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[Archaea]

Originally Posted by BYUTexan

This story was real. My stake president when I graduated Hs (McKinney, Tx Stake) had a daughter (who I took to Prom BTW) that didn't get in and she had good greads and ACT. This was in 98.

Why? Because her father had a beard?

[BYU71]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Why? Because her father had a beard?

Why would anyone who had good grades and and a good ACT score want to go to Ricks, unless it was to find a mate.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by BYU71

I was quite taken by the Prophets encouraging inactives to come back. I was considering it and then I realized the HP quorum is filled with Lingo's, Indy's and Tex's. Yea, come back to welcome open arms my fanny.

Oh, what are you worried about, 71? HP Group is full of cranky old men; you'll fit right in.

[pelagius]

I just looked it up. The lottery admission system only was enacted for one year:

This is from the Chronicle of Higher Education on October 4, 1996:

NOTE BOOK
Ricks College Decides Not to Use Lottery in Admissions

Applicants will once again have to rely on something other than luck to gain admission to Ricks College.

The Mormon institution was concerned that using a lottery system for admissions, as it did last year, would indicate support for gambling, which is opposed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The college used a computerized, random-selection process to choose among qualified applicants for 28 per cent of the incoming class for fall 1996. About 2,300 students, most of whom met the requirements for admission, were turned away, and 4,650 were accepted, about 1,300 of whom were chosen in the random process.

"The random-selection system worked very well from an admissions standpoint," said Gordon A. Westenskow, director of admissions."But then people were using the L-word when they would refer to the process, and lottery was not a term we felt comfortable with."

The college will return to its previous policy of admitting students with the highest grades and test scores and with significant personal achievements. Ricks will also start considering the geographic location of applicants as a means of diversifying the student body.

It was only every done for 28% of the class and it was only done for one year. So I would suggest that SteelBlue's original assertion was correct. People with really good ACTs and grades were not being turned away from Ricks. It is possible that people with relatively good grades by Ricks standard were not accepted during the brief tenure of the lottery. But I think the good grades and ACT line should be understood in the context of the Ricks college applicant pool.

[BYU71]

Originally Posted by Tex

Oh, what are you worried about, 71? HP Group is full of cranky old men; you'll fit right in.

It isn't the crankiness I worry about. It is the fact on a percentage basis they have more of those who listen to conference and then think it is their calling to explain to the lesser ones in the flock.

Much like, you Lingo and Indy.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by BYU71

It isn't the crankiness I worry about. It is the fact on a percentage basis they have more of those who listen to conference and then think it is their calling to explain to the lesser ones in the flock.

Much like, you Lingo and Indy.

A friend of mine once discussed cranky attitudes. He was disputing his spouse's observation that the children may be cranky because they are tired, stating, "I don't need to be tired to be cranky, I'm cranky often just because I want to be."

[Tex]

Originally Posted by BYU71

It isn't the crankiness I worry about. It is the fact on a percentage basis they have more of those who listen to conference and then think it is their calling to explain to the lesser ones in the flock.

Much like, you Lingo and Indy.

There are no lesser ones in HP group. Only former great ones.

[BYU71]

Originally Posted by Tex

There are no lesser ones in HP group. Only former great ones.

LOL, now and then you come up with something that makes me think you folks in the Celestial Kingdom won't be so drab after all.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by BYU71

LOL, now and then you come up with something that makes me think you folks in the Celestial Kingdom won't be so drab after all.

Yes, every once in a hundred and fifty posts or so.

However, you and I will be well entertained, as our women wear less clothing and work out. The CK has the heavily clothed fatted calves.

[JohnnyLingo]

Originally Posted by BYU71

It isn't the crankiness I worry about. It is the fact on a percentage basis they have more of those who listen to conference and then think it is their calling to explain to the lesser ones in the flock.

Much like, you Lingo and Indy.

Link?

What the hell are you talking about?