They’re “tough” when compared to NCAA minimum standards

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Jun 7, 2019
8:02:13am

SlantRoute All-American

They prevent a decent amount of players from being a real target for BYU. That’s the big difference.

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BYU FB academic requirements are not as tough as you think

jackryanslc

6/7/19 7:52am

I think the bigger challenge is keeping them eligible. Classes at BYU are much

dYrtbYkerYder

6/7/19 7:55am

This. My uncle who is not affiliated with BYU in any way and is a dean at John's

trom2foot3

6/7/19 7:58am

Ivy League school diploma vs BYU diploma

franklyvulgar

6/7/19 8:10am

I'm a bit perplexed by a statement you made. Can you expound?.....

StarMan

6/7/19 8:21am

I had hard classes at BYU where the professor was gone half the time

franklyvulgar

6/7/19 8:46am

I have degrees from 3 schools now

Heath Squashwell

6/7/19 11:05am

Fair enough. But harder doesn’t mean better, necessarily.

SlantRoute

6/7/19 1:05pm

Yeah, like that dumb Philosophy class at BYU.

Heath Squashwell

6/7/19 2:51pm

You are recharacterizing the statement and then arguing against the strawman

CougarMandias

6/7/19 8:35am

I can tell you he wasn't being nice. He's not LDS and truly believes that

trom2foot3

6/7/19 8:35am

My dad and a particular known Harvard Grad were mission companions...

Pretorian

6/7/19 9:28am

And the Uncle has no affiliation with BYU, so how would he even know?

DoseOfReality

6/7/19 9:06am

Boat on this side....................... you missed it way over.............HERE

Pretorian

6/7/19 9:22am

There are two aspects to a diploma:

MAcc15Coug

6/7/19 11:17am

"Ivy League education"? Seriously?

Cougstreak

6/7/19 9:35am

RE: "Ivy League education"? Seriously?

GigantorCat

6/7/19 11:35am

Agreed. I went to a top MBA program and...

Cougstreak

6/7/19 1:10pm

If he’s not affiliated in any way with BYU, how would he even know?

SlantRoute

6/7/19 10:32am

He's not a professor at BYU, but he's a brilliant man and has done his research

trom2foot3

6/7/19 12:11pm

RE: This. My uncle who is not affiliated with BYU in any way and is a dean at

CougarWildcat

6/7/19 1:28pm

I think most associate the business program ranking with the rest of the college

GigantorCat

6/7/19 2:44pm

He's a chemical engineer. I don't know how much he knows about the accounting

trom2foot3

6/7/19 3:14pm

Interesting, because when I graduated (04) many complained of grade inflation.

lilpenny

6/7/19 9:27am

Whoa!? Econ with Kearny’s was supposed to be hard?

eyes4byu

6/7/19 12:48pm

Keeping them academically motivated. Not getting hopelessly behind in classes because they only want to

lightmann

6/7/19 11:11am

True story. I did my undergrad at UVU. I took their college math (1050 is what

Gerald-DeGroot

6/7/19 12:44pm

Lol. Online Math. Online classes are a joke

trom2foot3

6/7/19 12:55pm

RE: BYU FB academic requirements are not as tough as you think

LEHI cougar

6/7/19 7:57am

Bottom line is that the football staff has learned (mostly through sad experience)

kccougar

6/7/19 8:16am

Certainly the 3.0 GPA and 19 on the ACT were Bronco's standard, although he did

NewMexiCoug

6/7/19 12:49pm

They’re “tough” when compared to NCAA minimum standards

SlantRoute

6/7/19 8:02am

NCAA minimum is 2.3 gpa with a combined score of 75 on the ACT...

Broda

6/7/19 8:10am

And the football team can't & doesn't field 50+ guys with under 3.0 and 21 ACT.

byubyu

6/7/19 8:12am

If you knew what we think you wouldn't have bothered posting

kccougar

6/7/19 8:07am

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Nuke

6/7/19 8:12am

I know 2 tutors who had bad impressions of BYU based on how easy it was for

Zedhead

6/7/19 8:24am

A lot depends on the major and the classes, but many football players

stev

6/7/19 8:38am

BYU is as hard as Ivy Leagues. I had law professors tell me that the

HenderCoug

6/7/19 12:06pm

The law school is insanely cutthroat.

CougarMandias

6/7/19 1:06pm

I wouldn't describe it as cutthroat, at least when I was there. It was just

HenderCoug

6/7/19 3:03pm

Good to hear.

CougarMandias

6/10/19 11:37am

But I think that Ivies aren't actually that hard, once you get in. It's the

kos

6/7/19 1:31pm

Good. We want them winning games, not wasting time in class

Croweater

6/7/19 9:29am

I have no doubt your'e right, I also have not doubt that the exact same thing

Pretorian

6/7/19 9:31am

It does happen at all schools...

Cougstreak

6/7/19 9:38am

I went to both Cornell and BYU for my undergrad because BYU did not have what

cornellcoug

6/7/19 3:43pm

Perhaps already been said but that bar is still tough for most athletes

MajorZeus

6/7/19 4:37pm

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