Full article-
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/06/fisher_v_university_of_texas_the_supreme_court_might_just_gut_affirmative.html
When Fisher applied in 2008, UT Austin filled 92 percent of its in-state spots with students from the top 10 program. With a 3.59 grade-point average and a modest SAT score of 1180 out of 1600, she was a solid student but not a great one, not for a school with an extremely low acceptance rate for in-state students admitted outside of top 10.
For the remaining 8 percent of in-state spots, UT Austin used a holistic approach factoring in socioeconomic status, school quality, family background and/or race.
Neither special circumstances nor grades were determinative. Of the 841 students admitted under these criteria, 47 had worse grades than Fisher, and 42 of them were white. On the other end, UT rejected 168 black and Latino students with scores equal to or better than Fisher’s.
The case is heading back to the Supreme Court and I think Abigail seriously needs to let this one go. Everyone cannot get in everywhere. Just drop the lawsuit. It's been 7 years. She could have gone to college and then get a masters from UT Austin in the time that it has taken for her to whine about her rejection. She has really taken sour grapes to a whole new level.
Her entire case is predicated on the argument that she saw students with lower grades and fewer activities than her get accepted. Her evidence for this lawsuit is either incorrect, or is woefully inefficient because she based this entire case on fewer than 5 acceptances out of the hundreds UT accepts who don't fall in the top 10%.
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