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Sep 29, 2016
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Oompabluepaw
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Ha. My aunt is white and from South Africa so my cousin put on his BYU resume
That he was African American because his mom was from South Africa and his dad was from America. It didn't work. He didn't get accepted. 😄
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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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