Brigham Young University-Provo Top Questions

The most challenging aspect of attending BYU is the quality of the students—this is a competitive school. A person may have been the superstar, the smartest, or most talented in high school, but it is no longer the case once they get to BYU. Perspective students need to understand that they will be surrounded by the best. While it makes for wonderful student-to-student interactions and friendships, it also creates a rigorous academic standard. BYU is not the place for students who are looking for low-involvement classes or easily earned degrees. BYU stretches every student’s capabilities.

It is large, if you want to get lost in the crowd, you can.

Brigham Young offers many jobs for students to be employed by but has few scholarships awarded. I'm not saying this trying to sound lazy, but saying that in addition to my part-time job, more campus scholarships would be nice too.

It is cold in the winter so buckle up.

No caffeine on campus

My school is stingy with scholarships. Academic scholarships are hard to come by, but that is potentially for the better, since it fosters hard work from the students who attend. My personal dislike results because BYU does not give athletic scholarships where they are so often due. I have had many friends and family members who started on teams (including the football team) or were top-ranked in their groups, and did not recieve scholarships because the university was aware they could pay for school without a scholarship. If one works hard enough at a single thing they deserve reward.

As a student I have had an incredibly postive experience. BYU is an amazing school, however, it is dominately Latter-day Saint. Many people who are not Latter-day Saints may feel uncomfortable here at first simply because the culture is a little different. Our standards are high and, to many people, strange. For me, these standards and the Latter-day Saint culture here is not a drawback, but for some people, especially non Latter-day Saints, it could be a hinderance.

Most businesses close around 10:00 pm so there are not many options for things to do late at night if you are not creative.

The lack of diversity.

Perhaps the lack of diversity.

People are not very accepting of other people and cultures.

The school has certain religious classes that are required for graduation, such as courses on the Book of Mormon. If someone is not open to or interested in learning about other religions (or about the LDS religion in particular), these requirements might be a little off-putting.

It's really cold and really dry here but there isn't really anything wrong with the actually school. It has everything that you need and the professors are great and it's easy to find jobs if you need one.

Sometimes the whole religion stuff can get overwhelming when you're surrounded by it 24/7, including every class, even secular ones, which start with a prayer.

I love my school, but find it very frustrating and difficult to find a student job on campus. A lot of us students need to have a job to be able to pay for school, and the entire process is very hard and frustrating for me.

The general classes that are required for each student are very large which can make it difficult for the student-teacher relationship. There is also very little parking which can be frusterating if the students don't live very close to campus and have to drive to school.

It is sometimes difficult to get into certain degree programs (such as art programs) because it is so competetive.

Parking, because there is never enough of it on or off-campus

It's really cold in the winter-time

Congestion on the sidewalks between classes is the worst thing at BYU because it can be difficult to get across campus and is a little frustrating, but I can still make it to classes on time.