University of Utah Top Questions

According to students from that school down south, our campus is a bunch of heathens and drunkards running around. Everywhere else, I'd say the perception is that Utah is a bunch of goodie-two-shoes, that have a good medical program.

Stereotypes about Utah are as numerous as the stars in the sky. Mostly, when people think of Utah, they think of polygamy, religion, and maybe the Jazz. However, like most stereotypes, these don't tell the whole truth. Students at the U (that's what we call the University of Utah) are categorized by locals as liberal protesters and med students.

We are all MORMONS!!! We are all White conservatives and all the stereotypes that come along with Mormons

I know I probably have some unconscious stereotypes that I can't think of, but nothing consciously comes to mind. The student body is so diverse its hard for me to generalize.

Many people feel that the Mormon culture in Utah will have a tremendous impact on them, and will make them feel like a minority.

Anyone that will be seen as a mormon or will be forced to become LDS. The LDS who go to the U of U are the bad ones who didn't make it into BYU. There are no or very little Catholics on campus.

Attack of the Super-Mormons!

Conservative, fleece-wearing, LDS White people.

there is the obvious LDS stereotype. which plays into the graduating at the age of 24 instead of 22.

There is a stereotype that all Utahns are Mormon and/or polygamous. Also, that they eat a lot of Jell-O and get married at a very young age, but these are related to the Mormon thing. Also, there is a stereotype that everybody is white.