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Surprisingly, Texas is a real outlier here. Most states have some last resort college you can attend, but it's usually a community college, or AS degree institu
by pnutjam 5y ago
Surprisingly, Texas is a real outlier here. Most states have some last resort college you can attend, but it's usually a community college, or AS degree institution.
UT Austin is a really good school from what I hear.
- samatman 5y agoUniversity of California also guarantees admission to the top 9% graduates of public high schools. Or did, at least. It's true that both of these policies are outliers on a per-state basis, but when you consider population, somewhat less so.
- evgen 5y agoUT-Austin has an enrollment of 40K in a state with almost 350,000 high school grads in 2021. It is in no way a 'last resort' college and is in fact at the top of the UT system in terms of exclusivity and admission requirements. There are a variety of other UT campuses around the state with lower admission requirements and a similarly lower academic ranking. You are correct that Texas is an outlier though, it has one of the lowest graduation rates in the country.
- pnutjam 5y agoYeah, that's what I was trying to say. Contrast that with Indiana who guarantees all high school graduate admission to Ivy Tech. Texas is offering a way better deal and driving opportunity for a diverse group of students.