[Mick]

[quote author=Roberton3 link=topic=9617.msg148127#msg148127 date=1450120416]
[quote author=TrumpCard link=topic=9617.msg148124#msg148124 date=1450118924]
The "experts" missed the boat on this one big time.  TAMU tops the predictions, yet the kid has said multiple times that his #1 priority is a prestigious degree...

Keep in mind that in Texas, TAMU is widely considered to be a prestigious degree.  And that's not entirely crazy: nearly all Texans stay in-state for college (a far higher percentage than in most states), and TAMU is the third-best university in the state.
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While at Stanford, I got enough education in relativism to last me a lifetime.  Let's just focus on objective criteria. My understanding is that UT-Austin has a 10% rule, which is that all kids in the top 10% of their class automatically earn admission.  McCulloch is in the top 1% of his class, plus he's his class president and the star of his football team.  He's a superstar.  There wouldn't be another kid like him in his whole class at TAMU.
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Are you sure?  I know the university of california system has a similar rule, but I think it is the top 8%, and it only gains admissions to the UC system, not UCLA.  There were about 290,000 Texas high school grads, so the top 10% would be roughly 29,000 guarantees.  They had 38,000 aapplications, and 15,500 acceptances (slightly less than half enrolled).  It sounds to me like the top 10% might be guaranteed a spot somewhere in the UT system, but maybe not specifically at UT-Austin.

[Mick]

[quote author=Roberton3 link=topic=9617.msg148127#msg148127 date=1450120416]
[quote author=TrumpCard link=topic=9617.msg148124#msg148124 date=1450118924]
The "experts" missed the boat on this one big time.  TAMU tops the predictions, yet the kid has said multiple times that his #1 priority is a prestigious degree...

Keep in mind that in Texas, TAMU is widely considered to be a prestigious degree.  And that's not entirely crazy: nearly all Texans stay in-state for college (a far higher percentage than in most states), and TAMU is the third-best university in the state.
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While at Stanford, I got enough education in relativism to last me a lifetime.  Let's just focus on objective criteria. My understanding is that UT-Austin has a 10% rule, which is that all kids in the top 10% of their class automatically earn admission.  McCulloch is in the top 1% of his class, plus he's his class president and the star of his football team.  He's a superstar.  There wouldn't be another kid like him in his whole class at TAMU.
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Are you sure?  I know the university of california system has a similar rule, but I think it is the top 8%, and it only gains admissions to the UC system, not UCLA.  There were about 290,000 Texas high school grads, so the top 10% would be roughly 29,000 guarantees.  They had 38,000 aapplications, and 15,500 acceptances (slightly less than half enrolled).  It sounds to me like the top 10% might be guaranteed a spot somewhere in the UT system, but maybe not specifically at UT-Austin.