BREAKING: James Talarico surges to an all-time high in the Texas Senate race, as Democrats seek to flip a seat Republicans have dominated for decades.
56% chance.
Since 1997, @UTAustin has granted automatic admission to top-ranked Texas high schoolers.
Since 2024, that ranking threshold has been the top 5% of any in-state high school — and 75% of incoming UT-Austin freshmen must be auto-admitted under state law: https://t.co/yBDpDhORPa
This system was implemented as a pure meritocracy, or a color-blind alternative to policies like Affirmative Action and DEI.
The demographics of UT-Austin’s undergraduate student body are: https://t.co/qYh6eZXF6g
• White: 32%
• Hispanic: 25%
• Asian: 21%
• Black: 4.5%
• International: 10.5%
• Men + Women: 45.6% + 54.4%
That’s how reality has shaken out under a purely merit-based system.
Should that system be changed to factor in race/ethnicity now that @BoFrench is triggered by the higher representation of Asians in the UT-Austin student body? 🤔