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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Accounting  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Let me say it straight out - this comment will irritate most BYU students and alumns - they are not known for being tolerant of any criticism of BYU. So if you can't accept criticism of BYU, please skip this comment. I got my BS degree here and spent 4-1/2 years to earn it. As a female student, I felt far more pressure to date and get married than to succeed in academics - and the GPA I earned at this place showed it. I spent so much time trying to get dates on Friday and Saturday nights and to Firesides on Sunday, and working on making myself the kind of girl that could get those dates, that my grades went by the wayside. And after 4-1/2 years at BYU, I little to show for all those efforts. I had a mediocre GPA, no good job opportunities, and worst fate of all, no husband. It's somewhat demoralizing to hear others at BYU say "Oh my gosh - she's a senior and not engaged. What's WRONG with her?" while you yourself are an unattached senior girl. That description pretty much sums up the over-arching theme of BYU. BYU is fine if you are religious. Girls who went there and dropped out to get married invariably consider BYU a fine institution. But, it is not so fine if you not religious. There is no tolerance for opposing viewpoints. The desirability of the male population is dependent on one factor only - whether they went on a mission. The students are like sheep - e.g., the entire campus comes to a dead stop when the flag is raised or lowered on that big flag pole in the midst of campus. Roommates will rat you out if you don't follow the Honor Code - they honestly believe they are doing their duty to save the roomies soul. There is little involvement in true charitable work (e.g., something that helps improve the lives of the LIVING). Instead of the scintillating political discussions you'll hear on other campuses, at BYU the topic du jour is church doctrine or who was recently appointed as a general authority. By and large, my experience was that the female population wasn't really committed to succeeding, unless you call obtaining an MRS degree a success. The male population is more committed, because they know they will eventually need to support their families of 6+ children, and so that their wife (god forbid) won't have to work. You are required to take 7 semesters of religion, which were all boring (I couldn't find a single one that really excited me), and they won't count if you make the wise decision to transfer to another school before graduation. You are criticized if you don't follow the flock and go to church. Bottom line - this is the school for you if you are religious and don't mind others making your business theirs and making decisions for you. If you are not religious, do not believe what you might hear, that BYU is accepting of all faiths and beliefs. I regret coming to this school and regret missing out on a true college experience. Campus Maintenance: B+, Faculty Accessibility: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Apr 15 2008 5th Year Female -- Class 1997    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=46157&uid=1386'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Mechanical Engineering  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright hey its BYU. A not known not popular school. But that is because people don't want to know about it because of mormons and cause they think that mormons are weird. But actually its a great school. No. 23 in best value school above U. of Mich Ann Arbor, UT Austin and many many more schools. approx 78th in the US. dont focus on rankings too much. It snows a lot actually here, contrary to what i said before. But not that much Rain. Another problem I found out is that, extra curriculars although are a lot, are not that diversified. also the school relies on only one color: blue. which sucks. so all BYU Tshirts are Blue. Nothing else. OR white. I think they should change colors to yellow, red, green etc keeping the blue there too as the main school color. so kindda saturated stuff. many students here dont try and understand the basic concepts bt try and get done as soon as possible. bt i think thats just being american. it is. no kidding. i've been to 3 schools trying to find the one i like and every american does not care abt the concepts. very few. so if you do, you might get bugged about many not trying to get the stuff well enough. bt not everyone is like that off course. great school otherwise. has a bad recruiting system. not too many co-ops at all. and internships too are not that good as other schools. great companies come here etc, but BYU's whole job policy is not that flexible and good as other schools. People make you feel good. Some of them make you "I want to hit you in your face" types but that is everywhere. As a final thing, you ought to know this. and this is simply great: people trust you like it was yourself. that is simply great. u all know how you feel when you do the whole quiz and when you submit it, it does not go and the time gets elapsed. bt they'd correct it and set it up for you again unlike other schools that think ur a fraud. in other places too, people trust you for pretty much anything. except guys. guys dont. i am a guy and i dont. they alwasys have a doubt in everything. but hey, DONT YOU DARE CHEAT IN BYU. AND DONT YOU DARE BREAK ITS HONESTY AND SINCERITY WIHT WHICH IT PROVIDES YOU A GREAT EDUCATION. DONT YOU DARE WET THE HONOR CODE. AND DONT YOU DARE UTTER A BREATH OF LIESSSSS. Social Life: A+, Surrounding City: D+ Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Feb 22 2008 1st Year Male -- Class 2010    Forward  Blog it! 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