harmony wrote: Depends on where you plan to live, once you graduate. If you plan to stay in Utah and work for an LDS owned business, seems like having those courses on your transcript would be helpful. If you plan to live in Maryland or So Cal, probably not so much.
Heaven forbid. I do have a daughter who has the distinction of being thrown out of BYU and being deported from Canada. That should count for something.
Lol.
Just speculation on my part but I don't think those courses would mean anything to anyone but the most fervent LDS business owner. If he/she were actually looking at transcripts I expect he/she would be looking at courses useful to his/her business.
"Any over-ritualized religion since the dawn of time can make its priests say yes, we know, it is rotten, and hard luck, but just do as we say, keep at the ritual, stick it out, give us your money and you'll end up with the angels in heaven for evermore."
Elphaba wrote:It's also highly unlikely a dope who farted around could graduate in the top ten percent at any college/university in Business, Communications, English, or Psychology. Additionally, it's a given that most of the intelligent and dedicated students who got into Wharton will not graduate in the top ten percent.
I was with you until the "10%" comment. What am I missing?
1. I said that any program usually has course options with greater rigor.
2. You can choose the easy options and have a higher GPA than smart kids who did more challenging work.
3. My comments weren't intended to be precise in every respect. I was writing to make a point.
I understood your point, and agreed with it, until you mentioned "10%." I was not saying I disagreed with it; rather, I was saying I didn't understand it, and was asking for clarification. It's no big deal, but it still makes no sense to me for the reasons I outlined above.
Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)
~~Walt Whitman
Elphaba wrote:I understood your point, and agreed with it, until you mentioned "10%." I was not saying I disagreed with it; rather, I was saying I didn't understand it, and was asking for clarification. It's no big deal, but it still makes no sense to me for the reasons I outlined above.
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"Petition wasn’t meant to start a witch hunt as I’ve said 6000 times." ~ Hanna Seariac, LDS apologist
Elphaba wrote:I understood your point, and agreed with it, until you mentioned "10%." I was not saying I disagreed with it; rather, I was saying I didn't understand it, and was asking for clarification. It's no big deal, but it still makes no sense to me for the reasons I outlined above.
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I'm sorry, I don't know how else to ask the question, and given it was only about a relatively small part (your 10% at Wharton comment) of your whole statement, it's not worth pursuing. So, never mind.
Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)
~~Walt Whitman
A student is only going to get a rigorous undergrad education if that is what they desire, otherwise you can go to any school in the country and float through a program.
Elphaba wrote:I'm sorry, I don't know how else to ask the question, and given it was only about a relatively small part (your 10% at Wharton comment) of your whole statement, it's not worth pursuing. So, never mind.
I have a tendency to indulge in hyperbole. I think that the Wharton statement is an example.
My apologies for introducing confusion thereby.
"Petition wasn’t meant to start a witch hunt as I’ve said 6000 times." ~ Hanna Seariac, LDS apologist
Kishkumen wrote:I have a tendency to indulge in hyperbole. I think that the Wharton statement is an example.
My apologies for introducing confusion thereby.
And I apparently have difficulty recognizing the difference between a small, inconsequential thing and something really worth worrying about. I apologize for going on about something so trivial.
Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)
~~Walt Whitman
Surely BYU courses are easier because the Lord is assisting you?
“We look to not only the spiritual but also the temporal, and we believe that a person who is impoverished temporally cannot blossom spiritually.” Keith McMullin - Counsellor in Presiding Bishopric
"One, two, three...let's go shopping!" Thomas S Monson - Prophet, Seer, Revelator
Drifting wrote:Surely BYU courses are easier because the Lord is assisting you?
According to Holy Ghost Assumption, yes.
Moreover, there are around more productive Mormon scientists, writers, politicians, anybody - because they have the same educational background PLUS the Holy Ghost. (OK, Palestinians are exceptions, copyright Romney)
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
Drifting wrote:Surely BYU courses are easier because the Lord is assisting you?
According to Holy Ghost Assumption, yes.
Moreover, there are around more productive Mormon scientists, writers, politicians, anybody - because they have the same educational background PLUS the Holy Ghost. (OK, Palestinians are exceptions, copyright Romney)
Is it true that at BYU instead of marking exams, the Proffessors just pray to find out what grades to give students?
“We look to not only the spiritual but also the temporal, and we believe that a person who is impoverished temporally cannot blossom spiritually.” Keith McMullin - Counsellor in Presiding Bishopric
"One, two, three...let's go shopping!" Thomas S Monson - Prophet, Seer, Revelator