Brigham Young University-Provo Top Questions

There is an intense work load and it is very competitive.

It seems like university rules often interfere with a smooth learning environment. Students are sometimes only held to the standard that the rest of a particular class sets for them.

In high school I was always the smartest and coming here there are so many talented people.

Finding a job on-campus

Sometimes classes are too big. But generally professors are really helpful.

It is large and there are a lot of students, so you need to know how to get what you want and need out of the university.

Parking

Lack of diversity/homogeneity, judgmental atmosphere

I think the most difficult thing is figuring out which classes to take for each semester. It can be very stressful.

All too often students take their education for granted; as students, we get much more out of our education than we actually pay for.

The most frustrating thing about BYU is how far away it is from a large city. I grew up in a huge city, so the weekend can get boring if weekend plans haven't been made ahead of time.

Not as much ethnic diversity

Large classroom sizes for general education classes

That everyone who goes there is really smart! In high school I was one of the smartest people there, but at BYU it is all people who were the best at their high school too, so it was really hard to stand out as being smart. There was a lot of competition for good grades in my major (Biology= Pre-Med) so it was really hard to get the grades that I wanted.

Trying to find the best girl to marry! Everyone is so awesome that sometimes you feel like it's hard to stand out because everyone around you is just as awesome as you are.

The self-righteous attitudes of most of the student body and the ridiculous moral code of the university

People are conservative without knowing why. huge political apathy, lack of knowledge about real world issues and why they are republican.

It's very Mormon.

I think the most frustrating thing aobut BYU was the competiveness. A little competition is good, but when it breaks people's wills I think that it is too much.