Brigham Young University-Provo Top Questions

What's unique about your campus?

Sarah

The best thing about my school is the high expectations and goals for the students. It is a place where learning and growing is a high priority. The faculty is excellent, and tries to give the most to their students. The students here are hard working and set high standards and goals for themselves. I believe that my school could be considered a community, because of the high morals and goals that we have.

Jessica

The best thing about this school is definitely the curriculum and the people here. The curriculum sets you up for a successful future. Employers respect BYU graduates and we leave well prepared for the real world. The people here are extremely kind and genuine. We care about each other and usually go out of our own ways to assist each other.

Becca

The best thing about my school is its focus on keeping the students healthy, active, and happy. There are many spiritual lessons applied in every single class, and this school is more about just succeeding academically - it applies lessons to every other aspect of life.

Brandon

Brigham Young University is a great school because the students there have the same standards as me. It is enjoyable to learn and grow with them educationally and socially.

Tania

I think that the reasons that Brigham Young University is the best are the same things that make her unique. Everything I said before about its focus on making its students the best they can be in order to impact he world wherever they end up. Each individual has great potential in making a difference in this world. BYU focuses on using students strengths to make an impact.

Jordan

There is always something to do on campus, and you should never be bored. They do plenty of activities to help you get out and meet people. Most of the teachers are really good at what they do, and are willing to help you out in any way they can, you just need to take the initiative to talk with them.

Kristen

The combination of secular and spiritual learning. I don't think any other campus in the United States, besides perhaps BYU-I and BYU-H, offer that. The secular combined with the spiritual makes for a very unique learning experience, that I believe has heightened my ability to understand the world around me. I see how the secular world compliments my spiritual beliefs, and how my spiritual beliefs compliment my secular learning experience. It's fantastic!

Annelise

The values are the best thing about my school. Not everyone shares the same cultural understanding, native language, or religion, but the honor code strictly enforces the ground rules of campus life. This brings us together and allows us to learn free from many social inhibitions.

Allison

The atmosphere. There is an honor code that prohibits drinking, drugs, foul language, immodest behavior...etc. It's very comfortable to be here.

Abigail

The best thing about the school is that EVERYONE is encouraging you to be the best that you can be! Everyone is positive and is trying his/her hardest as well!

Haley

The best thing about my school is that I don't feel pressure to drink, or do drugs, or engage in other activites that do not meet the standards that I hold myself to.

Katharine

I think the best thing about my school is the uplifting atmosphere of the University. I think one of the biggest reasons for this atmosphere is the standards and guildelines set up by the school.

Hilary

The best thing about Brigham Young University is the environment. It is extremely conducive to learning and to my growth both mentally and spiritually. There is a spirit here that helps me to understand more about my life and what I want to do with it. The environment here helps me to serve others and still find great joy and peace no matter how hectic and stressful my workload is. Brigham Young University helps me to become a better person in all aspects of my life.

Eric

The best thing about Brigham Young University is the overall helpfullness of the Campus staff and professors. They often go out of their way to make sure that students understand their work and know the activity schedule.

Benjamin

The people; it is a very friendly environment and everyone is willing to help out.

Brian

The best thing about my school is that they give us many opportunities to work with other students. I have made lifelong friends here because of the innovative curriculum that allows me to work with others and develop socially as well as academically.

Nathan

The best thing about the school is the atmosphere. It's an invironment that is very conducive to learning not just from books but what you need in order to do well after college. It's very strict on some things which some might find not to their liking, but for me it's great.

Marcus

The numerous areas of study. Due to the size of the school, I can choose to study almost anything that I want to study all on one campus.

Carolyn

How challenging it is. I know that I'm getting the absolute best education possible for an amazing price.

Josh

The school spirit and dedication to learning. Moral standards are upheld while still managing to enjoy ourselves.

Danielle

I love my school because it is beautiful, fun, accepting, and is really professionally minded.

Sam

For the money, the teachers are excellent, and it's really easy to maintain a spiritual attitude here.

Chelsea

I really like how interested and involved the teachers are with the students. I find that if I ever have a problem with the material I can easily go to the teachers and ask for help.

Cara

The professors are all so experienced. Their knowledge on what they teach is evident in each of their lectures. Despite how fabulous they are, they always have time to help a student and are very prompt at answering questions either in person or via e-mail.

Tessa

the compact campus. Everything is within walking distance.

Meliame

The fact that our religion can be tied into any subject class

Jamie

The best thing about the school is that it is devoid of the normal alchohol and sexual encounters that come with college life. You are able to have real fun, that you remember the next day. You don't have to worry about your roommates not coming home, or someone getting pregnent because very few people do that sort of thing. You are really able to be yourself, and only yourself.

Jacqueline

The opportunity undergraduates get to work on research very early on, and how, since this is a private school, professors are allowed and even encouraged to relate spiritual learning to academic learning and show their students how the two are integrated.

Samantha

The best thing about Brigham Young University is the environment. It is absolutely drun/alcohol free on campus. Everyone is willing to help eachother and is very friendly. The campus is kept clean and is just a great learning environment.

Bryce

You can't beat the environment. All the students are really nice. It's a very positive place to be. It's very good for your spirit. Nobody puts you down or excludes you. There are lots of friends to make!

Ellen

I really like the social environment. People liek to hand out and have fun in good ways. There isn't pressure to drink or do drugs.

Alison

The best thing about BYU is being associated with and surrounded by people with the same values and standards and morals that I have. It makes the learning environment amazing and helps me stay focused on my education.

Tim

Brigham Young University is a school with TONS of school spirit. Everyone is involved and wants to be involved in school events, not on ly the sporting events but also concerts, plays and fun little shows and dances that are put on at lunch in front of the student center. It is evident that you are at BYU because all of the students wear BYU appearal and everyone goes to the football games. I really think that half of the stadium is found in the student section. That makes it fun to fo to school here.

Stephanie

The people here are happy. Everyone wants to succeed and is cheering you on in your efforts to succeed as well. The classes are challenging and stretch you to become who you can and learn beyond what you could expect. The professors are wonderful and the spirit on campus is of love and charity towards everyone.

Laurel

Everything we learn is tied to some moral value, and how we can use our knowledge to make us better servants of humanity.

Jarom

In general, people here seem to know what they want and be willing to work towards it. Most people have good standards of integrity, and students are respectful towards professors, and most of the time vice-versa. People have values and goals which they've set for themselves, and they stick to them. I feel comfortable and safe, and don't have to worry about being discriminated against or excluded. Social circles are open to adaptation, not closed into restricted cliques as in other places. I guess in short I just like that I can feel comfortable being myself.

Victoria

I think the best thing about my school is that it promotes a wholesome learning environment. Everything is clean. The campus is very well maintained in landscaping, remodeling/updating the buildings, keeping all areas sanitized and free from littler, etc. But also there is a moral foundation, a code of honor, where students are expected to participate in activites that are free from alcohol, drugs, or anything that would distract from the goal of education and excellence. While students at other universities might find this too binding, I personally feel much safer.

Amy

I love how religion (as it is a church-based school) is intertwined in productive ways. There is a large focus not only ont being a good careerman but also on being a good person.

K

I get an education with emphasis on my religious beliefs. I love praying at the beginning of every class.

Alicia

I think that the best thing is the variety of clubs and extracurricular activities that are offered. There is a place for anyone and everyone.

Jason

I love how the evironment of BYU is very friendly. Students hear are very accepting of others. We enjoy helping each other out. I would say that I have made a lot of life-long friends here at BYU. The school may be pretty competitive, but the people here look out for each other. I love going to school here. Sure, I wish that I had studied harder to get a better GPA, but the memories I have made here have been priceless.

Savannah

There is so much life here. In someways I miss the diversity that's available at other schools but BYU has a special kind of diversity. I've met students from, literally, all over the world. Belgium, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Canada, Colombia, Scotland, the list goes on. It's been one of the most colorful parts of my education, to learn about different cultures. We don't have a lot of religious diversity but we have some beautiful cultural diversity.

Denis

The learning environment helps me to be motivated and focused on my future.

Jacob

The best thing about BYU is its emphasis on a complete education. Education is more than just academics. We are expected to grow academically of course, but we are also expected to contribute within the community and to develop socially and spiritually.

Susan

The best thing about BYU is the high standards it holds its students to. Not just academically, but morally. Holding us to high moral standards, such as no drugs, no alcohol, no promiscuity, and honesty makes us better students. I can better focus on my education when my body is healthy and clean of harmful substances. I can feel more pride and drive for my education because I know I'm getting the grades I deserve, not the grades I cheated for.

Alden

It offers a wide range of majors catered to specific interests.

Kelsi

I think the best thing about the BYU is the campus. It is lovely to sit outside and enjoy the weather. There is also ample seating indoors during the winter. There are plenty of outdoor activities for students to participate in year round. There are really good professors that care about their students.