Supreme Court to take up UT Admissions case
In the fall of 2008, the University of Texas enrolled 10,335 minority students, not including Asian-Americans. As far as Abigail Fisher was concerned, that was one too many.
Fisher had made good grades in high school – a 3.59 average on a 4.0 scale – posted a score of 1180 on the SAT test and finished as number 82 in a graduating class of 674 at Stephen F. Austin High School in Sugar Land. She figured that was good enough. Then came those dreadful words: “We regret to inform you …”
