thoughts on University of Utah?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is a good school. Utah as a state has a more traditional and more family-centric culture than some coastal states. Lots of LDS students attend.

It’s not as LDS as you would think and attracts a larger share of international students than similar campuses. I think the public figure is 35% LDS but the reality is closer to 25% or less who are active. In-state LDS kids who are more eager to follow a standard Mormon young adult life path are more likely to go to UVU if they aren’t BYU types. UVU is 80% LDS.

[Anonymous]

Great if your LDS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a good school. Utah as a state has a more traditional and more family-centric culture than some coastal states. Lots of LDS students attend.

It’s not as LDS as you would think and attracts a larger share of international students than similar campuses. I think the public figure is 35% LDS but the reality is closer to 25% or less who are active. In-state LDS kids who are more eager to follow a standard Mormon young adult life path are more likely to go to UVU if they aren’t BYU types. UVU is 80% LDS.

Agreed, LDS students are there but they kind of keep to themselves IME and I wouldn't say they have an outsized influence on the university culture. Which is interesting because in pretty much all other facets of life in Utah (government, business, laws, etc.) the LDS church has an outsized influence but it's almost like the U is seen as a "safe space" or protected (relatively speaking, at least) from all of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The admissions rate is very high, but from what I’ve researched, it is a very well thought of school. Kid is an outdoorsy type so looking at this as well as Vermont and Colorado schools.

You want your kid to deal with the mormon community daily?

Utah large state school no where near the same as university of co or Vermont.

Yes your kid if very confident in Their own beliefs could go but why in the world would you waste oos tuition on Utah? Wasteful and dumb financially.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great if your LDS.

Actually in my experience the practicing Mormons, for the most part, tend to not want to go to U of U...too secular, church culture isn't very strong. They would go to BYU or UVU (public school but very close to Provo so huge LDS influence/population). Utah State is also popular for LDS, as well as some of the smaller state schools (Utah Tech, Southern Utah, etc.)

But not U of U. In fact, I bet most practicing LDS would say U of U (at least in the context of Utah) is the opposite of a great place for LDS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great if your LDS.

Actually in my experience the practicing Mormons, for the most part, tend to not want to go to U of U...too secular, church culture isn't very strong. They would go to BYU or UVU (public school but very close to Provo so huge LDS influence/population). Utah State is also popular for LDS, as well as some of the smaller state schools (Utah Tech, Southern Utah, etc.)

But not U of U. In fact, I bet most practicing LDS would say U of U (at least in the context of Utah) is the opposite of a great place for LDS.

Agree with this, only 4000 U of U students are even registered for seminary. So just under 15% are regularly practicing in some way. It’s not very LDS at all.

[Anonymous]

LDS teens are kinda great. They're adventurous, they are go-getters, they're hard workers, they actually date, they travel .. they have a lot of freedom bcs their parents dont have a lot of concern about the usual vice potholes.

Not a lot of diversity, but if my kid wanted to backpack through Europe with any one kind of kids, I'd be happy if they were mormon kids.

I think all religion is totally weird, but LDS is not more off-putting to me thank, say, the BC crowd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The admissions rate is very high, but from what I’ve researched, it is a very well thought of school. Kid is an outdoorsy type so looking at this as well as Vermont and Colorado schools.

You want your kid to deal with the mormon community daily?

Utah large state school no where near the same as university of co or Vermont.

Yes your kid if very confident in Their own beliefs could go but why in the world would you waste oos tuition on Utah? Wasteful and dumb financially.

This is really ignorant. Look, I’m not LDS and I’ve worked in companies dominated by that religion and dealt with all of the negatives of its cliqueishness, power and insularity. And the faith is antithetical to mine. But it’s gross that people say things about the religion that they would never say about other religions (except maybe Islam and Catholicism?!) and act like that’s different and ok. And honestly, the LDS people I know are energetic, kind and hard-working. They might drive me nuts and I’ll never be fully accepted into their inner circles, but there are far worse people to deal with daily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great if your LDS.

Actually in my experience the practicing Mormons, for the most part, tend to not want to go to U of U...too secular, church culture isn't very strong. They would go to BYU or UVU (public school but very close to Provo so huge LDS influence/population). Utah State is also popular for LDS, as well as some of the smaller state schools (Utah Tech, Southern Utah, etc.)

But not U of U. In fact, I bet most practicing LDS would say U of U (at least in the context of Utah) is the opposite of a great place for LDS.

This is accurate. The practicing LDS who chose the U of U lean left both politically and within the religion. Truly conservative LDS students are attracted to BYU first, and if that doesn't pan out, BYU Idaho, BYU Hawaii, or UVU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LDS teens are kinda great. They're adventurous, they are go-getters, they're hard workers, they actually date, they travel .. they have a lot of freedom bcs their parents dont have a lot of concern about the usual vice potholes.

Not a lot of diversity, but if my kid wanted to backpack through Europe with any one kind of kids, I'd be happy if they were mormon kids.

I think all religion is totally weird, but LDS is not more off-putting to me thank, say, the BC crowd.

What's BC? Also I agree about Mormons being nice wholesome kids, but if your an ice cold hustler who just likes to hook up, it's probably not happening with the Mormon girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LDS teens are kinda great. They're adventurous, they are go-getters, they're hard workers, they actually date, they travel .. they have a lot of freedom bcs their parents dont have a lot of concern about the usual vice potholes.

Not a lot of diversity, but if my kid wanted to backpack through Europe with any one kind of kids, I'd be happy if they were mormon kids.

I think all religion is totally weird, but LDS is not more off-putting to me thank, say, the BC crowd.

What's BC? Also I agree about Mormons being nice wholesome kids, but if you're an ice cold hustler who just likes to hook up, it's probably not happening with the Mormon girls.

Yeah, I'm not raising ice cold hustlers tyvm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The admissions rate is very high, but from what I’ve researched, it is a very well thought of school. Kid is an outdoorsy type so looking at this as well as Vermont and Colorado schools.

You want your kid to deal with the mormon community daily?

Utah large state school no where near the same as university of co or Vermont.

Yes your kid if very confident in Their own beliefs could go but why in the world would you waste oos tuition on Utah? Wasteful and dumb financially.

This is really ignorant. Look, I’m not LDS and I’ve worked in companies dominated by that religion and dealt with all of the negatives of its cliqueishness, power and insularity. And the faith is antithetical to mine. But it’s gross that people say things about the religion that they would never say about other religions (except maybe Islam and Catholicism?!) and act like that’s different and ok. And honestly, the LDS people I know are energetic, kind and hard-working. They might drive me nuts and I’ll never be fully accepted into their inner circles, but there are far worse people to deal with daily.

Very revealing statement.

[Anonymous]

If you live in the west or west coast, Utah and LDS are very accepted. A friend who went to BYU and lives in New York said they have felt that others do not respect the degree. Granted, it's BYU, not UofU but I think west and east are different in that meeting LDS people is not as common. Lots of LDS live in AZ, CO, CA, ID, NV and HI.

I have known many LDS people and had a couple of close friends. They were very nice people and mainstream, very ambitious and successful. However, there is always an attempt to convert you. It's just there. It doesn't matter to me, but I do think it can become a barrier in friendships and I think it would be unusual to marry outside the faith.

[Anonymous]

I think BYU and Yeshiva University in NY have same issue. They're a little too religion forward for a lot of people. I have a friend who went to Catholic U and says the same thing...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a good school. Utah as a state has a more traditional and more family-centric culture than some coastal states. Lots of LDS students attend.

It’s not as LDS as you would think and attracts a larger share of international students than similar campuses. I think the public figure is 35% LDS but the reality is closer to 25% or less who are active. In-state LDS kids who are more eager to follow a standard Mormon young adult life path are more likely to go to UVU if they aren’t BYU types. UVU is 80% LDS.

False, it is 36%. Avoid. And not well-regarded. Remember one of the Sister Wives kids went to it