Now let's get rid of the legacy kids too. My son graduated top 2% of his class, applied at UT Engineering and was waitlisted. A girl from his same graduating class, did not even graduate top 25%, was admitted to Engineering, based solely on the fact she is a legacy student- her grades and extras were non existent. Oh and she decided to go to another school after all of that and my son decided to go elsewhere, because he deserved that spot and wasn't waiting around to be a second pick. We decided to put him in Junior College, he worked his way through his first year (He had enough credits from high school to enter as a Sophomore) and went on to his dream college, admitted to engineering 11 days after applying. Yep- stop letting these colleges determine your future, based on a rather broken system.
@@hectorg7090 High school Students from richer neighborhoods, that can not compete with the top performers at their school will transfer to another poorer Highschool during their last two years (junior grade level) to attend a school that has lower performing students. This way they can try and out perform these students who have been systematically under educated. This is similar to the ways in which average men in the U.S or U.K that can not afford to impress women in their own country will go to poorer countries to compete with the local, poorer men for women. Colonialism. It’s the same concept and it’s ALL rooted in racism.
Yes, because the parents of out-of-state students don’t pay taxes to the state of Texas. They give preference to those who are in-state since their parents have contributed monetarily to the university
Is it justifiable to allow GPA to be so heavily weighted as an admission criteria to get into the flagship University in the state? This isn’t fair or even ethical. This is a public University that benefits from public funds. There must be ways to allow even the bottom 5% of students to have an opportunity to access the best state public University in America.
They do this so that top students in even the poorest/worst school districts have a chance to get in. Most universities discount the grades of top students that were unlucky enough to go to a bad district.
@@yuppers1 There's nothing wrong with community colleges like many people think so and even top students go there (at a community college near where I live, some of the students transfer to places like Harvard) cause it's affordable.
Yeah there is, go to a community college or a different uni and then transfer. If you're in the bottom 5% you won't survive at UT Austin anyways, you need to have a strong work ethic and desire to learn to keep up with your peers.
Automatic admission has been a joke anyways, because it doesn't guarantee to be accepted into your major unless you're majoring in the Liberal Arts.
automatic admission is the reason i got into medical school. UT's name is such a big plus on your resume
What sucks is some schools are small and don’t meet that threshold at all
@@mandibutler1150 explain please. English my second language
Now let's get rid of the legacy kids too. My son graduated top 2% of his class, applied at UT Engineering and was waitlisted. A girl from his same graduating class, did not even graduate top 25%, was admitted to Engineering, based solely on the fact she is a legacy student- her grades and extras were non existent. Oh and she decided to go to another school after all of that and my son decided to go elsewhere, because he deserved that spot and wasn't waiting around to be a second pick. We decided to put him in Junior College, he worked his way through his first year (He had enough credits from high school to enter as a Sophomore) and went on to his dream college, admitted to engineering 11 days after applying. Yep- stop letting these colleges determine your future, based on a rather broken system.
Lol it’s so funny what people say. Top 25% is not bad lol it’s not just about grades
i mean...can't you always just transfer later? save money on the basics at a small university and do your major core at a big state school
THIS! 100%
Yessssssss!!!! Now these parents can’t just move their students Junior year to the nearest small town for higher rankings.
Explain please. English is my second language
@@hectorg7090 High school Students from richer neighborhoods, that can not compete with the top performers at their school will transfer to another poorer Highschool during their last two years (junior grade level) to attend a school that has lower performing students.
This way they can try and out perform these students who have been systematically under educated.
This is similar to the ways in which average men in the U.S or U.K that can not afford to impress women in their own country will go to poorer countries to compete with the local, poorer men for women. Colonialism. It’s the same concept and it’s ALL rooted in racism.
@@AminaPhilosophy thanks. So technically they can still move but the 5% will make it harder
I hope that Access College gentleman is right
This is pure greed. Out of state students pay three times as much.
Yes, because the parents of out-of-state students don’t pay taxes to the state of Texas. They give preference to those who are in-state since their parents have contributed monetarily to the university
Thats pretty normal to pay more out of state unless its a private university
it's like that everywhere, other universities exist than UT
Is it justifiable to allow GPA to be so heavily weighted as an admission criteria to get into the flagship University in the state? This isn’t fair or even ethical. This is a public University that benefits from public funds. There must be ways to allow even the bottom 5% of students to have an opportunity to access the best state public University in America.
They do this so that top students in even the poorest/worst school districts have a chance to get in. Most universities discount the grades of top students that were unlucky enough to go to a bad district.
If you have a bad GPA you can go to a local college or community college, up your grades, and then transfer in after 1-2 years.
@@yuppers1 There's nothing wrong with community colleges like many people think so and even top students go there (at a community college near where I live, some of the students transfer to places like Harvard) cause it's affordable.
Yeah there is, go to a community college or a different uni and then transfer. If you're in the bottom 5% you won't survive at UT Austin anyways, you need to have a strong work ethic and desire to learn to keep up with your peers.