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

Sep 29, 2016
10:10:12pm

Oompabluepaw All-American

That he was African American because his mom was from South Africa and his dad was from America. It didn't work. He didn't get accepted. 😄

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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.

UneducatedFan

9/29/16 6:47pm

You resemble your unedumacated name Aka Jethro

DumpsterFire

9/29/16 6:56pm

I'm movin' to Beverly Hills!!!

UneducatedFan

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

Oompabluepaw

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

Don't Muff It

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 .

dYrtbYkerYder

9/29/16 7:24pm

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

Oompabluepaw

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

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