Should the "Top 10 Percent" rule change?

Admission into Texas’ finest Universities can be a very impossible task to many students. Although in many cases, it can be as easy as filling out an application, pressing submit and automatically knowing you have gained full admission. This particular circumstance is that of any student graduating in the top ten percent of their class in Texas. This you may think is fair because the students have earned their grades and positions within the top ten percent category, when in fact the article “UT pushes lawmakers to modify ‘top 10% rule’,” attempts to prove the rule to be unfair. Within the article, UT’s president, William Powers, makes many statements regarding the unfairness of the present top ten percent rule. He, as well as the entire University, are very concerned that in the next few years, the entire freshman class to receive admission will be solely and completely admitted based on one criteria. Unfortunately, preventing many bright students “to fall short of the top 10 percent,” lowering their chances of admission into the University. Powers hopes that the Legislative leaders this spring will work very hard to change the rule in order to allow more students admission that are just outside of the top ten percent in their graduating class. This article is very informative and worth reading for anyone attending ACC who is interested in applying to any Texas public university, and who were denied acceptance because they were just shy of the top ten percent of their graduating class. The article can be found on the web at: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/6199274.html