Is UT=Ivy of Texas?

navyarf
Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:42:49 +0000

“and focus on admitting only high SAT/ACT-scoring students outside the 75% cap (along with, of course, the athletes that aren’t academically inclined).”

Though I do not have concrete evidence for my conclusion, anecdotal reports tell me that this is exactly what UT is doing. SAT scores seem to be weighed heavily in non top 10 admissions. This makes sense, UT’s average SAT drops when they admit students from the top 10 with lower SATs, so in order to boost their ranking, they like to select students with higher SATs to compensate.