Why hasn’t university of Utah blown up for oos like Boulder/Burlington?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a former Mormon so i don’t have good feelings about the Mormon church, and I don’t want people to make the U harder to get into, so it’s fine if people stay away because of Mormon influence.

But what is so bad about Mormon influence? Do you worry your children will become bigots? That they will have to go to the liquor store to get real alcohol instead of being able to go to the grocery store? That they will go crazy from seeing all the fried blonde hair? That they won’t get to be friends with people whose idea of a crazy night out is playing a board game while drinking mocktails?

My kids are black. I don't worry they'll become bigots, I worry they'll be surrounded by them. But hahaha bigotry and dyed hair and board games, I guess.

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The nightlife is bad in SLC and at the university. There is a reason my NBA guys dislike SLC so much (not much to do outside of getting outside and racism that is right behind Boston in the NBA).

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Anonymous wrote:The nightlife is bad in SLC and at the university. There is a reason my NBA guys dislike SLC so much (not much to do outside of getting outside and racism that is right behind Boston in the NBA).

Who cares. Most kids don’t turn 21 until the end of jr year anyway.

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No drinking would be a feature not a bug for my nondrinking kid.

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Mothers steer their sons away because they don't want them to settle down with Mormon wives.

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The pressure to be religious/Mormon is huge. Friend’s kid is there now and is leaving.

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Anonymous wrote:My son is a freshman and looking at schools in Utah. We go skiing in Park City every winter break since he was in kindergarten and we've gone to most of the national parks in Utah. My kid is an outdoorsy kid who loves winter weather. We are not LDS.

I’d look at UVM as well. Outdoorsy as hell and Burlington is much more of a college town.

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Anonymous wrote:The battle for water rights and access is real. SLC is facing a significant water crisis - beyond conservation efforts - with some areas using water trucks.

+1 This is going to be a huge issue going forward. Why contribute to it?

Also, a huge part of their problem is no doubt that there aren't any other major population centers within a day's drive of SLC, and most people don't want to be that far from home. Boulder has the same problem, but not some of the other issues mentioned.

Vegas is an easy 6 hour drive. SLC airport is 15 minutes from campus. Also within a 6 hour drive: all of Utah’s national parks (Arches, Canyonlands, Zion, Escalante, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Grand Canyon), Moab, Jackson Hole, Grand Teton, Yellowstone, Sun Valley, Targhee, Saint George (underrated but stunning, especially if you golf or cycle), Lake Powell, Boise.

Water is a big issue. Hopefully it deters new people as I think the Covid boom was all we can take.

The anti Mormon sentiment is borderline bigotry on here. Mormons who choose Utah over BYU are a different breed. Mormons who would be your neighbor in SLC or Park City are UMC or wealthy and they are generally more progressive. The rest live in Utah County (closer to BYU), where you’d never go other than for kids’ sports, unless you work in silicone slopes, though plenty of people work in Utah County and live in SLC or PC.

Same poster you responded to--Utah is actually my favorite state in the country to visit. It's gorgeous! And my opinion of Mormons is very high (especially after seeing how they responded to Trump), but I understand why many young people would be wary of going to college in a state run so conservatively vs. Colorado or Vermont.

This would be a bigger issue for my kid. Mormons, as such, don't bother her, but Utah is very, very politically conservative. It's a lot less the virulent MAGA conservativism you see in the South, though, than Western libertarian.

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Anonymous wrote:The pressure to be religious/Mormon is huge. Friend’s kid is there now and is leaving.

The kid says people are nice but he is constantly being asked to go to religious activities and events or argue about his beliefs.

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Anonymous wrote:Mothers steer their sons away because they don't want them to settle down with Mormon wives.

Loyal, good-looking, determined to be good wives and mothers…. what mother would want that kind of wife for her son? 🙄🙄🙄

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Anonymous wrote:BYU grad here. FYI, the Mormons who go to U of U instead of BYU aren’t necessarily less relaxed about Mormonism. BYU is much more competitive for in-state students (it’s actually quite difficult to get in as a white student from Utah) so a lot of U of U students are there because they couldn’t get into BYU.

It’s a totally different atmosphere but there are still plenty of stereotypical Mormons at U of U.

BYU does affirmative action?

I don’t know if you’re call it that officially but being a person of color (and especially a woman of color) does give you a bump. They know the lack of diversity is a problem.

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Anonymous wrote:The pressure to be religious/Mormon is huge. Friend’s kid is there now and is leaving.

The kid says people are nice but he is constantly being asked to go to religious activities and events or argue about his beliefs.

Now you know what it’s like to be a conservative on a liberal campus… always pressured to be involved in liberal activities and events, constantly bullied about your beliefs…

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a former Mormon so i don’t have good feelings about the Mormon church, and I don’t want people to make the U harder to get into, so it’s fine if people stay away because of Mormon influence.

But what is so bad about Mormon influence? Do you worry your children will become bigots? That they will have to go to the liquor store to get real alcohol instead of being able to go to the grocery store? That they will go crazy from seeing all the fried blonde hair? That they won’t get to be friends with people whose idea of a crazy night out is playing a board game while drinking mocktails?

Retrograde attitudes about gender relations. Weird ass beliefs about getting to populate new planets if they're good enough Mormons here on Earth.

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Anonymous wrote:The pressure to be religious/Mormon is huge. Friend’s kid is there now and is leaving.

The kid says people are nice but he is constantly being asked to go to religious activities and events or argue about his beliefs.

Now you know what it’s like to be a conservative on a liberal campus… always pressured to be involved in liberal activities and events, constantly bullied about your beliefs…

You poor dear.

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Anonymous wrote:The pressure to be religious/Mormon is huge. Friend’s kid is there now and is leaving.

The kid says people are nice but he is constantly being asked to go to religious activities and events or argue about his beliefs.

Now you know what it’s like to be a conservative on a liberal campus… always pressured to be involved in liberal activities and events, constantly bullied about your beliefs…

Are we talking traditional conservative or MAGA? MAGA is going to have a hard time anywhere outside the South.