Well, as the months keep on coming, so does the time to which my decision has to be made about where to go to school. BYU or Utah. Every since about fourth grade I have wanted to go to BYU, but never imagined I would get accepted in. I figured that since all of my siblings went to the U, I would be destined to go that same way. Now that I have been accepted into BYU, I don't know where to go to school! So I will make a list of reasons to go to BYU and reasons to go to Utah:
BYU:
Live on campus (probably)
Make lots of new friends and have fun opportunities.
See what life is like living away from home.
I have always enjoyed their sports programs.
Atmosphere will make me better prepared for a mission.
Utah:
Live at home for free with free food.
Get to be with my brother for the year between his return and my mission.
Get to be with my current friends.
Can grow a beard.
One of the main problems that I have with going down to BYU is that I am scared that I will lose all of the close friendships that I have made during high school. People like Kendal, Evan, and James will still be good friends, but we won't be hanging out anymore because we live in different cities. I am scared that I will become friendless. I also have feared that if I choose to go to the U before my mission that I will stay there after I get home from my mission. So it is pretty much choose now what school to go to for the rest of my college time. I cannot decide!
Another one of the main problems about going to the U is that I don't feel like I'd fit in real well and I wouldn't have a very fun time. As I have grown up a true blue BYU fan, football and basketball (or any sporting event) games would be dull for me.
I just don't know what to do :(. Please help me if you have any advice.
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ok. So here is the advice that I have for you. Do what you would like with it. I understand your worry about losing close friendships. However, I do know that Thane every once in a while will see his friends that went to BYU and they are still very close when they get together. You just for sure will not see them as much. You also have to be willing to make some time to commute, because most people will not want to commute down to Provo (sorry). I also know that all my friends that went to BYU loved it. It is a much better school to go to if you want the full college expereince. Not that I didn't enjoy the U. But I had my friends there and wasn't really looking to make new friends. It would have been harder to make new friends at the U if that is what you are looking for, unless you join a fraternity of sorts, as James will. So also keep in mind that his freshman year of college is going to be taken up a lot by Sigma Chi. So what else should I say. I think there are Pro's and Con's to both. Just do what you feel best about so you don't live with regrets. Just remember, it is only a year, you can always change your mind and go to a new school when you are home from the mission. Hope that helps. If you need more help I am here.
Hope you don't mind that I stumbled over here from Laina's blog, but I couldn't resist adding my two cents to your decision. Guess which school I would lean towards? Granted, you have to live in Provo, but living in that bubble was worth it for the experience. In regards to friends, I'm still quite close to my high school friends (even though I don't relate to them with their husbands and children as much, ha), but I also have some even closer friends from college who are from Montana, Canada, Korea, Kansas, California, Arizona, etc. And now those friends are all over the world so I can go and visit them: California, Hong Kong, more California, and Alpine, UT! Cell phones, email, blogs, facebook, etc, makes it fairly easy to keep your close friends close regardless of location. Also, I got to know my Professors on a pretty personal level (even still keep in touch with one who became a very good friend), which I didn't hear of happening to my friends at the U, though I'm sure it's possible. My list could go on and on from all of my awesome experiences: all the different apartment complexes I lived in, the P.E. classes like karate and golf, the Korean War veterans I met and interviewed and even the book that I helped publish (with my name in the credits to prove it). Now I'm just being excessively long-winded (sorry), but with a family of Utes like mine, they don't choose to listen to any of the possible upsides from all of my years in Provo. When I went to the Community College for a year after my freshman year at BYU, I was surprised by how much I missed it.
And the cheeseburger with grilled onions at Scoreboard Grill is delectable.
Hope you didn't mind my rambling comment here--Lauren Campbell
Lauren Campbell sent me here to share my wisdom from my 4.5 years at BYU.
The good of BYU:
-If the BYU girls are prudes...chances are good you’ll find some UVSC (or UVU) girls that'll put out. (or hair salon students… there are billion of those in Provo)
-full tithe payers are pretty much paying like 70% of your tuition.
-engineering/business schools rock.
-you can make a lot of new “friends”
The Bad of BYU
-The city of Provo hates students...there are so many ridiculous zoning ordinances against students.
-its like being in a bubble in a bubble.
-the crime in Provo keeps getting worse.
-the other schools don’t quite rock as much.
-80% of your new “friends” are just fluff friends that get new friends once they switch wards.
Like any decision there are good things, there are some bad things. But I’m sure both schools are fine…
Colin, Just for the sake of sports - which is a very rewarding part of college - go to BYU. Take it from me and a 2-10 season for USU football. Luckily I have basketball to redeem me a little. At BYU you have both good teams, and even if they aren't having as good a season as say the UTES for example, you'll still want to be there cheering them on.
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