The recent college admission bribery scandals across the country have many schools now taking a closer look at their admissions processes.
According to Texas Tech officials, they are one of those schools taking a closer look at their policies.
Reagan Lowrance, a Texas Tech student, said she worked hard to get into school and she believes she deserves her spot.
“I studied for weeks and months on my SATs and ACTs to get good enough [scores] to come to the college I wanted,” Lowrance said.
Whether it be in college or sports, Lowrance said it’s life altering if someone steals your spot.
Ethan Logan, associate vice president for enrollment management at Texas Tech, said certain applicant attributes are what impact your ability to be admitted to Texas Tech.
“If you qualify for admissions at Texas Tech University based upon your class rank or test scores that you can put together in your profile, then you’re assured admission,” Logan said.
He said the admissions office also looks at the student as a whole if they don’t meet all academic requirements.
“What we’ll do now, we’ll take an opportunity to review who you are as a student, what you’ve done in your high school career,” Logan said.
Governor Greg Abbott wrote a letter to every board in the state to examine these policies so that “no university employee engages in fraudulent schemes.”
Logan said his main goal is to make sure no one at the college is misrepresenting these policies.
“It’s an invitation from the governor for us to make sure that we evaluate how we’re doing our admissions processes,” Logan said.
