ITT Tech to raise academic bar for applicants

[aka name]

Title: ITT Tech to raise academic bar for applicants
Date: April 2004
Author: Christie Young

Classic.

"We're trying to preserve the prestige of a degree from ITT Tech," Dean of Admissions Carl Wirtz said. "Right now we're looking at implementing a Top 95 percent rule, which will cut off those students who have fallen to the bottom 5 percent of their high school class. We realize this is going to make the process very competitive, but we're looking to train the leaders of tomorrow for the IS-heavy market of today."

Source: http://www.texastravesty.com/content.php?issueNumber=2004_04&story=ittTech

[sevenalive]

That made me laugh. How is that raising the bar any? If it was like Top 75 it would be better. I like the pic caption too.

[SheepToTheFleecing]

The article says that that campus currently accepts 98% of applicants. I am guessing that the 2% that they don't accept are not able to pay for it because they have outstanding student loans from elsewhere.