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Sep 29, 2016
6:58:20pm

NihonCougar 3rd String

The three biggest desires I have for my kids in college are a stronger testimony, a mission, and a great spouse

I tend to believe that all three of those things are all more likely at BYU and the fact that you can get a great education for pennies in the process doesn't hurt. I'll be encouraging, although certainly not forcing, all of my kids to attend BYU.

The bigger moral dilemma for me would be if one of my kids didn't get into BYU and was debating BYU-I or a non-BYU school.

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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.

9/29/16 6:47pm

You resemble your unedumacated name Aka Jethro

DumpsterFire

9/29/16 6:56pm

I'm movin' to Beverly Hills!!!

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

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

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 .

9/29/16 7:24pm

Ha. My aunt is white and from South Africa so my cousin put on his BYU resume

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

9/30/16 1:57pm

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