<p>This shows you how many kids from the two HS went to UT in 2013: <a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/2013TexasFeeders.pdf”>http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/2013TexasFeeders.pdf</a></p>
<p>My kids opted for the more challenging school where they weren’t in the top 10% over the neighborhood school, where they surely would have been. Ds1 applied to UT and got in despite not even being in the top 25%. Ds2 didn’t even apply. I wouldn’t make getting into UT via top 7% THE deciding factor for a HS. Your child may not even want to go there four years from now. DS2 didn’t even apply. And ds1 ended up at a school I’d never heard of when he was a HS freshman. There are so many plusses for choosing the more rigorous route.</p>
<p>Another great in-state option is the academic admit program at A&M. As long as your student can land in the top 25% with a CR+M of 1300, he/she is in. <a href=“http://admissions.tamu.edu/freshman/admitted”>http://admissions.tamu.edu/freshman/admitted</a></p>