Brigham Young University-Hawaii Top Questions

A diverse population means that there are a variety of cultural norms on our campus - and some countries believe that speaking up, voicing an opinion, or standing out in a classroom setting is negative. Though our school maintains a great cultural diversity with future world leaders, it is quiet. I believe that if the students voiced their opinions more openly, our campus would be an even greater educational facility.

The worst thing about this school would only have to be the fact that you have a several majors to choose from but they don't include engineering or medical majors (such as a nurse or doctor). You only have a select few majors to pick from if you have a goal in mind for your future.

Founded in 1955 the school has faced several staged revitalization and improvement phases but due to its remote location and the cost of construction and materials the facilities and infrastructure leave much to be desired. There is also some aspects to the culture that limit the access students have to campus resources that are readily available to students on other campuses. While the small class sizes and accessibility of professors is amazing the small size of the University as a whole brings limits of scale and cross department innovation due to the limited number of programs and funding.

The worst thing about my school is the expense, including flights. This is the worst because as a student it is hard to come up with the funds to attend and I do not have a high income or much help financially from family.

I would say that the worst thing about my school is that there is a lack of off-campus housing that is affordable. Also, there is a lack of any off-campus jobs. On-campus jobs only pay minimum wage and there are not many opportunities for advancing to higher pay levels.

The distance from the mainland. It is difficult to stay connected with your family from across seas. For other students, it is much easier because they are on the mainland. The expense of flights are rising each day, so seing my family is nearly impossble.

BYU Hawaii is a great school for LDS students. So if you are non-LDS, you will have to pay double tuition compare to LDS students. Also, this all the dress and grooming code is desire for students who serious on study, not play around.

I don't really like the schedule for the cafeteria. i think they open too late and close too early.

Our caferteria schedule is probaly the worst beacause on sundays theirs only dinner served and on week days they close early for people who work and people who study cant eat dinner at the cafeteria because their close.

The worst thing about our school is that they are enforcing us to graduate within 9 semesters. I find it difficult to have that done. I extended my semesters by filing an appeal. It is tough for those who does not have an idea what they want to major in. That being said, students will just fill up their schedule to be a full-time student with no direction, taking classes they don't really need.