Jun 23, 2012
12:13:00pm
12:13:00pm
I think we are saying the same thing really. Think about it
If Utah had as many students applying to get in as BYU does (they do for religious, marriage and other reasons aside from actual school, at BYU, by the way. Plus BYU is very inexpensive as a Member) they would have the very same situation with regards to acceptance.
BYU has a unique "demand" from members literally all over the world. And it has nothing to do with actually school. As a result they have the luxury of skimming the top so to speak.
It is a great thing for BYU. Top students in HS become top students in college. The individuals achieve, but it is not due to the school helping them to do so. Those same top students would do the same at any college they went to.
BYU is not more difficult, once you are in, than any other school in the state. The fact that 10s of thousands of kids apply to BYU due to religious affiliation, does not make it a better school. It just doesn't.
I also know for a fact that BYU will allow football players into BYU with nothing but the NCAA minimum GPA. A standard every single college has to abide by, in all of D-1. It literally happens every year. Case in point, if Zach Lindsey were to have stayed committed to BYU, he would be on the roster at BYU right now. They did not let him go, he chose to leave. He has terrible grades, along with several other incoming 2012 recruits.
BYU's team GPA is not off the charts, BYU isn't more difficult once you are in and not that many BYU players graduate. It isn't significantly different than other programs in a good way. That is why the APR isn't better. Stanford's is way higher than BYUs, for example.
BYU has a unique "demand" from members literally all over the world. And it has nothing to do with actually school. As a result they have the luxury of skimming the top so to speak.
It is a great thing for BYU. Top students in HS become top students in college. The individuals achieve, but it is not due to the school helping them to do so. Those same top students would do the same at any college they went to.
BYU is not more difficult, once you are in, than any other school in the state. The fact that 10s of thousands of kids apply to BYU due to religious affiliation, does not make it a better school. It just doesn't.
I also know for a fact that BYU will allow football players into BYU with nothing but the NCAA minimum GPA. A standard every single college has to abide by, in all of D-1. It literally happens every year. Case in point, if Zach Lindsey were to have stayed committed to BYU, he would be on the roster at BYU right now. They did not let him go, he chose to leave. He has terrible grades, along with several other incoming 2012 recruits.
BYU's team GPA is not off the charts, BYU isn't more difficult once you are in and not that many BYU players graduate. It isn't significantly different than other programs in a good way. That is why the APR isn't better. Stanford's is way higher than BYUs, for example.
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