While my wife was majoring in Landscape Design at BYU she worked part time at a plant nursery. The nursery hired a kid who just returned from his mission named Shawn. He let everybody know how much he hated everything BYU and Utah County by constantly making snide comments about the honor code, BYU atheltics, the students, etc.. At first my wife thought he was a ute fan, but turns out he was a huge USU Aggie honk.

Anyway, Shawn told everyone that he was applying to a Master's program at USU in the fall, and would only be working at the nursery for the Summer. My wife didn't think much of it until one day it dawned on her that fall had arrived and Shawn was still working at the nursery and not in Logan like he said he'd be. So she decided to ask him about it...

Wife: Hey, aren't you supposed to be at USU getting your Master's Degree?

Shawn: No I didn't get into the program. At Utah State, they make you get your Bachelor's Degree first.

Wife: Wait a minute, you don't have a Bachelor's? How did you not know you had to have a Bachelor's before pursuing a Master's Degree?

Shawn: I just want a Master's Degree, not a Bachelor's. I don't want to waste my time earning a Bachelor's

Wife: I don't think you understand how college degrees work.