I would encourage him to reconsider. BYU doesn't have enough space for all

Sep 20, 2022
10:56:21am

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qualified applicants. I think long-term, he'd be better off with a BYU degree.

It's also a good lesson in taking opportunities when presented.

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I have a nephew who was denied admission to BYU last year.

garyfan

9/20/22 10:53am

Nice now he has a choice and choices are always good

Swish

9/20/22 10:55am

Sounds like he made his choice and he was a bit bitter at the Y.

ChiCityCoug

9/20/22 10:57am

I bet missionaries leaving opened up space. Congrats to your nephew, good things

Avery

9/20/22 10:55am

He passed on the offer

rcbyufan

9/20/22 10:57am

I would encourage him to reconsider. BYU doesn't have enough space for all

Thrill

9/20/22 10:56am

After the BYU rejection, he got excited about UVU's aviation program.

garyfan

9/20/22 10:59am

the Aviation program is good. BIL graduated from it.

LeonMarek

9/20/22 11:02am

Ahh, great program at UVU for sure.

VegasCoug

9/20/22 11:05am

Woah, didn’t expect your last sentence. BYU academics are much more recognized

ChiCityCoug

9/20/22 10:56am

Yeah, I can see deciding to stay at another good school but going to UVU seems

Schultz is back

9/20/22 10:58am

So he was dejected he was rejected. Then rejected the offer?

Hotlanta

9/20/22 10:57am

This happened to a girl in my Ward.

HiLife

9/20/22 10:58am

Don't tell Hotlanta that. He thinks there's no randomness to admissions.

garyfan

9/20/22 11:01am

Of course not

Hotlanta

9/20/22 12:13pm

You are responding to an extreme version of the point in an effort to defend

garyfan

9/20/22 12:20pm

Pray, tell what 'randomness' exists.

Hotlanta

9/20/22 12:25pm

Those stats that you just invented aren't very compelling. In my personal

garyfan

9/20/22 1:03pm

There will be randomness in who sees your application

MetaLearner

9/20/22 2:11pm

Basically the same thing happened to my daughter.

porl thompson

9/20/22 10:58am

Sounds like his pride is getting in the way of really considering the offer

StantonMac

9/20/22 10:58am

Perhaps partly. But mostly he got invested in aviation, which BYU doesn't offer.

garyfan

9/20/22 11:03am

Well, that's something else entirely.

StantonMac

9/20/22 11:22am

No, there was an element of that, too.

garyfan

9/20/22 11:23am

I don't think it's bad for them to offer that. Kids can always decline.

unctoothman

9/20/22 10:59am

He chose UVU over BYU?

Skeptical Optimist

9/20/22 11:00am

Maybe he'll change his mind after his mission.

garyfan

9/20/22 11:02am

I have 3 kids in college right now, all juniors

VegasCoug

9/20/22 11:03am

Just saw OPs post about the aviation program, excellent program at UVU

VegasCoug

9/20/22 11:06am

I should have mentioned that in the OP, but I was focused more on BYU's practice

garyfan

9/20/22 11:07am

With that judgement, maybe UVU is the place for him.

Turnpike Lane

9/20/22 11:04am

Right. Hard to study aviation at BYU. Smart kid. (Read the rest of the thread.)

garyfan

9/20/22 11:06am

Sorry, that's kinda dumb.

Ham

9/20/22 11:09am

That's one take on the events. LOL.

garyfan

9/20/22 11:11am

I was not accepted to Fall semester in 1997. I was able to get in because

BPintheCouv

9/20/22 11:10am

I had friends at BYU who did the same. But saying, "You are admitted as long as

garyfan

9/20/22 11:12am

I was denied and I had to apply. You are denied to a start date.

BPintheCouv

9/20/22 11:19am

UVU’s aviation program is top notch, and with the partnership with Breeze, will likely have a job right out of college.

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