I agree. But even UCI has issues.

Mar 14, 2023
9:29:16pm

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One of our bishops sent his son there. The son was accepted at BYU but wanted to forge his own path. Now he is questioning everything related to the church.

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My daughter is leaning towards attending college in CA. Any insights?

Run-DMT

3/14/23 9:07pm

Only Riverside, Merced and Santa Cruz admit over 50%

Thrill

3/14/23 9:10pm

Tell her not to do it.

pittsburghcoug

3/14/23 9:14pm

Believe me, I’ve tried. That whole agency thing, you know? Brutal sometimes

Run-DMT

3/14/23 9:19pm

I understand.

pittsburghcoug

3/14/23 9:21pm

Plan a trip to Utah and spend a day at BYU

DJROSS

3/14/23 9:21pm

She has sisters at BYU.

Run-DMT

3/14/23 9:24pm

Doesn't want to do what they do?

DJROSS

3/14/23 9:42pm

She says she wants to do her own thing. 2nd daughter has not had a great exp at

Run-DMT

3/14/23 9:46pm

You laugh but California universities are a great place to go

pittsburghcoug

3/14/23 9:20pm

I’m not laughing.

Run-DMT

3/14/23 9:23pm

I was referring to someone else.

pittsburghcoug

3/14/23 9:26pm

Got my undergrad at Chico state

calcio

3/14/23 9:44pm

As a Democrat I love the Communist indoctrination that takes place

gopman

3/14/23 11:13pm

UCR and the YSA church activity in Riverside county is solid

DJROSS

3/14/23 9:19pm

How about UCI? Solid YSA ward in Newport and is a good school.

bdizzle

3/14/23 9:22pm

Yeah, if she can get it, this would prob be the best.

Run-DMT

3/14/23 9:23pm

I agree. But even UCI has issues.

pittsburghcoug

3/14/23 9:29pm

Yeah, I did an exec mba at UCI couple yrs ago. The wokeness was pretty intense.

Run-DMT

3/14/23 9:34pm

He can do that at BYU too you know. There are some professors at the Y....

gopman

3/14/23 11:15pm

Ya well at BYU you’ll probably get both sides of the argument…we’re it close

kotacoug

3/15/23 12:26am

UC Santa Barbara. UCI.

Idacoug

3/14/23 9:26pm

UCSB is a huge party school.

UNLVcougar

3/14/23 9:51pm

Seriously

Jay Kay

3/14/23 10:33pm

Cal State maritime academy

kcca

3/14/23 9:33pm

Cool, didn’t know about that. Thx

Run-DMT

3/14/23 9:35pm

I recruit from there

shuaige

3/14/23 9:44pm

Long Beach St. is awesome. Try and convince her to do a spring semester at BYU

DodgerCoug

3/14/23 9:35pm

My insight is don’t.

UNLVcougar

3/14/23 9:49pm

If she absolutely has to go to school here, my vote is Cal Poly. Most all the

UNLVcougar

3/14/23 9:51pm

it is so hard to get in to based on some programs. My son got 1/2 tuition at BYU

Turd Ferguson

3/14/23 10:29pm

This year, SLO says they got 73,000 apps for 6200 spots. I guess CA isn’t dead

Run-DMT

3/14/23 10:50pm

It’s better if you’re in their preferred high schools. My kids’ HS has a 40%

jvquarterback

3/14/23 10:58pm

Agreed. Cal Poly kids are cool. It is a pretty little (expensive) area.

calvindyer

3/15/23 2:38am

I believe that Cal State Long Beach has the most institute classes in the state.

Jay Kay

3/14/23 10:33pm

Between Long Beach and Huntington there are 18 institute classes offered

Jay Kay

3/14/23 10:44pm

The church needs to market Institute better.

Turd Ferguson

3/14/23 10:38pm

Totally agree.

Run-DMT

3/14/23 11:12pm

My kids will be in a similar situation. My thoughts:

jvquarterback

3/14/23 10:42pm

5 minutes of "alpha" at a UC school trumps 5 years of "beta"

gopman

3/14/23 11:08pm

UC Davis kids are great.

calvindyer

3/15/23 2:36am

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