BYU-I is awesome. Cheap. Got into a good grad school. Met my wife there.

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Feb 16, 2019
9:13:03am

WhirleyPop All-American

I wouldn't mind at all if my kids went there.

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With all the BYU acceptance and rejection posts I decided to look up BYU-I stuff

demon_llama

2/16/19 9:07am

With regards to #1, what percentage of current BYU students go to games? Aren’t we always

Supercoug

2/16/19 9:11am

Not sure, but to have that option made campus life much more rich IMO.

demon_llama

2/16/19 9:11am

I went to BYU and BYU-I

8Bcougar

2/16/19 4:11pm

BYU-I is awesome. Cheap. Got into a good grad school. Met my wife there.

WhirleyPop

2/16/19 9:13am

I'm sure it has a campus experience much like Provo, but without Idaho ties

demon_llama

2/16/19 9:14am

I will tell you...

RexIdaCoug

2/16/19 9:48am

That's good info. Thanks. GI Bill will take care of a lot of tuition issues.

demon_llama

2/16/19 9:56am

I think you are right.

RexIdaCoug

2/16/19 10:24am

Tuition is Member/Nonmember not resident/nonresident

tjngirlz

2/16/19 12:15pm

It is cheap enough your kids can pay for it themselves.

WhirleyPop

2/16/19 9:15am

Are there jobs in Rexburg?

AZcougLawyer

2/16/19 11:16am

Not enough and harder to find but can be done

rocker

2/16/19 11:21am

THIS, Provo has jobs, Rexburg not so much.

TAMUCoug

2/16/19 11:54am

I was employed 3 of the 4 years in Rexburg

RexIdaCoug

2/16/19 12:03pm

I made enough over the summer and had grants cover the cost of everything

WhirleyPop

2/16/19 12:26pm

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BigD Coug

2/16/19 9:14am

And here is why I would be completely ok with either

Zenoch

2/16/19 9:22am

Agree 100%. Very similar experience. BYUI has a great feeling about it.

byu1

2/16/19 9:25am

Thanks. Good point. I guess I just feel that a college experience should contain

demon_llama

2/16/19 9:28am

My oldest went to BYU-I and loved it there...

CoachSpeak

2/16/19 9:39am

The nursing program at BYU-I is really good and very competitive.

RexIdaCoug

2/16/19 9:51am

My daughter has done well with her degree...

CoachSpeak

2/16/19 9:56am

Considering the amount of student loans this country has, if you are not

RexIdaCoug

2/16/19 10:04am

My daughter got a 50% scholarship at BYU-I....

CoachSpeak

2/16/19 10:58am

But, but, but no shorts!!!

RexIdaCoug

2/16/19 11:08am

Yes, but I also graduated debt free from BYU. BYU Idaho is only marginally

demon_llama

2/16/19 12:27pm

That's true if you are from Utah.

tjngirlz

2/16/19 12:31pm

Yes, I suppose if my family didn't qualify for in-state tuition BYU-I is a bette

demon_llama

2/16/19 12:36pm

My oldest wants to be an art major, and with her grades would probably

demon_llama

2/16/19 9:58am

My older son attends UVU...

CoachSpeak

2/16/19 10:54am

BYUI is a great school with great kids going there.

canofpicante

2/16/19 3:22pm

This is false, had she gone to the Y she would have had the opportunity to marry

Blue2thebone

2/16/19 7:55pm

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rocker

2/16/19 10:12am

It’s so dang far from southern Deseret. We poor people would never see our kids

AZcougLawyer

2/16/19 11:18am

I’m really glad I no longer have those 15 hr drives from G to R.

rocker

2/16/19 11:26am

Flights from IF or SL to Mesa G for Holidays

rocker

2/16/19 11:28am

Try having a kid go to school in Hawaii....

CoachSpeak

2/16/19 11:38am

Yeah, BYU Hawaii isn't really even an option. Not sure what the Church

demon_llama

2/16/19 12:28pm

It serves Asia and the Pacific Islands

El Jefe

2/16/19 12:35pm

Yes I get that. But cost of living in Hawaii is really high, higher, I would thi

demon_llama

2/16/19 12:37pm

#1stWorldProblems

AZcougLawyer

2/16/19 3:55pm

I’d encourage anyone that doesn’t get into BYU to look into BYUI.

byu1

2/16/19 9:24am

For my oldest college sports are not even an afterthought. For my 2nd oldest it

demon_llama

2/16/19 9:30am

If what's important to you is the church school experience, absolutely

byujdmba

2/16/19 9:59am

No shorts is why I never considered BYUi.

Adwight

2/16/19 9:32am

I think they put that policy in place

Bin01015

2/16/19 9:01pm

Can’t be serious. There’s no rational explanation for it.

AZcougLawyer

2/16/19 10:15pm

All my kids have gone there, and I teach online classes

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