In some parallel universe, Ricks College was located in Mesa AZ

Nov 21, 2019
10:16:18am

JackStack All-American

and that college grew faster than BYU, and became a 4-year school a long time ago and eventually became a Pac-10 invitee along with ASU in the 1970s because of its large size and prominent sports program.

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Teachers at BYU-Idaho. First of all let me say I've never attended Ricks or BYUI

Goliath

11/21/19 8:28am

I wouldn't complain if my kids went there.

Bert609

11/21/19 8:31am

Excellent school. Weird town in less-than-ideal location.

LegitCoug

11/21/19 8:33am

Depends on what you're into re: the location. An hour from Yellowstone and

Byron McNertney

11/21/19 8:54am

Grand Tetons just around the corner.

hydrocoug

11/21/19 8:58am

Just curious what an ideal location would be?

fldnstrm

11/21/19 9:03am

Winter is just plain brutal there

LaserCoug

11/21/19 9:05am

Which is October to May.

Gentleman Stan

11/21/19 11:59am

Rexburg itself isn't exactly hopping with things to do.

hydrocoug

11/21/19 9:10am

In some parallel universe, Ricks College was located in Mesa AZ

JackStack

11/21/19 10:16am

My sister attended Ricks when Elder Eyring was President of the school. He

Y-Zag

11/21/19 8:37am

This is an advantage to small class sizes, professors know their students and

hydrocoug

11/21/19 8:37am

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JimmyZ

11/21/19 8:37am

Unpopular post alert:

garyfan

11/21/19 8:50am

Your daughter is a first-semester freshman. There's plenty of time for that.

garyfan

11/21/19 8:59am

I completely wrote off BYU-I before going on my mission. While in the field I

WhirleyPop

11/21/19 8:59am

Had professors do things like that in Provo.

molodyets

11/21/19 9:09am

Not me. I was there in the 90s and never heard of such thing.

Goliath

11/21/19 9:24am

Do you mean BYU-IEP?

BringYourUltimate

11/21/19 9:13am

Excellent school. But professors are forced to bend over backwards to students

newbie

11/21/19 9:41am

BYU-Idaho is a very hard sell to many potential professors.

TheWanderer

11/21/19 9:49am

Wow. Not my experience at Ricks. I was very unimpressed with most teachers.

WhyaskY?

11/21/19 10:20am

i bet some of these same teachers would turn you in for not wearing socks, etc.

run26

11/21/19 10:54am

You can find weirdos anywhere. On average, the people there, both students and

Corn Pop

11/21/19 11:51am

BYU-I's codified restrictions are noticeably more severe than BYU's.

TheWanderer

11/21/19 12:52pm

For any neutral observer, you’re talking about apples vs apples

Corn Pop

11/21/19 1:49pm

Does BYU-I have dorms?

hydrocoug

11/21/19 2:45pm

I live in Idaho. The "it's too cold for shorts" thing is bull crap.

TheWanderer

11/21/19 8:27pm

I only know one person that was turned into the HC office at BYU-I and that was

hydrocoug

11/21/19 2:52pm

As one who taught at 2 universities, BYU-I is not alone in caring for students.

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