You: Since there are only a fixed number of total seats available in state universities, that means the same number were unavailable for citizens.
Or did you think colleges just accept everyone who applies ?
Every post you make to me, you end in a snide remark, and try to belittle me.
I think the applicants with the best grade averages will get the first seats whether they are in-state or out-of-state.
What State do you live in? And do you not like the Universities in your State? Or is Texas the only state with Universities acceptable to you?
“Every post you make to me, you end in a snide remark, and try to belittle me.”
Sorry if it came across as snide. Just trying to determine what your assumptions are.
Actually, state schools set aside a certain number of slots for nonresident students and even foreign students. But there are only a certain number of slots total — basically every class must have professors and teacher’s assistants, and class space. These are real limitations, and not everyone who “qualifies” according to their grades and SAT and ACT scores can be accepted. Every year, thousands of students are rejected from their choice in state schools and are left to attend a “community” college and hope for a transfer at a later date. If they never get that transfer, they are screwed. They’ll never get the degree they want from the school they want, and that can mean never getting the job they want.
How would you feel if your kid’s slot was taken by an illegal alien, they ended up with a community college degree instead of a UT degree, and the companies they wanted to work for wouldn’t even consider your kid because they don’t hire from community colleges ? When weeding through a stack of resumes, what school the candidate graduated from is IMPORTANT. Especially for that first job out of school that sets salary history and expectations for an entire career.
Where do I live ? I’ve lived my whole life in CA. I went to the University of California, Irvine. One of only three UC schools in 1983 that had good study programs in Information Theory and Computer Science. Out of 20,000 students, there were only 200 slots for my major. I got in and a HS friend didn’t. Neither of us could have afforded to go to school if we couldn’t commute, so being bumped to San Diego or Berkley was not an option. My UCI degree landed me a job making 40% more than my friend who had to go to his ‘fallback’ school of Fullerton State College with a mediocre ICS program. Ten years later, the salary gap was even wider. Your salary history affects the salary offers on your next job.
These is what irks me when someone acts like this is no big deal for Perry. I get the distinct impression he — and all those other politicians — figured to buy votes among latinos and never considered the effect on the citizen students these illegal aliens would displace. My own governor, Moonbeam Jerry Brown, did the same this year, but he’s a Lib. I expected better from a supposed Conservative like Perry.