Apr 27, 2024
10:38:00pm
10:38:00pm
Essays should be as crucial to the admissions process as diagramming sentences should be to earning a HS degree.
The BoT views BYU as a mechanism for training young adults who will take the intellectual knowledge and skills learned into the world in a way that reflects the mission of BYU and the church.
Essays have precious little to do with that. I spent 5 years on an adcom for one of the top graduate doctoral programs in my field. Personal statements and essays carried virtually no weight because they were the most easily embellished and falsified component of an application.
Essays have precious little to do with that. I spent 5 years on an adcom for one of the top graduate doctoral programs in my field. Personal statements and essays carried virtually no weight because they were the most easily embellished and falsified component of an application.
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Apr 26, 7:23am
Apr 26, 12:19pm
Apr 26, 12:01pm
It’s really not. Too many kids are going to BYU in spite of what it stands for and not because of it.
Apr 26, 8:31am
Apr 26, 11:36am
Apr 26, 5:04pm
Apr 26, 5:36pm
Letter of Rec may speak to how aptly an applicant fits at BYU's mission. Essays don't. At all. Anyone can say whatever
Apr 26, 11:00am
I didn't say they have no part. I said - in response to your stance that they are an important filter to help sift out
Apr 26, 3:30pm
Apr 26, 3:47pm
Apr 26, 5:11pm
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Apr 27, 3:04pm
Apr 27, 9:59pm
Apr 26, 10:55am
Apr 26, 10:48am
Apr 26, 11:38am
This would be a good data point, except seminary teachers are so inconsistent. Some are all in on the rec, some couldn't
Apr 26, 3:35pm