies and for students of different abilities and let them compete for which school fits them. By definition, not everyone will go to UVA, or W&M, or VATech, and that is Ok.

This year, everyone wants to complain about UVA and VATech admissions because this was a very unpredictable admissions cycle, and now, many yearn for a quality education at a good price. But, if students and parents really valued these institutions, they would have committed to them upfront. I have little sympathy for the folks who played the field and now rant that UVA and VATech didn’t hold a position for them. Truly the epitome of privileged thinking. [/quote]

UT Austin seems to be doing just fine[/quote]

It is, but if it was released from the top 6% rule, it would likely have significantly higher average standardized test scores, probably at around the level of Michigan, etc.  Having lived in Texas for a while, they don't seem to be as obsessed with USNWR ranking as DCUM is.  They are cognizant that UT Austin is a great deal with in state tuition, and particularly so in areas like business, engineering, and computer science.[/quote]

I’m confused. Are you saying that high hs junior level SAT scores make a college a great academic institution? Did you even listen to the podcast?[/quote]

Top 6%/10% provides opportunities to some people, but it takes them away from others.  If you go to an easy high school, you may be top 10% working less than someone who goes to a tougher school with tougher competition.  [/quote]

Those at the high schools with tougher competition usually have other advantages in life that those in the “easier” high schools do not. Please don’t assume that people in the easier high schools aren’t working hard. They often have other obstacles to success. And if you understand equity would understand this is what is needed.

This policy was put in place as an alternative to affirmative action because UT lost a court case - Hopwood. [/quote]

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