RE: Do natural human tendencies cease to exist at BYU? I'd guess not.

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Feb 9, 2017
10:49:10am

jkccoug All-American

RE: Do natural human tendencies cease to exist at BYU? I'd guess not.

Yeah maybe it is kind of a stupid question.

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jkccoug

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Can you "buy" your way in to BYU?

jkccoug

2/9/17 10:30am

RE: Can you "buy" your way in to BYU?

foofcoug

2/9/17 10:31am

Yes, I know of several. No I will not name them.

CoachSpeak

2/9/17 10:35am

Interesting question. If you are related to a general authority your chances

kansascougar

2/9/17 10:36am

How close does the relationship have to be and do only current GA's count?

Cosmodiar

2/9/17 10:49am

GAs kids (IDK about grandkids) get free tuition so you have to tell them

jkccoug

2/9/17 10:55am

I know that GA's grandkid's don't get free tuition or least didn't.

Cosmodiar

2/9/17 10:59am

good to know

jkccoug

2/9/17 11:37am

There are several categories of applicants that get those types of privileges....

CoachSpeak

2/9/17 11:09am

Right. My uncle works for UCCU and got 1/2 tuition for his kids.

jkccoug

2/9/17 11:11am

A family group sheet usually does the trick.

kansascougar

2/9/17 11:19am

Yes, they do.

BigD Coug

2/9/17 10:40am

Do natural human tendencies cease to exist at BYU? I'd guess not.

rcbyufan

2/9/17 10:47am

RE: Do natural human tendencies cease to exist at BYU? I'd guess not.

jkccoug

2/9/17 10:49am

Yes

shakarocks

2/9/17 10:52am

Interesting. So you could make a large gift contingent on future admittance of

jkccoug

2/9/17 10:56am

Anything is negotiable

shakarocks

2/9/17 11:03am

You'd have to be a really big donor and your kid would have to be close to

Big Wally D

2/9/17 10:54am

Interesting. The donor conversations would occur after the $$ were taken into

jkccoug

2/9/17 11:01am

Would BYU take a large gift if explicitly conditioned on future admissions

jkccoug

2/9/17 11:02am

No, but I guess there could always be exceptions to the rules if the gift was

Big Wally D

2/9/17 11:15am

Thanks for your thoughts and comments!

jkccoug

2/9/17 11:17am

I guess my $50 donation to the college of engineering won't help my kids then

JackStack

2/9/17 11:06am

It was much more common for this to happen in the late 90's, early 2000's, today

2/9/17 11:06am

good thoughts, thanks

jkccoug

2/9/17 11:07am

Calling byu-I a "viable" option is subjective

run26

2/9/17 11:51am

I kind of agree.

jkccoug

2/9/17 11:52am

I would honestly hope that it can be done.

mudpupper

2/9/17 11:21am

This. Every school wants to see a return on investment from its students

Ulysses14

2/9/17 11:24am

Totally agree.

jkccoug

2/9/17 11:31am

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