UVU vs. BYU part II

This is in response to the comments made and I feel that I need to elaborate on my experience at UVU. First of all, thank you for your comments . btw - The study I read didn't focus on any specific majors.

My feelings about UVU are ambivalent. On one hand, I'm grateful for the opportunity I have had to attend there this past year as I wouldn't have been able to enroll in a selective enrollment university. I made the most of that year and earned a 4.0 GPA both semesters. On the other hand, I was in classes with so many students who accepted mediocrity, and it seemed that many professors were okay with that. Perhaps if I stayed another year, I would have seen such students weeded out, but my observations have shown that many of the programs will accept anyone and no system of selection is used. Where does UVU's business school rank in the major annual rankings? It doesn't rank at all. Its Accounting program isn't even accredited by the AACSB. The Information Systems program isn't part of the business school as it is at most other schools in the nation.

True, UVU does have a few great programs: Education, Aviation, Nursing, and Digital Media (I'm sure I'm not aware of others). But as an Information Systems student who is looking to have the best competitive edge possible (not just the highest salary) and who is looking to work outside of the state of Utah, BYU seems like the best choice so I will be transferring there in January 2010. As a sidenote, if it wasn't for my Information Systems major, my school of choice within the state of Utah would be University of Utah (as I like the urban atmospherere).

Another consideration to be made is that I went to UVU during the day. I know that there are many hard working students who work jobs during the day and attend classes at night. I'm sure those students work much harder at their classwork and are more motivated than many of the "kids" that attend during the day. Don't get me wrong, there are many day students who take their studies seriously; but I observed far too many slackers and do not want to be lumped in with them. If I knew they would eventually be weeded out, I wouldn't be concerned about it.

I will always be grateful for the springboard that UVU provided me in my academic career and I am grateful that I completed most of my general education requirements there rather than at BYU or some other school. UVU should continue to give students like me opportunities to pursue higher education, but I think at some point the Bachelor programs should hold a higher standard. I'm convinced that better opportunities will exist for me (especially outside the state of Utah) by graduating from BYU's Marriott School of Management than if I were to stay at UVU.