re: Competition for College Admissions in Texas is unreal

Read the whole dang thread.

Here's the rub for college these days: an undergrad degree simply isn't cutting it anymore in the white collar working world. You HAVE to get at least a Master's Degree to get in the door for a job interview with a starting salary of +$50,000.

Texas resident parents are about to realize that going to going to schools like UT-Dallas, UT-Arlington, TAMU-CC, TAMU-Galveston, etc in order to matriculate up to the main Austin or CS campuses are the route to take for less stress, money spending, etc.

Another piece of the discussion that comes in to play is the club sports kid playing ball in a different town every weekend in hopes of landing a scholarship. No one thinks their kid is getting a full ride (outside of football or basketball) but the scholarship (partial) is based on general acceptance to the college, which does not fall into the Top 7%/ACT score/Class Rank parameters. Those acceptances into the school come from a completely separate pool.

What all of this is doing is creating massive growth, unlike any seen before, at the rest of the schools in the state. Buildings, housing, amenities, etc are going up every single semester.

Parents need to start having more serious conversations with their kid, often, about what they want out of their HS & undergraduate college experiences. Because the stress these kids are under these days is killing actual life experiences.