UC Berkeley and UCLA are very difficult to get into; but they are still the same

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Sep 27, 2016
12:00:25pm

OGSuperfan All-American

UC Berkeley and UCLA are very difficult to get into; but they are still the same

UC group of schools like UCSB, UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz and UC Riverside. Just because they are in the same group of Universities as others doesn't make them anywhere equal or the same, nor do they need to be.

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Apparently it's unfair that BYU is a prestigious university while BYU-I&H aren't

Byron McNertney

9/27/16 11:38am

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Buffalo

9/27/16 11:40am

I've got coloring books

Ironhide

9/27/16 11:42am

"dude" is a micro agression word.

Beeg

9/27/16 12:02pm

Who the yewt let this kid into BYU? The fact that he says BYU Provo tells me

9/27/16 11:44am

Do you have to be an actual student to write in to the DU? Maybe he's mad about

Byron McNertney

9/27/16 11:49am

True story. I guess i just figured that outside of BYU no one would care.

9/27/16 11:55am

What a dumb idea. Why would you separate biology and pre-med (which isn't a

Littlerich

9/27/16 11:44am

Just curious, has anyone gotten into BYU and chosen to go to BYU-I?

CFMcK

9/27/16 11:45am

Yup

Radioactive Coug

9/27/16 11:45am

Curious to what their reasons were?

CFMcK

9/27/16 11:45am

I didn't know what I wanted to do for a major. I had friends going to BYU-I

Radioactive Coug

9/27/16 11:46am

I think that's why some of my cousins went to Utah State. So sad.

Breaded Hamster

9/27/16 9:50pm

Born and raised in Rexburg and scared to move away (also free tuition).

Byron McNertney

9/27/16 11:48am

Better scholarship + AP credits + ability to get associate degree b/f my mission

9/27/16 11:54am

Embarrassing knee warts.

kccougar

9/27/16 12:19pm

I've heard of people going up there for cultural reasons. Apparently people are less uptight about academics, etc...

buffgato

9/27/16 12:25pm

My son went to BYU-I because he wasn't originally accepted at BYU, got his AA at

ol' Blue Eyes

9/27/16 12:50pm

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Buffalo

9/27/16 11:46am

Better weather

RC Vikings

9/27/16 11:50am

Yep my sister did it this year. Wanted a more small-town feel with less pressure

Thrill

9/27/16 12:18pm

Me. Better scholorship, plus GF and 2 best friends were all going to BYU-I, and

mncougar

9/27/16 12:20pm

This was pretty much we as well. Except I didn't transfer.

Radioactive Coug

9/27/16 12:28pm

I might have stayed at BYU-I for the full 4 years, but it was still in the

mncougar

9/27/16 12:32pm

I was a little lucky that they got accredited just before I graduated.

Radioactive Coug

9/27/16 12:40pm

I went to Ricks because I had a scholarship.

boogers

9/27/16 12:21pm

I have a friend who went to BYU-I over BYU and over Harvard

Dissenter

9/27/16 12:43pm

I went to BYU-P over Harvard, UCLA, Stanford and BYU-I

OGSuperfan

9/27/16 1:43pm

I have a daughter who did.

rocker

9/27/16 1:19pm

I was accepted to both out of HS but went to Ricks first then finished at BYU. It was b/c I had

soupie

9/27/16 6:08pm

I'm guessing there are no pacifiers, so I guess I should suck on my thumb

specsauce

9/27/16 11:45am

I need a safe space after reading that. Anybody?

flavordave

9/27/16 11:46am

Hey, just have fun at BYU-I and enjoy the "special" feeling you get there. You

Baron

9/27/16 11:47am

Jimmer his FB?

9/27/16 11:47am

I don't appreciate all these micro-aggressions.

mulletYno

9/27/16 11:53am

Is this for real? Poor kid. Maybe he should go to a JC and act like it is Ivy League for fun.

Turnpike Lane

9/27/16 11:57am

UC Berkeley and UCLA are very difficult to get into; but they are still the same

OGSuperfan

9/27/16 12:00pm

Oh please. Sounds like the perspective of a naive student who doesn't have a clue how things really work.

buffgato

9/27/16 12:13pm

BYU ID pre-med?

g$

9/27/16 12:19pm

they have direct graduates go to MD programs

Littlerich

9/27/16 12:20pm

been a few years, but I was told zero MD admittance, DO yes

g$

9/27/16 12:30pm

I am pretty sure I met someone who went there and went to med school

Littlerich

9/27/16 12:32pm

DO is still med school, but there is a difference between them

g$

9/27/16 12:43pm

There is med school and then there are DO schools 😀

Littlerich

9/27/16 12:51pm

It is still Med school - you would be surprised how many of your doctors

OGSuperfan

9/27/16 1:45pm

I am well aware of DOs

Littlerich

9/27/16 1:55pm

Have a friend who is in an MD program now who went to BYU Idaho

Blue Plate Special

9/27/16 12:43pm

Me too.

mncougar

9/27/16 1:30pm

MD in my ward who went to Louisville med school from BYUI

9/27/16 6:14pm

are you serious. it is that bad?

claw

9/27/16 1:12pm

Just took a look at both of the online advisement centers

g$

9/27/16 1:51pm

Someone is trying to add fake value to their already-earned degree.

zonacougar

9/27/16 12:25pm

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cvd6262

9/27/16 12:42pm

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MMCougIII

9/27/16 1:49pm

He convinced me.

Bert609

9/27/16 1:55pm

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