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A school for idiots who somehow happened to get in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class by avoiding challenging classes.
There are also a few brighter people who got rejected from highly selective schools (Commonly Rice, Duke, Ivy leagues, CMU, etc.) they really wanted to go to that chose to go here as a safety school.
The school does deserve mention for maintaining good engineering, business, graduate law, and various honors programs.
Ex. 1-(12th grader talking to college admissions advisor)
"test scores?"
"700/2400 on the SAT, 12 on ACT"
"current classwork?"
"I'm in Academic English, Algebra II, Chemistry, and Government. The other four periods I have off."
"Well, any extracurricular hobbies?"
"I like going to parties..."
"My, my, my. Class rank?"
"50 out of 500"
"Ah! Well, the University of Texas at Austin should be just the place for you!"
Ex. 2-(Two of the "brighter people" talking)
1:"Hey, did you get into Rice?"
2:"No, they want out-of-state people so badly, they won't take anyone if they're from Houston."
1:"So where you gonna go?"
2:"If I don't kill myself first, UT. I get automatic admission, plus, being valedictorian, I get a year of free tuition!"
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