Brigham Young University-Provo Top Questions

Actually, it is surprising how many men AND women do come here only to find someone to marry. A lot of parents urge their children to come to BYU so there is a better chance of finding someone who is a "good Mormon."

Yes they are true.

Nope.

Marriage-yes and no...for Latter-day Saints most will never be in a place with such a concentrated number of (for the most part) good strong members who value education and their religion as much but no it is not the "purpose" of most that are here and if it is they are gone and have left the school by the end of there first year. The percentage of students that speak another language is really high and one of the best in the nation-most students have lived somewhere foreign for at least 2 years or 18 months for the women. It is incredible knowing that BYU works so well with The missionary training center and that it is our students that teach these missionaries that go all over the world. The University of Utah is our rival and it is sad but it is no different than USC vs UCLA or Stanford vs Berkeley. They aren't very respectful at games though... Yes most of the campus is Latter-day Saints Yes the majority of students are "white" but we have so many cultures and so many nations represented. I love that we have tons of opportunites to learn more about other countries and that we have all of those nations represented or there are missionaries that served in those countries.

I don't think we are close-minded, we are willing to listen to other's thoughts and understand why they have their opinion. But yes, we won't change our opinion about things our religion is against such as Gay marriage, etc. I do think there is less "partying" or careless actions. We still have a lot of fun and everyone has really good friends they hang out with. A lot of dating goes on moreso than other schools by a long shot which may take the place of a lot of "partying". I have at least noticed that graduates from BYU are considered great employees and trustworthy friends.

Completely untrue. In my opinion, if you don't want to live the honor code, then DON'T GO. It's as simple as that. It doesn't inhibit any fun, and I personally enjoyed lots of the benefits that come from everyone following the same standard. As for the perfect Mormons--there are none anywhere on the planet, and especially at BYU. We all have our flaws, so don't let yourself think that everyone is perfect and you're the only one that struggles with something. They are all.

A lot are married, but there is a lot of diversity in the way people dress and act based on their personality and upbringing.

The truest stereotype that I've heard is probably the one about BYU being very hard. BYU has an incredible drive to strive for excellence in whatever area of study is being provided. That being said I think that much of the faculty will try to validate that effort by giving a superfluous amount of work to be analyzed and evaluated on, giving the impression that with excellence, comes busy work. This may be the primary reason for the stereotype.

Mostly, yeah, I'd say it's true.

not entirely, but a lot of the time