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

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Jun 7, 2019
12:44:08pm

Gerald-DeGroot All-American

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

it was called I think) but had to get out early on due to scheduling conflict so I took BYU’s online math class to get the credit.

EXACT same text book and curriculum. In fact, some early assignments were easier.

I’m sure BYU grads will laugh and not believe his but it was true.

(With that said, I fully admit BYU is by farrrrr the superior school and I was too stupid to get in)

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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

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

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

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.

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.

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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