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re: Competition for College Admissions in Texas is unreal
Posted on 2/13/18 at 10:06 am to supatigah
Posted on 2/13/18 at 10:06 am to supatigah
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Because of where we live, they got a fantastic HS education but shut out of Texas.
Yep, this is the irony of Texas high schools. The state has some of the best public schools in the entire country, but because of the percent rule it is tougher to get into the best state universities from those schools.
It is fricked up. But hey, send your kids to LSU or OU or Arizona State. They'll get a good education, have a great time, and be just as successful in life.
PS You didn't want to send them to that cow college in College Station anyways.
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Posted on 2/13/18 at 10:25 am to slackster
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Then your kid doesn't know the specifics. 34+ ACT scores and 4.3 GPAs on a minority gets you accepted wherever you'd like to go assuming you did anything outside of being just a student.
You damn sure aren't getting turned down by Georgia Tech.
This isn't true, depending on the major (and what minority you are).
Computer science or engineering at an elite school, they have 10 times the applicants they can accept and they all have those stats.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 11:06 am to Bjorn Cyborg
They certainly invest a lot of money into education in the Houston area. Tomball built new schools 5 years ago. Just announced yesterday they are building more for 272 million to update the "older" ones.
We live in NW Houston and have pretty good schools here as well.
We live in NW Houston and have pretty good schools here as well.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 11:09 am to buckeye_vol
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So I don’t think you’re evidence to support those extemely high test scores is as sound as you think
So you’re saying that having 6 kids who scored in the top 1% on the NMSQT isn’t solid evidence that 6 kids could score in the top 1% on the ACT? Sound logic right there.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 11:51 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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Computer science or engineering at an elite school, they have 10 times the applicants they can accept and they all have those stats.
yeah there is a sideways discussion about Ivy league admissions earlier in the thread and some dont seem to get that the Top 5 grads at damn near every high school in the country are applying to the Elites like Stanford, Ivies, Vandy, Rice, etc
Like I said earlier the Senior HS Counselor said to my daughter's class that admissions at that level is all about personal Back Story, Essay and Alumni Endorsements. Everyone applying at that level has sky high Test Scores and Grades, is all state in music, or champion debaters, or award winning artists, or Habitat for Humanity Leaders etc etc
My son applied to Rice on a flyer, had some nice Rec Letters (even Owlie pitched in) from Rice Alums/Faculty, but got cut before the interviews stage of the process.
The thing they all kept coming back to while corresponding with him was this "we know what Rice will do for you, what will you do for Rice while you are here and after you are gone?"
That is what is killing Texas Exes right now with the 7% rule. UofTexas is missing out on a ton of kids from the Top high schools in the big cities/suburbs and Texas is stuck with a lot of country kids that flunk out and a lot foreign kids that graduate and disappear. TAMU and the other UT schools are feasting on the big suburban HSs with their more attainable auto-enrollment standards.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 11:54 am to canyon
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Sul Ross is nice.
Played football there against them once... Holy shite... Talk about the middle of nowhere.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 11:58 am to supatigah
A 30 ACT will get you a damn near full ride at probably 95% of schools in the country, a 34 is almost 100% and that's whether you are white or anything else.
If they truly have a 30 ACT, they should be looking at all kinds of other states because they can get close to a full academic ride at many SEC schools with that score.
The whole 7% thing is a joke if your kids got over 30 then they must not be doing much outside of school. Yes, large states you will have a harder time getting into the primary state schools its a pretty basic concept.
Unless you moved here last year, its really not that difficult now a days to know exactly what schools are looking for. Rec letters and everything else are not that difficult to get for anyone in a somewhat professional degree field.
If they truly have a 30 ACT, they should be looking at all kinds of other states because they can get close to a full academic ride at many SEC schools with that score.
The whole 7% thing is a joke if your kids got over 30 then they must not be doing much outside of school. Yes, large states you will have a harder time getting into the primary state schools its a pretty basic concept.
Unless you moved here last year, its really not that difficult now a days to know exactly what schools are looking for. Rec letters and everything else are not that difficult to get for anyone in a somewhat professional degree field.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 11:59 am to supatigah
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My son applied to Rice on a flyer, had some nice Rec Letters (even Owlie pitched in)
and then
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got cut before the interviews stage of the process.
Cause meet effect
Posted on 2/13/18 at 12:12 pm to supatigah
Supa - Great discussion. My son will be a freshman @ Katy Taylor next year. I have friends that have moved west into Tompkins/7Ls,and are now considering moving back to Taylor school zone for the very reasons stated.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 1:13 pm to bless u boys
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Supa - Great discussion. My son will be a freshman @ Katy Taylor next year. I have friends that have moved west into Tompkins/7Ls,and are now considering moving back to Taylor school zone for the very reasons stated.
actually if I had it to do over again, we would still go to tompkins but we would have a much better understanding of the way things work and try to get ahead of it.
or I would follow the lead of my buddy (also from Louisiana) with Schlumberger who just relocated here to Katy from the SLB HQ in Clamart, France. His two kids are HS age and coming from an American School there. They moved in to Lakes at Bella Figura and are going to Foster. So they have a brand new house, same amenities and shopping as we do in Cinco Ranch, a beautiful HS and a MUCH lower threshold for success because they are FBISD and not KISD
to those questioning my kids extra-curricular involvement
My son was an officer on the Debate Team, member of Academic Decathlon team, German Club and NHS
My daughter is an officer in the Theatre Department, member of PALS and she was a cheerleader. PALs is the performing arts outreach group that goes to the local elementary schools and talks about the fine arts with kids
Posted on 2/13/18 at 1:16 pm to baldona
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A 30 ACT will get you a damn near full ride at probably 95% of schools in the country, a 34 is almost 100% and that's whether you are white or anything else
Not really. You need a 33-34 for that.
A 30 appears to get you around half to 3/4 of tuition at many, but not a full ride (dorm, books, etc.).
The list of schools giving a full ride for National Merit Finalists even seems to be dwindling.
This post was edited on 2/13/18 at 1:20 pm
Posted on 2/13/18 at 1:27 pm to TigrrrDad
33 ACT starts the conversation of "full ride" for non-minority applicants but is no guarantee
26 gets a Texas kid the Texas Tiger Scholarship but 33 is required to get the next tier of schollies from LSU as an OOS non-minority applicant
LINK /
my son's ex-GF got a full tuition waiver from UT-Dallas with a 4.2 and a 32 ACT but she went Early decision and committed immediately, she still had to pay room/board/books
26 gets a Texas kid the Texas Tiger Scholarship but 33 is required to get the next tier of schollies from LSU as an OOS non-minority applicant
LINK /
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Texas Tigers
Residency Requirement: Texas Resident
GPA Requirement: 3.0 six-semester high school GPA, weighted by LSU
Test Score Requirement (ACT, New SAT, or Old SAT): ACT: 26 composite minimum
New SAT: 1240 total score minimum
Old SAT: 1170 critical reading and math combined score minimum
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President’s Alumni Scholars Award
Test Score Requirement (ACT, New SAT, or Old SAT): 33 ACT composite score
1490 New SAT Total Score
1440 Old SAT critical reading and math combined score
GPA Requirement: 3.5 six-semester high school GPA, weighted by LSU
Writing Score Requirement: official ACT or SAT writing score submitted to LSU
Priority Deadline Requirement: November 15 priority deadline met
Honors Requirement: accepted to Ogden Honors College
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Stamps Scholarship
Test Score Requirement (ACT, New SAT, or Old SAT): 33 ACT
composite score
1490 New SAT Total Score
1440 Old SAT critical reading and math combined score
GPA Requirement: 3.5 six-semester high school GPA, weighted by LSU
Writing Score Requirement: official ACT or SAT writing score submitted to LSU
Priority Deadline Requirement: November 15 priority deadline met
Honors Requirement: accepted to Ogden Honors College
my son's ex-GF got a full tuition waiver from UT-Dallas with a 4.2 and a 32 ACT but she went Early decision and committed immediately, she still had to pay room/board/books
This post was edited on 2/13/18 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 2/13/18 at 1:36 pm to TigrrrDad
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Not really. You need a 33-34 for that. A 30 appears to get you around half to 3/4 of tuition at many, but not a full ride (dorm, books, etc.).
Well agreed but that's why I said damn near full ride, it's not worth $5,000 a year to go to a school you like less imo.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 1:44 pm to tylercsbn9
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KT
I know some dudes that graduated in 08 but i get the impression you are older
Posted on 2/13/18 at 1:47 pm to supatigah
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son applied to Rice on a flyer, had some nice Rec Letters (even Owlie pitched in) from Rice Alums/Faculty, but got cut before the interviews stage of the process.
It’s probably easier to get an MBA from rice than to get in undergrad
Posted on 2/13/18 at 1:59 pm to supatigah
Supa, is there any discernible difference between Cinco Ranch, Tombkins, and Seven Lakes? They all seem to be nearly identical as the top public in the greater Houston area along with Clements in Sugarland. Other than zoning, of course.
I am just amazed at the number of people who are either able to find a job that is based that far out from Houston or are willing to do the commute if they are working downtown or the Galleria.
Seems to be that the obvious choice for you is to have your daughter go to UTSA for a year and then move to Austin. What’s the gpa requirement to make the transfer official?
I am just amazed at the number of people who are either able to find a job that is based that far out from Houston or are willing to do the commute if they are working downtown or the Galleria.
Seems to be that the obvious choice for you is to have your daughter go to UTSA for a year and then move to Austin. What’s the gpa requirement to make the transfer official?
Posted on 2/13/18 at 2:03 pm to supatigah
Pay for SMU and get her a rich husband with some family oil money.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 2:07 pm to supatigah
How many Texas helicopter moms and dads are going to drive their kids batshit before college? I couldn't imagine having to worry about my HS schedule that much.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 2:44 pm to PortHudsonPlaya
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Academically Texas and Texas aTm are on par with Ivy League schools. Great schools.
lmfao
Posted on 2/13/18 at 3:13 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Pay for SMU and get her a rich husband with some family oil money.
How much cocaine allowance?
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