Brigham Young University-Provo Top Questions

Everyone is LDS; all the boys are returned missionaries; everyone just wants to get married

everyone at byu wants to get married, all the guys are returned missionaries, it's pretty much impossible to get a 4.0

That there are to many stereotypical 'Mormons.'

Everyone is really smart and really competitive.

- students very religious - strict rules on campus and campus approved housing - "stone cold sober" - all students are the same - everyone is a republican - everyone is mormon

They are marriage crazy.

Good, Honest, Integral people.

There are so many stereotypes at BYU 1. everyone is Mormon 2. student athletes are not LDS 3. the assumption that all sophomore boys are Returned Missionaries 4. Any guy in a suit is in the business program

Being known as a "Mormon" school, there are a lot of things associated with that that give us many stereotypes. We don't drink, smoke, swear, involve ourselves in promiscuity, and a lot of other things. Also, because of the emphasis that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("Mormon" is actually just a nickname) puts on the importance of family, we also have running jokes about everyone's obsession with dating and getting married as soon as possible.