To: Logophile
Ah, I see that the Princeton Review article you linked has BYU as #3.
How can we forget Brigham Young ? Alma matter of would-be president Mitt Romney ? ( graduated Summa Cum laude I heard ).
I gather BYU students are required to adhere to a strict honor code that forbids extramarital sexual relations, alcohol or drug consumption, and cheating.
And if you're a voyeur, I gather that you'll be miserable at BYU because their honor code also requires that students be religiously active, wear modest clothing, and avoid outlandish hairstyles ( anybody dyed their hair green out there ?).
BTW, I gathered the following interesting things about BYU (from a Mormon friend who tried unsuccessfully to convert me ) :
1) Most male BYU students take a two-year hiatus from their studies to become Mormon missionaries, and many of them obtain a level of foreign language proficiency while they are doing so.
2) Because about 70% of student tuition is funded through the LDS Church tithing funds, BYU has relatively lower tuition than comparative private universities. Great value for money.
3) BYU has been on the American Association of University Professors' list of censured schools since 1998. SEE HERE :
http://www.rickross.com/reference/mormon/mormon312.html
To: SirLinksalot
Yep, that's the one.
After graduating from BYU, I went on to UC Berkeley for graduate school. Talk about culture shock!
To: SirLinksalot
I thought I heard he was valedictorian, which is positively amazing when you think about it.
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