As we all know, A&M and Texas are on the decline, over funded and bloated, while Tech continues to rocket up the ladder of academic excellence and shall one day be the states premier public Flagship University....At least according to any raider you talk to. What do they base this on? 2 things:
1) the 60 point difference between SAT scores between A&M and Tech (per Princeton Review)
2) A&M having a higher acceptance rate than tech.
Poor Tech, but as they say there are lies, damn lies and statistics. Lets look at whats behind these numbers:
1) Note how tech dwells on only the SAT score. Note how there is never any mention of where a tard is as far as his HS Top 10%/GPA/Class Rank/Extra curriculars. You know, all those OTHER factors a school looks at besides your SAT. The fact is a tards scores may be within 60 points of the A&M average but everyone who got in while he didnt was in the top half of their class and or top ten percent or academic auto admit, had a higher GPA and better overall credentials.
2) As far as 'admission selectivity" goes yup its true we have a higher acceptance rate than Tek. But is this bad? Lets ask Princeton Review. According to the PR selectivity rankings 61= automatic, no-one-ever-turned-away-as-long-as-you-have-a-pulse open admissions while at the other end a 99= Harvard level hard to get in.
UT-96
A&M-91
tek-70
Hmm would seem that A&M IS harder to get into but how can that be when we have a higher acceptance rate than Tech? Lets ask Princeton Review:
Admissions Selectivity Rating
This rating measures how competitive admissions are at the school. This rating is determined by several institutionally-reported factors, including: the class rank, average standardized test scores, and average high school GPA of entering freshmen; the percentage of students who hail from out-of-state; and the percentage of applicants accepted. By incorporating all these factors, our Admissions Selectivity Rating adjusts for "self-selecting" applicant pools. University of Chicago, for example, has a very high rating, even though it admits a surprisingly large proportion of its applicants. Chicago's applicant pool is self-selecting; that is, nearly all the school's applicants are exceptional students. This rating is given on a scale of 60-99. Please note that if a school has an Admissions Selectivity Rating of 60*, it means that the school did not report to us all of the statistics that go into the rating by our deadline.
"What's this garbage? Melon rinds, pantyhose, a term paper from Texas Tech!" -Mayor Quimby, The Simpsons
[This message has been edited by Aglax2005 (edited 7/27/2005 4:09p).]
1) the 60 point difference between SAT scores between A&M and Tech (per Princeton Review)
2) A&M having a higher acceptance rate than tech.
Poor Tech, but as they say there are lies, damn lies and statistics. Lets look at whats behind these numbers:
1) Note how tech dwells on only the SAT score. Note how there is never any mention of where a tard is as far as his HS Top 10%/GPA/Class Rank/Extra curriculars. You know, all those OTHER factors a school looks at besides your SAT. The fact is a tards scores may be within 60 points of the A&M average but everyone who got in while he didnt was in the top half of their class and or top ten percent or academic auto admit, had a higher GPA and better overall credentials.
2) As far as 'admission selectivity" goes yup its true we have a higher acceptance rate than Tek. But is this bad? Lets ask Princeton Review. According to the PR selectivity rankings 61= automatic, no-one-ever-turned-away-as-long-as-you-have-a-pulse open admissions while at the other end a 99= Harvard level hard to get in.
UT-96
A&M-91
tek-70
Hmm would seem that A&M IS harder to get into but how can that be when we have a higher acceptance rate than Tech? Lets ask Princeton Review:
Admissions Selectivity Rating
This rating measures how competitive admissions are at the school. This rating is determined by several institutionally-reported factors, including: the class rank, average standardized test scores, and average high school GPA of entering freshmen; the percentage of students who hail from out-of-state; and the percentage of applicants accepted. By incorporating all these factors, our Admissions Selectivity Rating adjusts for "self-selecting" applicant pools. University of Chicago, for example, has a very high rating, even though it admits a surprisingly large proportion of its applicants. Chicago's applicant pool is self-selecting; that is, nearly all the school's applicants are exceptional students. This rating is given on a scale of 60-99. Please note that if a school has an Admissions Selectivity Rating of 60*, it means that the school did not report to us all of the statistics that go into the rating by our deadline.
"What's this garbage? Melon rinds, pantyhose, a term paper from Texas Tech!" -Mayor Quimby, The Simpsons
[This message has been edited by Aglax2005 (edited 7/27/2005 4:09p).]