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The top 10% of the good high schools don't go to University of Texas
by geoduck14 4y ago
The top 10% of the good high schools don't go to University of Texas
- civilized 4y agoWho cares? It's a perfectly good school.
- askafriend 4y agoUT Austin has top 10 degree programs in many fields. It really just depends on what you're pursuing.
- maxfurman 4y agoThe parent comment isn't about who goes to UT, it's about who gets accepted.
- debacle 4y agoThe point is that you can hold a door open for everyone, but only the people who need it will use it.
- whydat_whodat 4y agoUT Austin is considered one of the "public ivies" -- a public university offering an educational experience competitive with ivy league universities. Other examples are UC Berkeley, University of Washington at Seattle, and Penn State. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Ivy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Ivy
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- genedan 4y agoYes they do.
- mcguire 4y agoSix of the Ivy's admitted 13,000 students this fall (https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2022/04/04/ivy-league-colleges-announce-acceptance-numbers-for-class-of-2026/?sh=48e6cffd625d https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2022/04/04/ivy-...). UTAustin admitted 19,000 last year, and roughly 50% enrolled. (https://admissions.utexas.edu/explore/freshman-profile https://admissions.utexas.edu/explore/freshman-profile) Texas graduates an estimated 350,000 high school seniors every year. (https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d16/tables/dt16_219.20.asp https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d16/tables/dt16_219.20.a...)