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Nov 6, 2024
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OnEMoReTrY
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You should encourage your kids to get into the best school they can whether
that's BYU or somewhere else. The better the school the higher the probability of success in their career. That is a statistical fact.
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Is Ivy League/Ivy plus school worth it over BYU for undergrad?
Peanutgallery
3:33pm
I don’t think so.. unless there’s a certain career path from the get-go that
cougfanz
3:34pm
If the plan is to go to grad school. No. BYU undergrad, IVY for grad.
Thrill
3:35pm
This is the way. You can get anywhere from BYU, so save the cash.
DwigtA2RM
4:59pm
Absolutely not
justAnotherCoug
3:37pm
I personally wouldn't encourage my kid to go to somewhere like that over BYU
UNLVcougar
3:37pm
Honestly . . . probably.
Madam Pattirini
3:38pm
My BIL is probably one of the smartest kids to ever go to BYU and some of his HS
Windward_Coug
3:40pm
I know a kid 36 on the ACT, blazed through Theoritical Physics degree at USU.
Madam Pattirini
3:43pm
I think specifically MIT/Caltech would be worth going to undergrad, but otherwise, if they're destined
BeyondTheMark
3:45pm
What does "Ivy Plus" mean? Forbes has BYU at #36, over NYU, ...
KCFan85
3:53pm
Stanford, MIT, Chicago, Johns Hopkins, etc.
Peanutgallery
4:00pm
I'll mention one more thing that we've discussed at my house ...
KCFan85
4:08pm
For me BYU was significantly harder than an Ivy I went to.
cougfanz
4:17pm
I knew a couple of guys who went to Chicago. They were stressed.
KCFan85
4:57pm
In most cases yes - there is a difference in the overall quality of faculty and
Monomachos
3:56pm
No, BYU is phenomenal for undergrad. I did BYU then Ivy league.
GoodBetterBestBYU
4:45pm
I did the same. Of the 50 students in my grad program I was the only
Monomachos
5:06pm
There is no way I’d send a kid to a current Ivy school
CasualFan
5:04pm
You should encourage your kids to get into the best school they can whether
OnEMoReTrY
5:10pm
Ivy League is not better than BYU for undergrad. Save the Ivy’s for grad school
ninja math
5:22pm
It could work. But getting into an Ivy for grad school is not guaranteed, even
Monomachos
6:04pm
I think going to the best undergrad school you can go to debt free makes sense.
maYbe
5:59pm
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