UTSA is way too close to UT. What was the University of Texas system thinking?!

Apr 20, 2018
7:40:14pm

russkiejedi All-American

They chose the name to lend some of BYU's credibility to the BYU-I. It makes sense, and it worked. Other university systems have done the same, and no one expects people to treat the different schools interchangeably.

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If I interview someone and they put BYU on their resume and then list Rexburg

chago04

4/20/18 2:28pm

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Cretin

4/20/18 2:28pm

So, if they attend BYUI as an online student while living in Provo...

UberDeek

4/20/18 2:29pm

What school did you go to? BYU? No. BYU-I.

chago04

4/20/18 2:29pm

Never set foot on campus at byu-i, it would be lying to say I "went" there

UberDeek

4/20/18 3:07pm

RE: Never set foot on campus at byu-i, it would be lying to say I "went" there

Jeremy

4/20/18 3:18pm

No but you attended BYU-I, not BYU.

chago04

4/20/18 3:20pm

If you did BYU-I online, that's about three steps below U of Phoenix, right?

unctoothman

4/20/18 3:19pm

Don't know, I've never been to Phoenix

UberDeek

4/20/18 3:48pm

It would be lying to say you got a degree from BYU if your degree is from BYU-I.

russkiejedi

4/20/18 7:35pm

I'm not following your logic. If I said I went to BYU-I in Provo it would be

UberDeek

4/20/18 7:39pm

Yes, that would be confusing. Because BYU-I isn't in Provo. Your potential

russkiejedi

4/21/18 2:24pm

RE: So, if they attend BYUI as an online student while living in Provo...

cheezedawg

4/20/18 2:31pm

No doubt about it, BYU-Idaho is not BYU

kimdaddy35

4/20/18 2:30pm

I attended Ricks and love to tell people I went to Ricks. Don't know why but I

Idahofallsblue

4/20/18 2:33pm

Wife earned associates at Ricks, bachelors at BYU. She feels similar.

CosmoK

4/20/18 2:40pm

The thing is...I wish they didn't change the name. Then we wouldn't have all

Idahofallsblue

4/20/18 2:45pm

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Cretin

4/20/18 3:33pm

Agreed

Romex

4/20/18 2:34pm

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rivercitycoug

4/20/18 2:35pm

RE: If I interview someone and they put BYU on their resume and then list

Great38

4/20/18 2:41pm

You're right they should list BYU PROVO or BYU I so we know the difference

Cabadapeste

4/20/18 2:41pm

There is not a BYU Provo, it is BYU, BYU Idaho, BYU Hawaii. That’s it

Romex

4/20/18 2:44pm

Where is BYU?! It’s in Provo. BYU-Provo

covfefe

4/20/18 2:46pm

It’s of course in Provo, but it’s name isn’t BYU Provo

Romex

4/20/18 2:47pm

You guys realize you're being trolled, right?

goldy

4/21/18 10:56pm

Try not to make it so obvious you aren't an alumnus of Harvard-Cambridge

jdub

4/20/18 2:58pm

Harvard - Cambridge

maxpowers

4/20/18 3:13pm

Wow...amazing hack

maxpowers

4/20/18 3:14pm

I prefer to say "great minds"

jdub

4/20/18 3:24pm

If location is your logic should be "BYU, Provo"

cougarsnooty

4/20/18 5:16pm

BYU-P

TN_Coug

4/20/18 2:46pm

Isn’t that techniquely BYU Pathways

Nat Gas Man

4/20/18 3:00pm

Whatever

Texas Hammer

4/20/18 2:46pm

who cares. byu is not that much better in the grand scheme of academics

diluigifan

4/20/18 2:47pm

Whoa! Get ready for an angry, blood-thirsty mob.

Texas Hammer

4/20/18 2:47pm

LOL, sure thing, chief. Except that BYU is a top-75, BYU-I has no national rank.

chago04

4/20/18 2:49pm

I agree, it really only matters for new grads with no experience.

Nathanael Greene

4/20/18 2:50pm

That if funny

kimdaddy35

4/20/18 2:51pm

That's what normies would say

darkcoug

4/20/18 2:54pm

RE: who cares. byu is not that much better in the grand scheme of academics

OPINIONS

4/20/18 3:54pm

obvious troll is obvious.

Mayor of Cougartown

4/20/18 7:17pm

So when did you graduate from BYU-I?

CommodoreCoug

4/20/18 7:25pm

Went to BYU Provo. Then grad school. It wouldn’t have mattered had I got I

diluigifan

4/20/18 8:24pm

No, they do care

CommodoreCoug

4/20/18 9:16pm

If they are interviewing for an internship, I would take it a step further and

RexIdaCoug

4/20/18 2:54pm

I went to the University of Texas (do I need to mention the El Paso part?)

frontrowcougar

4/20/18 2:54pm

yes, definitely. Not the same.

Incentivize

4/20/18 4:09pm

Different acceptance criteria, different student populations, graduation rates

Wolvercougs

4/20/18 4:18pm

What if they ran out of ink? I'm sorry, but let's put the blame where it lies, on those who

777

4/20/18 2:56pm

People don't think UC-Irvine is the same as Cal, do they?

chago04

4/20/18 2:56pm

Of course not, but they’ve always gone by separate names like that. BYU and BYU-I are way too close.BYU-I should’nt have

Texas Hammer

4/20/18 3:08pm

Blame to BOT. BUNCH OF YEWTS

Tsisquan

4/20/18 4:57pm

UTSA is way too close to UT. What was the University of Texas system thinking?!

russkiejedi

4/20/18 7:40pm

UC-Berkeley; UC-Santa Cruz; UC-San Diego; UC-Riverside; UC-LA; UC-San Francisco; UC-Davis; UC-Merced; UC-Santa Barbara

SingleStrapBackpack

4/20/18 3:27pm

State schools. Big difference. Now if I heard there was a Notre Dame -Indianapolis, I'd

777

4/20/18 4:38pm

Stolen valor

Longbow Cougar

4/20/18 4:20pm

Do the candidate a favor and mention that to him.

Mister P

4/20/18 4:30pm

I wonder if BYU is trying to merge their educational system to just 1 degree

Borg

4/20/18 4:36pm

Outside of the Mountain West it doesn't really matter anyhow. I put BYU-I on..

greatbam

4/21/18 1:47am

I've had the same experience. Even when I correct them and say "BYU-Idaho"

Metallicat

4/21/18 4:40am

Doesn’t the Church own both? Oh yea they do.

Swishfromdeep3

4/22/18 10:47am

LOL, that doesn’t make them equal by any stretch. I can’t work at DI

chago04

4/22/18 10:49am

Yeah, but only one has a 99% acceptance rate

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