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Sep 29, 2016
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Big Daddy D
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^^^This^^ I don't have med experience to refute but I do have
Finance experience and BYU is respected. I guess if any of my kids want to be MD's they might be encouraged to go elsewhere. For most other professions I think BYU is fine, at worst.
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I love BYU, but I wont be encouraging my sons to go there.
Big Time 55
9/29/16 6:26pm
Nope. I bleed blue
MWKV3
9/29/16 6:29pm
I'm calling nonsense. It depends on your major. BYU puts way more than our
soupie
9/29/16 6:30pm
From what I have been told by HBS grads, they accept a disproportionately higher
specsauce
9/29/16 6:44pm
^^^This^^ I don't have med experience to refute but I do have
Big Daddy D
9/29/16 7:00pm
BYU isn't for everyone, but I still don't agree with your logic.
immacougar
9/29/16 6:32pm
So will going to another school make your kids a different race?
ballen
9/29/16 6:32pm
White males from BYU are viewed differently than white males from other schools.
Big Time 55
9/29/16 6:42pm
I didn't go to med school, but my MBA program sought out BYU applicants.
ballen
9/29/16 6:45pm
Based on what research? BYU is at the top for sending students to grad school.
bluebrotha
9/29/16 7:00pm
All your kids will be fighting for A's against other great BYU students.
Big Time 55
9/29/16 6:48pm
So, don't get 'the best education you can' like you quoted but go somewhere less
fattycoug
9/29/16 7:36pm
Nope. I do not feel the same way. In fact, I feel exactly the opposite.
Greg Kite's 'stache
9/29/16 6:32pm
Don't buy it. BYU has been a blessing.
MajorZeus
9/29/16 6:35pm
I'm not sure your anecdotal concerns hold up across the board. There are
Memmo
9/29/16 6:36pm
BYU punches well above its weight in putting people in PhD programs and it is
Gustav
9/29/16 6:36pm
I don't think this is true--at least in legal education. Law schools love them
Tortillero
9/29/16 6:41pm
If they fall away from the Church at another school,how can they help the cause?
DumpsterFire
9/29/16 6:43pm
Change your boardname to TrumpsterFire.
UneducatedFan
9/29/16 6:47pm
You resemble your unedumacated name Aka Jethro
DumpsterFire
9/29/16 6:56pm
I'm movin' to Beverly Hills!!!
UneducatedFan
9/29/16 7:00pm
When I was at BYU, they taught me that descriminate was not a word.
OpusX
9/29/16 6:50pm
It absolutely is a word but it's used incorrectly all the time
jaredm
9/29/16 7:35pm
^^ reading fail
jaredm
9/29/16 7:36pm
Nope. Education is great and percentage wise there is no
Oompabluepaw
9/29/16 6:51pm
As a parent I am much more interested in my children being in a testimony
Zenoch
9/29/16 6:54pm
This is crazy talk. I totally get the bias against Mormons from BYU; I felt it
CougarEyes
9/29/16 6:57pm
The three biggest desires I have for my kids in college are a stronger testimony, a mission, and a great spouse
NihonCougar
9/29/16 6:58pm
Nope. If you do your homework, some schools accept lots of BYU students while
byu1
9/29/16 6:58pm
How did you find out which schools accept lots of BYU grads?
buffgato
9/29/16 10:04pm
Probably hurts most in Med school applicants because they rely more
cougfanz
9/29/16 7:00pm
Btw, UU rarely accepts BYU students in my field as well.advice?go somewhere else
byu1
9/29/16 7:01pm
BYU is a fraction of the cost of other schools; having little debt after
RillDill
9/29/16 7:04pm
Pretty small time imo...
Bluedarts
9/29/16 7:07pm
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Abe Froman
9/29/16 7:09pm
+1. Unless a kid's a top D-1 grid or hoops recruit, I'll wish him well elsewhere
Don't Muff It
9/29/16 7:14pm
It does seem that there are certain graduate programs that have an axe to grind
Singcat
9/29/16 7:22pm
The problem with looking at average scores is that includes people who are way
Bruton Guster
9/29/16 7:23pm
That is some really poor logic. Are you sure you went to medical school?
kccougar
9/29/16 7:23pm
That's why I married a Mexican. My kids will get in wherever they want
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dYrtbYkerYder
9/29/16 7:24pm
Ha. My aunt is white and from South Africa so my cousin put on his BYU resume
Oompabluepaw
9/29/16 10:10pm
Not going to BYU is the biggest regret of my life. Not including sins of course.
Ironhide
9/29/16 7:29pm
You are influenced too much by your experience at Utah.
DrBYU
9/29/16 7:53pm
You were saying the same thing earlier today. You're still wrong.
d-coug
9/29/16 7:54pm
I'm an MD as well and my BYU degree has been a net positive
Euskal Herria
9/29/16 8:11pm
This was not my experience at all.
maizecoug
9/29/16 8:18pm
Let me clarify a few things because few here are grasping my point.
Big Time 55
9/29/16 10:02pm
Very broad assumptions. Universities are under pressure for diversity. In the
MajorZeus
9/29/16 10:13pm
#5 has nothing to do with BYU (except maybe when applying to Utah). Not like a
fattycoug
9/29/16 11:29pm
I don't disagree with your line of thinking, but lots more things to consider
El Paso Coug
9/30/16 1:57pm
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