Competition for College Admissions in Texas is unreal

Just found out my daughter didn’t get into Texas or Texas A&M.
She got CAP for Texas
She got Texas A&M Blinn Team offer

That being said my son went through this same thing last year. He didn’t get into Texas but he did get auto accepted into Texas A&M. He chose to go to UT-Dallas

Now the unreal part. This is not a humble brag on my kids, this is the facts

My son graduated in the Top 17% of his class at a Katy ISD school. He had a 4.2 GPA and a 30 ACT. Because of the AP courses the kids take there were >100 kids above 4.0 in his class of 480 kids with three kids over 4.5 and two over 4.6. The valedictorian had a 4.69 GPA

My daughter will graduate in the Top 26% in her class with a 3.97 GPA and 31 ACT. She has never made less than a B but she did not take as many AP classes as my son.

This isn’t good enough to get in to the two big state schools? Holy shite, WTF is going on here? Texas has auto enrollment for top 7% and TAMU has it for Top 25%

The Top 25% in my daughter’s class is still above 4.0 and is about 160 kids

Last year when my son went to spring testing at LSU he saw some kids he grew up with in Lafayette that went to STM. They had taken 4-6 AP Courses in HS, my son took 15. My daughter took 10.
With online courses there are kids in her class that have taken 18-20 AP Courses in HS. The valedictorian in her class also has a 4.69 GPA.

There is a Facebook group in our area that counsels Parents here on maximizing and manipulating the scheduling process to get the highest possible GPA. One thing they do is take non-AP courses like PE online or their senior year to minimize the impact of non-5.0 courses on their transcript

MAGA