Doing the math
As a homeschooler, I know that money isn’t everything in education but it as Jaime Castillo points out, it certainly helps.
The 10-campus UC system, which is considered by some as the nation’s best collection of public research institutions, has five medical centers, three national laboratories, and Berkley and UCLA.
The UT System includes nine universities and six health science institutions. It has an annual operating budget of $10.7 billion.
With fewer campuses to feed, the annual budget in the California system is $18 billion.
You do the math.
How long do you think it will take the people of Texas to realize that sometimes, government spending is actually an investment? Even if UT Austin didn’t have to use the top ten percent rule, sooner or later, simply because of population growth in the suburbs of Dallas and Houston, the school would run out of space for all those who want to be admitted. What would the parents have done then?
Let me guess, if gpas are the same, preference would be given to applicants who attended the public school that spent more money per pupil. That should get them what they want and justify their higher home prices. If nothing else, I bet none of them would be blaming themselves for not demanding that their legislators increase state support for higher education.
From www.CollegeResults.org
Six year graduation rates for undergraduates
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