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Unless, of course, you want to discuss smoking exotic meats, air-raiding dive bars’ TouchTunes, Kendal Briles, the three man front, and early 2000’s running back highlight tapes.
For reference - the school to the East who shall not be named:
Fall 2018: 12,603 applicants, 51.2% acceptance rate. SAT 1280 - 1460, ACT 29-33
Fall 2025: 24,053 applicants, 47.6% acceptance rate. SAT 1360-1470, ACT 31-34
Increased national presence, more selective admissions.
My greatest concern for TCU's trajectory isn't football. It's the quiet erosion of the institution's quality and standards, and with it, the national status of the university and the value of the degree earned.
This doesn’t just harm current degree holding alumni. This is a disease that will slowly and continually chip away at our beloved institution until we are among a cohort of institutions that we do not want to be associated with.
TCU had and has the option to decide what tier of institution it wants to be. So far the choice to grow aggressively by any means necessary has weakened the university’s national position and has degraded the value of a TCU degree.
On the plus side - since there was 0 use for my phone, my battery held up the whole flight! Which was great since there’s zero power outlets on the whole plane.