Nobody cares where I got my degree and I don’t care where you got yours

Dec 3, 2024
10:36:36am

DiamondMo Playmaker

There’s a good chance that if you tell me where you got your degree in an effort to impress me I’ll actually think less of you

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POLL: Why do you dislike BYU being associated with BYU-I & BYU-H?

maYbe

Dec 3, 9:01am

Does Texas A&M Commerce

DataMouth

Dec 3, 9:06am

Do UTEP grads try to pass themselves off as Texas grads? If not, then there's no

OlanchoCoug

Dec 3, 9:57am

"Associated with" is fine. "Mistaken for" is different. They're different schools & should be distinquished as such.

Soupie

Dec 3, 9:08am

This. I’m a BYU-I defender, but it irks me when someone says “I go to BYU” when referring to BYU-I.

KingDave

Dec 3, 9:56am

They are literally different schools with different standards and different expectations.

Baron

Dec 3, 9:08am

Does BYU-I have as many communist professors as BYU?

Shihan

Dec 3, 9:15am

Can they were flip flops up there yet? If not they’re all commies

DiamondMo

Dec 3, 9:22am

I am a member of the Church first. A BYU grad second. A big fan of BYU-I next. They all fit under my identity umbrella

Zenoch

Dec 3, 9:33am

This ☝️

JarJarBeeps

Dec 3, 9:37am

There's not much that irritates me more than the weird complex some BYU alum have towards other church institutions.

JarJarBeeps

Dec 3, 9:36am

100% agree. It gives the vibe of "I graduated from BYU, thus I'm a better member

Schrodizzy

Dec 3, 10:16am

I don’t think it has anything to do with church membership. It’s an academic thing and is universal. Would Cal grads

mvtoro

Dec 3, 10:58am

I call bull on it devaluing your precious degree.

runnincoug

Dec 3, 10:19am

Nobody cares where I got my degree and I don’t care where you got yours

DiamondMo

Dec 3, 10:36am

Agreed. In my experience 95% of the times I've heard non-lds hiring managers put any value in

JarJarBeeps

Dec 3, 12:41pm

This. The degree matters only a little. But it still matters to try and get into

runnincoug

Dec 3, 12:46pm

Depending on the field, businesses do know and it matters to them. Even had some not know the difference and were

Soupie

Dec 3, 1:50pm

I don't have any problem sharing an association with the other BYU schools. The

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