when does non-top10% decision come out?

nathanTX07
Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:05:50 +0000

I’m glad this thread is cooling down some…

I’ll throw my opinion in. Personally, I am against the top 10% rule. No, it’s not because I am not top 10% (I’m 4th in my class, 35 ACT, decent ECs, recommendations, and essays, if I do say so myself…and I’ve been admitted to UT…not my first choice though) and it’s not because I want to see UT lose its diversity (why would I want that? I’m Hispanic), but rather because its a numbers game. Think about the extraordinary amount of students who graduate from Texas high schools every year…the number continues to grow as our state’s population grows. If you leave the top 10% rule in place, it is just a matter of time before UT is overcrowded and the quality of education it can offer will be compromised. The same goes for Texas A&M, and eventually Texas Tech, UNT, U of Houston, etc. etc. If you let it continue indefinetely, there will come a time when there will not be a good public education to be found in the state. Granted, that time is very far off, but it isn’t as far off for the large flagship universities of our state (I put UT and A&M ONLY in that category).

Should there be a way to encourage minority access to Texas public universities? Of course. But the top 10% rule is NOT the answer.