Me too… had to have certain GPA on Calc, University Physics, Chem 101 to get into EE college, though…
Is it broken down by demographics? City, race and high schools? I would love to see something
I’ve only seen UT break down admissions by high schools, and they stopped reporting that about five years ago. They now report out by region with ethnicity and parents’ income level.
That is still the case. My son has over 200 letters. Most are form out of state, (more than 10 from Tex. Tech and 13 from Okla. State) none from UH.
Where do you live?
Is it an affluent Houston suburb?
My son is in Katy ISD. UH was the first school we visited as a Junior. We have visited other schools like A&M, Rice. We also visited Caltech, UCLA out west and took an eastern area visiting trip (MIT, Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Princeton). He has gotten that type of attention, I just don’t get why UH has ignored him. If we want to attract great students whose family has 3 UH alumina, one would think we would heard form them already. My wife, oldest daughter and I graduated from UH.
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yeah, UH probably pulls so few student from the affluent Houston suburbs, like Katy, that it is not even worth their effort.
We’ve had this discussion multiple times…the majority of those students are focused on “going away to college” hence the big attempt by TT and out of state Universities.
Of course there are outliers but not enough to make it worth UH’s efforts TODAY.
They know they have to improve to capture the interest of those High ROI students.
On one hand, sending an oversized postcard, or packet, to a potential student doesn’t cost much.
In the other, goodness knows how many mailouts my kids dumped directly in the trash because they hadn’t had any interest in those schools to begin with.
So, I wouldn’t say that not getting correspondence is an indicator of lack of interest. But UH should reach out somehow to legacy students.
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Looks like he applies and he is in, if you put UH to receive test scores that is usually the foot in the door. But he sounds like he could apply to any program at UH and do well.
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Tx Tech spends a lot on admissions marketing. A colleague said “it’s where all my friends go.”
US News rankings just came out:
144. UH
214. TX Tech
220. UNT and UTRGV
UT #30 and A&M #51
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Did we drop a few spots?
I’m sure most school districts host college fairs either in person or virtually so prospective students can have direction on the application process.
I pick up my mail daily and sometimes I see the mailman have stacks of brochures or postcards of universities from other schools around the fall time.
Not sure. Last year, we were #70 among public universities in this ranking. Still ahead of Alabama, Arkansas and LSU.
Nobody said anything about genetics? Business acumen, quality education, etc. can all be described as “brilliance” without it being genetically derived, and much of that is transferable, regardless of source.
We did…133 to 144 / 70 to 74 public
This was somewhat expected for a number of reasons.
The main one in our control is graduation rate. We have essentially hit every other metric needed to crack the top 50 public rankings except for 6 year graduation rate. It hovers around 65-66% but needs to hit ~70% to get us moved up. I’d expect the Chancellor’s fall address to really put focus here with a big push coming.
Even still, UH continues to be well ahead of Texas Tech and other legacy Big 12 schools.
Our peers (or the closest thing to them) are Utah and UCF. We share the 8, 9, 10 spots with both for the second straight year.
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If you think bill gates, et al, would be flipping hamburgers at McDonald’s regardless of race then you are delusional.
Genetics is only 50% - your not cloning Jordan - you forget the mother’s genes play a large part also
Timing and circumstances have huge affects on success. When a new technology
becomes available it opens tremendous opportunities. Computers and the internet
are examples. Their becoming practical allowed enormous opportunities to suddenly be available.
Gates and Jobs were maturing just as computers sufficiently low in cost to be purchased by individuals became available. They were young and did not have families to support. They were astute, but if they had been born 20 years later or 20 years earlier their successes would have been very different.
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The colleges within UH have their own academic standards which are higher than general admission. Above all, UH must remain friendly to students who continue to work part time or even full time. Being able to connect the classroom theory to the “real world” makes for more successful graduates and provides valuable input back to the University regarding what professors are teaching and how they are teaching it.
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