Acceptance rate is such a horrible metric.

Apr 4, 2021
6:21:51pm

Mises All-American

Top schools will actually woo high schoolers who have no chance with dishonest mailers leading them on, just so they can lower their acceptance rate. BYU obviously wouldn't do that.

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Kid in my ward didn’t get into BYU. Her whole family was always wearing Y gear

Mr. Rumsfield

4/4/21 4:25pm

Just culling the herd.

shoganai

4/4/21 4:27pm

Although probably joking....this type of sentiment is exhibit A for reasons BYU fans are disliked by LDS Ute fans

Blue2thebone

4/4/21 7:31pm

It was a joke, and the same type of joke any two college rivals tell.

shoganai

4/4/21 7:37pm

Who cares if utes fans like BYU fans?

Dr MoBYU

4/4/21 11:15pm

Because we joke about being better? Spoiler alert:

LaVellIfIKnow

4/5/21 12:13am

This is why you don't live in Utah 😉 they'd go to a different state school.

paulb

4/4/21 4:27pm

I don’t live in Utah

Mr. Rumsfield

4/4/21 4:32pm

So the kid is going to pay out of state tuition to go to...Utah... I think it is

BYUtka

4/4/21 4:46pm

do you know how easy it is to get scholarship money to go there?

man-at-arms

4/4/21 4:48pm

No, Is it like getting in? So pulse optional?

BYUtka

4/4/21 4:50pm

I don't know either.

man-at-arms

4/4/21 4:51pm

UofU acceptance rate = 62%... BYU acceptance rate = 67%

TheLost

4/4/21 5:38pm

Are there that few applicants to BYU??

wilsdad

4/4/21 5:46pm

Acceptance rate is such a horrible metric.

Mises

4/4/21 6:21pm

Acceptance rate does not tell the whole story. If it did, BYU's criteria would

juantoad

4/4/21 6:58pm

It can be devastating to some families. Back east we had a convert family whose

epcoug

4/4/21 7:32pm

That's just a dumb petty family

GigantorCat

4/4/21 10:49pm

Inconvenient truth

run26

4/4/21 7:09pm

I lYes ok at average test scores, gpa, etc

BYU '80

4/4/21 8:45pm

Regardless, if one is going to an out of state school, choosing Utah shows poor

BYUtka

4/4/21 4:53pm

I live out of state and wanted my kids to be around LDS

deljdc

4/5/21 6:58am

UofU would be near the bottom of the list for that to me.

BYUtka

4/5/21 8:45am

For me, the absolute bottom

vegas guey

4/5/21 10:19am

USU

calbearcoug

4/5/21 11:33am

Your example isn't completely right because many states' flagship schools aren't

The Chelsea Dagger

4/5/21 9:13am

Right. I was assuming they would attend a UofU equivalent school in their state

BYUtka

4/5/21 9:20am

Wrong if you are a skier. U of U location is as good as it gets for ski bums, which I was year 1 at BYU.

BYU Folsom Fan

4/8/21 12:04am

Not that much. My daughter is probably going there with top marks and

coug10278

4/4/21 4:54pm

says the guy who spells "there" their

run26

4/4/21 5:04pm

Both UU and Utah State throw scholarship money at out of state kids pretty

sandiegocgrfan

4/4/21 9:16pm

Utah out-of-state isn't that bad anyway compared to in-state elsewhere anyway

CougieMcCougFace

4/4/21 11:09pm

Out of state at USU ~23K and and UU ~27K compared to ~$8.5K for in state

sandiegocgrfan

4/5/21 10:05am

She can apply to BYU her sophomore year and probably get in

WJCougar

4/4/21 4:28pm

Yup

icecougar

4/4/21 5:41pm

Apply as a transfer student after freshman year. Get super good grades at the

BlooCoog

4/4/21 9:53pm

That’s basically what I and my oldest son did.

BYU Folsom Fan

4/5/21 8:37am

Get her involved at the Institute. It’ll help her experience.

Turnpike Lane

4/4/21 4:35pm

I would never change loyalties but

Heath Squashwell

4/4/21 4:37pm

#sifting

Goliath

4/4/21 4:39pm

I’d cheer against my own kid’s school rather than switch loyalty. But they won’t

bruincoug

4/4/21 4:40pm

I went to the University of Utah. I started while in high school. It was fine

Belboz

4/4/21 4:41pm

RE: I went to the University of Utah. I started while in high school. It was

olaCougarfan

4/4/21 4:59pm

What do you think the professors and school newspapers at those schools would do

Scratch

4/4/21 5:11pm

Your hypothetical supposition doesn’t make what the U does less pathetic or bigoted.

mvtoro

4/4/21 10:21pm

It’s also not anywhere near as widespread as people here think. It’s also not at

Scratch

4/4/21 10:54pm

I’m not going to debate how much of an issue it is compared to what “people think” but the fact that a religion is

mvtoro

4/4/21 11:37pm

During my university of utah days, it hardly bothered me

Belboz

4/5/21 9:19am

False. It is way worse at Utah than any other school

cougforever

4/5/21 9:22am

Me too

holyyewtbatman

4/4/21 6:35pm

A BIL, 3 cousins, and many friends went to Utah and still die hard BYU fans

Bobmarleyjr

4/5/21 7:44am

The only exception to that is if their child were the starting QB of that university. 😉

BYU Folsom Fan

4/5/21 8:42am

Let’s call it even since we took Zach Wilson. But time to call truce.

Unibro

4/4/21 4:42pm

That's weird.

JuicyJam

4/4/21 4:52pm

Tons of UofU students are BYU fans. I have heavy respect for them, living among

Zaphod

4/4/21 4:54pm

My two uu brothers are BYU fans.

Benfica1

4/4/21 7:07pm

I would switch if my kid was an athlete.. just a student then I would

cougfanz

4/4/21 5:01pm

RE: Kid in my ward didn’t get into BYU. Her whole family was always

ChandlerAZCoug

4/4/21 5:02pm

Happens a lot.

wilsdad

4/4/21 5:16pm

Is wil the one that went to BYU?

bruincoug

4/4/21 5:21pm

Nope. UVU

wilsdad

4/4/21 5:26pm

A lot of the younger fans are very passive byu fans

I'mBatman

4/4/21 5:51pm

The family changed to uu gear? That is just weird. My daughter went to UVU & we

Benfica1

4/4/21 7:05pm

Same thing happened to Bigute and he turned out alri....well he turned out.

IceCreamButt

4/4/21 7:10pm

My son got accepted to both

BYU Tuba

4/4/21 8:03pm

Program?

Bandersnatch

4/4/21 8:49pm

Video game design

BYU Tuba

4/4/21 10:28pm

That's what I guessed. Only program I could think of that I'd go to U for over

Bandersnatch

4/4/21 10:57pm

Same here, son got accepted to both

sole

4/5/21 7:36am

Did not do anything special

BYU Tuba

4/5/21 11:50am

Boardmail sent

sole

4/5/21 12:56pm

I may be wrong, but I recall BYU is better for getting into med school than UU.

The Chelsea Dagger

4/5/21 1:51pm

We're trying to discuss that with him, does anyone have a link as backup?

sole

4/6/21 1:18pm

According to BYU's pre-med advisory office, BYU is #18 in the nation for MD

The Chelsea Dagger

4/6/21 4:58pm

Kinda weird they would all switch to Ute gear just because kid goes there? Seems

BlooCoog

4/4/21 9:14pm

Yeah. One exception: if I had a kid on a sports team I’d wear his jersey to the event. Would wear BYU stuff otherwise.

mvtoro

4/4/21 10:23pm

Yeah that would probably be the only exception. Like Zach Wilson’s parents did.

BlooCoog

4/4/21 10:45pm

Ya seems weird. I can see it if a kid played a sport for the school or something

Superman21

4/4/21 11:43pm

Then they weren't really Y fans

BYUBandfan

4/4/21 9:27pm

Then they didn't really have a "testimony" to begin with (side shift eyes)

Ten_Hour_Drives

4/4/21 10:28pm

So should I be a Ute fan then? Not sure the family is in the wrong

krindorr

4/5/21 6:54am

You should root for BYU because they’re a better athletic program and colors

Bobmarleyjr

4/5/21 7:52am

I agree with everything you said but the colors. BYU can’t decide.

BYU Folsom Fan

4/5/21 8:45am

My neighbor's wife didn't get into BYU when she applied and it made them so mad

cougforever

4/5/21 9:26am

Stanford frosh wasn't able to transfer to the Y after first year.

lobocoug

4/5/21 1:20pm

Weird. I always heard it was easier for men because of the ratio disparity

Bobmarleyjr

4/5/21 1:25pm

RE: Stanford frosh wasn't able to transfer to the Y after first year.

krindorr

4/5/21 1:39pm

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