Top 10 percent rule is unfair

jmanco49
Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:16:53 +0000

No.

My opinion started chaning after I read about this girl who was suing UT after she didn’t get in.

She was omplaining because she thought her credentials were really good, but she was denied because she goes to a “hard school” and it’s really hard to be in the top 10 percent there (she was in the 13th percentile).

I looked up her school profile and the average act score is 26. Not that impressive.

I know this is a massive generalization, but it seems like most people who are against the top 10 percent rule are spoiled well-off kids who have had everything go their way in life, and they expect to be favored in the college admissions process too.

Also,have you seen the sat ranges for UT? They are NOT high.

If you study hard and get 1380 on your sat and are in the top half of your class, you should get in.