My Issues with BYU

A lot of people say they have problems with BYU for all sorts of reasons. I decided to list my reasons and some counter-arguments to some of those reasons that people really dis-like BYU.

1. A lot of people say that BYU is a zoo and that a lot of people get married really quick. If that is true, I must be in the wrong major or doing something very wrong. All of the girls that I would consider dating all seem to be either dating someone already or married. (Most of them are married already...)

2. BYU hires too many part-time teachers. Their focus seems to be that they want to hire people that are giving back to BYU. They are trying to make it as cheap as possible by getting as many teachers that they can pay very little or volunteer. The only teachers that get paid normal teacher salaries are the full-time teachers. These full-time teachers teach classes that have around 400-500 students in them. Now, there are rules about how many faculty you can actually hire and since they have too many teachers that are part-time, they cannot support the numbers of students that want to learn.

3. They can't fit enough people in the classes that are important, so they build up all of this suspense of undergraduate work before you actually get into the school and then when it comes to getting in, there is not room, so you get stuck with a half-major and a possible minor. In the real world, that is called a college drop-out... (by default...) :S

4. Just like any other school: If you know someone and you are buddy-buddy with them, then you get places. If you don't know anyone in power or if you don't have a special situation with you personally (like: You fought in the French and Indian War) then they don't really care about who you are and what you have the potential to accomplish in life.

5. You would think that BYU would actually hold interviews with candidates for the Marriott School, but they assume that everything they need to know, they can get out of a 500 word essay and a numbers game with GPA averages. They don't care about people and special situations or even candidates that have potential to become a great asset and a major contributor to the success of the school in general.

I may have some more points to add later, but for now: This is my rant of what I feel BYU is doing wrong right now. No one with any power may ever read this, but at least it is out there for someone to consider.