<p>Texasmama, I think the results have been better for Hispanics according to what I’ve read.</p>
<p>UT is really trying to increase African American enrollment, as has A&M. With your daughter’s stats at 12%, she shouldn’t have any trouble at all getting in (probably not in business or engineering, but certainly in liberal arts), she might qualify for some of the scholarship dollars they are talking about - Good luck!!!</p>
<p>I used to play with all those statistics. Although the numbers for 2006 were slightly better than in prior years, it would be a stretch to find meaningful changes in the admissions of minorities, especially for blacks and hispanics. For instance you can track the increase in hispanic enrollment directly to an increase in the top 10% number. For minorities outside the top 10%, it’s not that pretty!</p>
<p>Here’s the latest report for 2006. It shows how the 10% and not 10% fared and shows the racial distribution of admissions and enrollment: </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/HB588-Report9.pdf[/url]”>http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/research/HB588-Report9.pdf</a></p>
<p>I think increases in Hispanic diversity have to be taken into context and the following question has to be asked… Have the increases at UT-Austin and Texas A&M kept up with sharp increase in the number of college age Hispanic in the state of Texas?</p>
<p>(Sorry about the quoting ag…gave up learning all the bracket stuff about 2 years ago…lol!)</p>
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<p>Thanks xiggi. I swear, someday, I’m gonna learn this stuff.</p>
<p>No biggie ldmom, quotation marks work too :)</p>
<p>Hey, I read that ya’ll’s (now that’s Texan;)) incredible volleyball girl signed to play at Stanford next year! She will be in the freshman class with our phenom quarterback!</p>
<p>plural possessive: all ya’all’s</p>
<p>Isn’t the correct spelling “y’all”? </p>
<p>Back on track - I think when the top 10% rule really starts affecting A&M we’ll hear a much bigger uproar. I can just hear the chanting around the bonfire.</p>
<p>Somehow, I don’t think Webster’s has a “correct spelling” of ya’ll, but we all know what it means :)</p>
<p>firefly, maybe so, I keep thinking something will be done to repeal it. I thought this last session was going to be the one. It certainly sounded like it, but the modifications were thwarted at the last minute.</p>
<p>Go Booker T. Washington High School!</p>
<p>Based on my experience in TX, if you’re a determined kid, you can wring a good education out of most any circumstance. I went to a decent public school here in TX, but in a smaller W. Texas town and so not one that would ever make a top 50 list. I took every honors and AP classes that they offered and got in to a perfectly respectable top 20 LAC. By contrast, my S is managing to do whatever he can to avoid getting a respectable education that his private school in the Big D (potentially) affords him. </p>
<p>There was an article in D Magazine some years ago talking about HYP becoming safety schools for kids wanting to get in to UT but I’ve still yet to validate any real life example of flights from top notch private schools to a public school to take advantage of the top 10% rule. I know of kids who wanted to do it, but so far, while acknowledging that my experience hardly counts as statistically significant, I’ve not heard of any parent willing to condone such a move.</p>
<p>ag - Yes she’s goin’ to Stanford! (And I pray her mom will be our new principal!) I kinda hoped Nekka would give UNC a look, but I don’t blame her for picking Stanford. </p>
<p>Btw…she’s going to play b-ball for Stanford, but her younger sis is the volleyball (AND basketball) phenom. Maybe UNC will get that one…lol. Our high school already sent Lindsay to Duke, so it’s the 'Heels turn don’t ya think!?</p>
<p>Sounds fair to me!! UNC is certainly a good choice!</p>
<p>I remember seeing the sisters last year when they played us in the volleyball playoffs and they were amazing! Good luck to her. We had a girl from last year’s team sign at Stanford for volleyball - Lauren Williams. I don’t know why I thought that Nekka was playing volleyball, must have had it confused.</p>
<p>Anyway, lots of Houston kids are choosing Stanford! Wonder why ;)</p>