Oklahomans will get UNT in-state tuition

[adman]

This is exactly what got UT, aTm, etc in trouble with their "guaranteed admission for the top 10% of your class" rule. If you're Allen HS and have 400 in a graduating class it is fairly competitive to be in that top 40 students. You'd need to take AP classes and study nightly. If, on the other hand, you graduate from a less competitive school with 40 kids in your class you just have to be one of the 4 at the top...though you may not be as competitive as number 41 at Allen.

And still nobody can explain how those "top 5%" will make up for the $30,000 per student that won't be paid in tuition.

Well, then, you could probably incorporate a standardized test score into the mix as well. Im sure there is an algorithm that could take into account class size, ranking and SAT/ACT score to figure out "precisely" who the 5% are.

As for paying for it - good question - I don't really know how the wheels turn in the machine or how to do it off the cuff, but, perhaps it is worth studying?

[Harry]

DENTON, Texas — Starting in fall 2015, Oklahoma residents pursuing a bachelor’s degree at the University of North Texas will no longer pay the out-of-state tuition rate.

The new Oklahoma Tuition Rate is roughly half the cost of non-resident (out-of-state) tuition at UNT — $5,602.70 for 15 semester credit hours in 2014-15. The nonresident rate, currently paid by Oklahoma residents is $10,282.70 for 15 semester credit hours. More information can be found at oklahomatuition.unt.edu.

“We’re eager to offer our neighbors to the north the opportunity to receive a quality education at a great value,” UNT President Neal Smatresk said. “UNT is only 37 miles south of the Oklahoma border. Many Oklahoma residents have expressed interest in UNT, but tuition has been a barrier until now.”

UNT currently enrolls 74 undergraduate students from Oklahoma and expects that number to jump because of the lower tuition rate and the distinction as a top university in one of the nation’s most dynamic regions.

Named as one of America’s 100 Best College Buys and on the Best Colleges lists for Forbes and The Princeton Review, UNT offers 98 bachelor’s degree programs, many of which are nationally recognized.

Read more: http://www.normantranscript.com/news/texas-university-cuts-tuition-for-neighboring-oklahomans/article_a45d1f6e-a580-11e4-8681-5ba05a54b8dc.html

[FirefightnRick]

Well, then, you could probably incorporate a standardized test score into the mix as well. Im sure there is an algorithm that could take into account class size, ranking and SAT/ACT score to figure out "precisely" who the 5% are.

As for paying for it - good question - I don't really know how the wheels turn in the machine or how to do it off the cuff, but, perhaps it is worth studying?

I don't know about you but if the past 6 years has taught me anything it's that government money is free and just falls right out of the sky. Just like that government grant that paid for those windmills we recieved two/three years ago. Those windmills were free and didn't cost anyone a red cent. So maybe that's how we're going to pay for it?

Rick

[Quoner]

This is exactly what got UT, aTm, etc in trouble with their "guaranteed admission for the top 10% of your class" rule. If you're Allen HS and have 400 in a graduating class it is fairly competitive to be in that top 40 students. You'd need to take AP classes and study nightly. If, on the other hand, you graduate from a less competitive school with 40 kids in your class you just have to be one of the 4 at the top...though you may not be as competitive as number 41 at Allen.

And still nobody can explain how those "top 5%" will make up for the $30,000 per student that won't be paid in tuition.

You know - if an overly qualified pool meeting a minimum criteria we barely currently sniff becomes a problem we deal with down the road, I'm not sure if that's a bad thing.