Your Child's Education: UVU or UofU
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Re: Your Child's Education: UVU or UofU
I would say that it totally depends on the degree, costs (scholarship?), and location. It could be a differnt answer for each child and situation. I'm partial to BYU-I because that's where I went and I feel that I got a good education (Business Management degree) and it has the same brand as BYU Provo without being quite as academically challenging. For my first job the company required a 3.5 GPA and my manager kept telling everybody that I went to BYU in Utah and I eventually stopped correcting him. I might not have gotten a 3.5 at BYU Provo but the name recognition probably helped me get that first job with a large global company.
And as much as it would break my heart from a sports perspective if my child received a full ride scholarship to the U of U for a program that they are best in state in it would be hard to tell him/her that they couldn't go there because of my sports fandom.
And as much as it would break my heart from a sports perspective if my child received a full ride scholarship to the U of U for a program that they are best in state in it would be hard to tell him/her that they couldn't go there because of my sports fandom.
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Re: Your Child's Education: UVU or UofU
BYU-I seems miserable. UVU is not a bad school. Neither is Utah State.
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Re: Your Child's Education: UVU or UofU
U of U is going to have a much better network for finding a job after school. UVU and BYU-I are making strides, but aren't close yet in that front.
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Re: Your Child's Education: UVU or UofU
I'm not following you here - how does BYU Idaho "seem miserable"? (whatever that means)
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Re: Your Child's Education: UVU or UofU
Miserable as in the opposite of enjoyable. Much stricter than BYU with a much smaller town and much harsher, colder weather and no football. See also: Awful, terrible, no good.
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And you've been there and witnessed this or are you just parroting a popular counter-culture theme? Because my experience is quite the opposite.
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Re: Your Child's Education: UVU or UofU
My wife attended BYU-I. When I would visit her when we were dating, I was surprised at how enjoyable I found the area. The lack of intercollegiate athletics is a definite negative, but the cold weather can be offset if you're lucky enough to attend the summer and fall sessions.ABYUFAN wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2019 8:50 amAnd you've been there and witnessed this or are you just parroting a popular counter-culture theme? Because my experience is quite the opposite.
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It's not cold?ABYUFAN wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2019 8:50 amAnd you've been there and witnessed this or are you just parroting a popular counter-culture theme? Because my experience is quite the opposite.
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Re: Your Child's Education: UVU or UofU
It's enjoyably cold.Mars wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2019 3:28 pmIt's not cold?ABYUFAN wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2019 8:50 amAnd you've been there and witnessed this or are you just parroting a popular counter-culture theme? Because my experience is quite the opposite.