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re: Competition for College Admissions in Texas is unreal
Posted on 2/9/18 at 7:49 am to Winston Cup
Posted on 2/9/18 at 7:49 am to Winston Cup
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I hear lsu is easy to get into.
100%
hell 15-ish years ago when i was doing testing i was in the engineering group. i was the only one who aced the (very easy) trig test. all the kids looked at me and asked how i could do it without a calculator
i'll never forget that experience b/c it told me right then and there that college would be easy as frick
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Posted on 2/9/18 at 7:49 am to SlowFlowPro
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hell 15-ish years ago when i was doing testing i was in the engineering group. i was the only one who aced the (very easy) trig test. all the kids looked at me and asked how i could do it without a calculator
Wait LSU Math allows calculators?
LOL WTF.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 7:50 am to lsupride87
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I said near perfect (they were like 33or 34)
You said bear perfect, hence the confusion.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 7:50 am to BobABooey
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The majority of the students were “professional students” who went to additional schooling after the regular school day and also went to tutoring sessions on Saturday.
Not professional students. While your kids are spending countless hours at practice and weekend tournaments for travel ball, those kids are involved with outside the class programs like Destination Imagination, coding classes, tutoring, and volunteering at Habitat for Humanity.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 7:53 am to StringedInstruments
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Seems like there's an incentive to not take AP classes to get that top 7% mark at a lower-ranked high school.
Generally an A equals a 5 for your GPA, B equals 4
That’s the incentive
Posted on 2/9/18 at 7:57 am to 50_Tiger
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Wait LSU Math allows calculators?
no
the point is they couldn't do basic trig without a calculator
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in the engineering group
Posted on 2/9/18 at 7:59 am to SlowFlowPro
Gotcha and yikes... 
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:00 am to supatigah
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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
I went to HS in Fort Bend ISD, and this was going on even back in the late 90s. I had several friends who were toward the top of our class that dropped out of electives like band or theater that they enjoyed because those classes, even with an A, would bring their GPA down.
I was accepted into LSU early and offered a scholarship, so I don't know how it would have gone with UT or A&M, but I'd have probably been in a similar situation as your daughter... my class rank was a bit lower but ACT a bit higher.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:03 am to supatigah
My understanding is Texas higher education is extremely competitive. Lot of applicants. Sounds like the high school your kids were at was built to max the paper qualifications of your kids (not that they don’t deserve it or that it’s not a good high school), but it’s still a bish to get in.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:26 am to supatigah
What the frick did I just read???
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:28 am to supatigah
it's not where you start it's where you finish, my kids and a lot of their friends were exactly where you are a few years ago, take advantage of CAP and Blinn Team if your kids really want to go to UT or ATM, many kids that get accepted out of high school will bust out in the first year creating room for your kid, good luck...
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:37 am to supatigah
Your kids were born the wrong skin color I'm afraid.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:39 am to Jim Smith
His kids should write black lives matter over and over again in their essays. Let admissions know they're not afraid to speak truth to power.
This post was edited on 2/9/18 at 8:39 am
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:47 am to Melvin Spellvin
This is good advice. My son had a 3.7 average and 33 ACT, but did not get into UGA. He ended up going to Colorado on a partial scholarship. Didn't like it, transferred to North Georgia and is now at UGA.
The two options you listed sound like a good opportunity to get into UT or A&M without having to reapply
The two options you listed sound like a good opportunity to get into UT or A&M without having to reapply
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:47 am to yellowfin
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I hope if anything good came out of this thread it's that Abita guy was banned
Sorry to disappoint you but I’m still alive and kicking.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:48 am to NIH
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His kids should write black lives matter over and over again in their essays. Let admissions know they're not afraid to speak truth to power.
I tried to get my second son to check the "other" box on gender and/or "Questioning" on sexuality, but he would not do it for some reason. Idiot
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:51 am to supatigah
Frisco and McKinney ISD is trending the same way.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:52 am to Cdawg
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Not professional students. While your kids are spending countless hours at practice and weekend tournaments for travel ball, those kids are involved with outside the class programs like Destination Imagination, coding classes, tutoring, and volunteering at Habitat for Humanity.
Like I said originally, the kids were only active in academic extracurriculars like the robotics club. On top of that, they went from school to places like Kumon centers and not Habitat for Humanity. Saturday schools seemed to be segregated by nationality - one of my son’s friends called it “Korea School.” On Sunday, that particular family spent a good amount of time with their church and that’s awesome. I’m not judging but I’m saying that I didn’t want my kids to be exposed to that as early as elementary school. Just a personal choice.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:57 am to supatigah
I'm sorry but if 25% of the class has a 3.96 or better GPA then the school is really way too easy. That's ridiculous to have so many kids with such a GPA.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 9:00 am to SlowFlowPro
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i'll never forget that experience b/c it told me right then and there that college would be easy as frick
Avi checks out
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