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re: Competition for College Admissions in Texas is unreal
Posted on 2/9/18 at 1:50 am to FLBooGoTigs1
Posted on 2/9/18 at 1:50 am to FLBooGoTigs1
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So sad about these kids today and suicide I just don't get it and will leave it at that.
In the case of these kids, it was the pressure from their parents. A&M wasn’t good enough for them.
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Posted on 2/9/18 at 1:52 am to AbitaFan08
If ivy leaguers are all universally fricking brilliant why does our leadership class suck so badly, since that is where it is from?
Posted on 2/9/18 at 1:55 am to cupchu1
We all had pressure as young adults but most didn't commit suicide when I was growing up. I think social media has contributed greatly to this epidemic.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 1:58 am to supatigah
Alright Supa good luck with your kids and them getting into their colleges I got shite to do at work 
Posted on 2/9/18 at 2:17 am to supatigah
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wasn’t shocked by Texas, even though she applied to their public relations school which isn’t one of their tougher entries
This is the funny quote of the thread. After all the explanations you given and years of prep to get to this point, Public Relations is the goal?
Save all of the extra misery and Austin money... send her to HCC-Katy
Posted on 2/9/18 at 2:40 am to supatigah
Your son took 15 AP classes and only had 33 hours of credit at UTD? How many did he fail, shite
Posted on 2/9/18 at 2:42 am to supatigah
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he did get auto accepted into Texas A&M. He chose to go to UT-Dallas
Posted on 2/9/18 at 2:56 am to TbirdSpur2010
Doesn't UT Dallas have a couple of very good programs?
Don't have a dog in the fight but I seem to remember they do, used to work down the street
Don't have a dog in the fight but I seem to remember they do, used to work down the street
Posted on 2/9/18 at 4:23 am to Winston Cup
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Since most Texas schools are public, they have to allocate space for the auto qualify percent from shite schools in McAllen, Harlingen, etc
This is my plan. Live in The Woodlands and take advantage of the good schools as long as possible. Then move to bumfu*k country-arse Texas where the kids are dumb as rocks and let my kid make that top percentage more easily.
It really is kind of a stupid system when you look at it that way.
But, I don't care what you believe about how good a school district is, 25% of students making above a 4.0 is grade inflation. No it's, ands, or buts about it. You really think 1 in 4 kids are making straight A's (or at least the equivalent when taking AP into account)?
This post was edited on 2/9/18 at 4:27 am
Posted on 2/9/18 at 4:39 am to supatigah
Your kid’s high school has an inflated grade system
Posted on 2/9/18 at 4:53 am to 13SaintTiger
Lol I read this whole thread to find out exactly what her major would be and like a bad book such a horrible ending.
Wtf you do with that kind of degree?!
Also, as the poster above me alluded too, your HS is giving more A’s than it should and if you can’t do basic college calculus then you are not Ivy League / UT-A material.
I read this thread as more of a shock to you than a rant. shite I graduated from West Jeff with a 4.75 (damn ROTC) and was humbled QUICKLY once I walked into the UT system. Had to work damn hard to get my BSEE. Now I make more money than Aggies in my lab
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That’s another thing. If they can’t get into UT-A or A&M, and your hellbent on spending a shite ton of money for college; why not send her to SMU. At least there you can be a feaux rich bawette with the other rich kids who couldn’t get into Rice.
Wtf you do with that kind of degree?!
Also, as the poster above me alluded too, your HS is giving more A’s than it should and if you can’t do basic college calculus then you are not Ivy League / UT-A material.
I read this thread as more of a shock to you than a rant. shite I graduated from West Jeff with a 4.75 (damn ROTC) and was humbled QUICKLY once I walked into the UT system. Had to work damn hard to get my BSEE. Now I make more money than Aggies in my lab
. That’s another thing. If they can’t get into UT-A or A&M, and your hellbent on spending a shite ton of money for college; why not send her to SMU. At least there you can be a feaux rich bawette with the other rich kids who couldn’t get into Rice.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 4:58 am to supatigah
Public school grades are a 100% inflated. I went to a hard as shite private school and no one had over a 4.0.
Why doesn't she just go to an out of state school?
Why doesn't she just go to an out of state school?
This post was edited on 2/9/18 at 5:08 am
Posted on 2/9/18 at 5:24 am to The Egg
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alot of Texas seniors are opting to go to alabama though,I hear...
Getting into UGA is extremely difficult and kids here are going to Alabama.
Bad thing is that they come back.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 5:29 am to Tigertown in ATL
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Getting into UGA is extremely difficult and kids here are going to Alabama.
Bad thing is that they come back.
Louisiana has the opposite problem. Some of the college educated see what's going both politically and with job availability and bolt.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 5:51 am to supatigah
Your kids are dumb
Posted on 2/9/18 at 6:22 am to supatigah
I’ve posted this before, but a girl at my son’s school got a 36 on the ACT - TWICE - and has a GPA around a 4.6 with all A’s (4 AP classes per year), and got rejected by MIT. Another with a 4.6 and 34 ACT applied to Stanford and several Ivy Leagues, and only got into his 5th choice - Rice. Both are minorities as well. Another kid with a 4.6 and 35 ACT got rejected by Georgia Tech. I would have thought these kids were all slam dunks for those schools. It’s very competitive.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 6:25 am to supatigah
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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.
Participation trophy generation
Posted on 2/9/18 at 6:25 am to TigrrrDad
I hope if anything good came out of this thread it's that Abita guy was banned
Posted on 2/9/18 at 6:26 am to tiggerthetooth
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Which is helped immensely if you're a non-white.
Not if you’re asian.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 6:27 am to DavidTheGnome
Grade inflation is big in Texas schools.
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