I don't understand. What is BYU-I doing wrong? Not everyone is getting into Harvard, it doesn't mean other schools

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Jan 6, 2025
12:52:52pm

HarlemCoug Intervention Needed

I don't understand. What is BYU-I doing wrong? Not everyone is getting into Harvard, it doesn't mean other schools

aren't making people's lives better in a material way.

Throwing shade at BYU-I is a strange look. They are accomplishing miracles there helping out the fellow members of our church. I love everything about BYU-I.

I really am curious.. what would you do to change BYU-I?

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In the last couple weeks, BYUI increased scholarships for return missionaries

UNLVcougar

Jan 6, 12:26pm

It’s not just the “Church.” Individuals, working w/ Philanthropies, contribute.

MichCoug

Jan 6, 12:29pm

Agreed. Lots of scholarship money comes from private individuals.

UNLVcougar

Jan 6, 12:30pm

I heard Ryan Smith singlehandedly pays all tuition if you know the fight song &

notaboy

Jan 6, 12:35pm

At least that's what my good friend who's a Ute (but is a solid dude) says

notaboy

Jan 6, 12:37pm

Good things happening in Rexburg. BYUI is now the #1 ranked univ in Idaho

AZ Coug

Jan 6, 12:30pm

Ranked #1*

reddead

Jan 6, 12:38pm

Didn't read the article? Also ranked #1 overall in Idaho.

AZ Coug

Jan 6, 12:49pm

I read the linked page from BYU-I. WSJ's methodology is suspect to say the least

reddead

Jan 6, 3:50pm

You should publish your own ratings. I'm sure they'd be a big hit.

AZ Coug

Jan 6, 6:01pm

Ha, that's what the WSJ rankings are in the first place. US News is the standard

reddead

Jan 6, 7:47pm

Yeah and Forbes has BYU-I at #324 in 2023. They don't even rank them in 2025. BYU at #36 in 2025

letthewookieewin

Jan 6, 1:17pm

The elitist attitude towards BYU-I coming from some people on this site is a really bad look.

Sea Chicken

Jan 6, 12:33pm

They ignore the growing number of top companies recruiting BYUI grads

AZ Coug

Jan 6, 12:34pm

Yep. My brother was a Ricks to BYU transfer and absolutely dominated all the

Jan 6, 12:37pm

Definition of an anectdote

Carnac

Jan 6, 12:42pm

*anecdote

SierraCoug

Jan 6, 1:55pm

"Absolutely dominated". LOLOL

Sid Vicious

Jan 6, 12:54pm

Guy with the 21 ACT went on a mission, was endowed with

Carnac

Jan 6, 12:58pm

I took a lot of pre med classes with him. 300+ kids and he would always get the

Jan 6, 1:24pm

Pre med kids are certainly the best and brightest at BYU. LOLOL

Sid Vicious

Jan 6, 1:57pm

Yes some of the best and brightest at BYU are pre-med, are you seriously arguing

Jan 6, 2:14pm

Yes, I am seriously arguing against that. There are lots of bright kids at BYU

Sid Vicious

Jan 6, 5:08pm

Not as bad a look as the HS-level education and rock-bottom admissions standards

reddead

Jan 6, 12:41pm

Your comment doesn't reflect someone who has current knowledge of BYUI

UNLVcougar

Jan 6, 12:49pm

To the contrary, I have siblings (and in-laws) there right now

reddead

Jan 6, 3:16pm

Ok. What you said is still not correct.

UNLVcougar

Jan 6, 3:18pm

Requirements: 2.0 GPA, no standardized test scores... Maybe I went to a good HS

reddead

Jan 6, 3:37pm

BYU-Idaho is a good school. Yes, BYU is better and more difficult.

Schultz is back

Jan 6, 6:35pm

I dunno. My kid is at BYU-I and graduates in finance this April. Currently works for a private equity firm HT and starts

unctoothman

Jan 6, 12:49pm

Good for him. Would be a decent-sized fish in any pond, is a whale at BYU-I

reddead

Jan 6, 3:24pm

I'm going to tell her you called her a whale.

unctoothman

Jan 6, 4:32pm

Yet they still outperform UofI, USU, UVU, WSU, SUU, Dixie, etc.

AZ Coug

Jan 6, 12:51pm

I don't understand. What is BYU-I doing wrong? Not everyone is getting into Harvard, it doesn't mean other schools

HarlemCoug

Jan 6, 12:52pm

I'd change the name

Carnac

Jan 6, 12:55pm

My beef (to the extent it's even a "beef") is the little brotherness of it all

reddead

Jan 6, 3:30pm

Sure, there is some little bro type behavior... but be careful that you're not responding with big bro behavior. BYU

HarlemCoug

Jan 6, 3:49pm

Fair point

reddead

Jan 6, 3:57pm

lol. I had a one of the VP's at BYUI tell me that BYUI grads were getting picked up at the Big 4 accounting firms..

greatbam

Jan 6, 2:06pm

Deloitte, PwC, and EY all regularly recruit on campus up there.

UNLVcougar

Jan 6, 2:18pm

A respectable career. Hardly a marker of elite academics

reddead

Jan 6, 3:31pm

Do big accounting firms recruit from "Community Colleges" ? Pretty confident they don't.

greatbam

Jan 6, 3:44pm

There are very few roles where I would prefer a BYU grad over a BYU-I grad, and

Odysseus

Jan 6, 3:45pm

Not questioning the character of BYU-I grads, by any means

reddead

Jan 6, 3:53pm

“Just like?”

Carnac

Jan 6, 4:54pm

I love everything about the way BYU has set up this arrangement.

lilpenny

Jan 6, 12:42pm

"My learnings" ... seems like you still have lots to learn if you

Schultz is back

Jan 6, 1:01pm

Imagine moving from Africa to Rexburg.

Jan 6, 1:22pm

That movie is a classic in our household! So quotable

reddead

Jan 6, 3:54pm

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