<p>Hello! I hope to apply to Brigham Young University but I am not a christian. I am an undergraduate international candidate. Am i eligible for admissions and aid?</p>
<p>You are not required to be either a Morman (or other Christian religion) or a US resident to apply to BYU although the former definitely helps because BYU is one the more religiously oriented colleges in the US and you will be required to take religious/Morman oriented courses see [Religion</a> Requirements | Religious Education](<a href=“http://religion.byu.edu/religion-requirements]Religion”>http://religion.byu.edu/religion-requirements)</p>
<p>You cannot qualify for need based finanicial aid like US residents but there are some possible scholarships or loans, see <a href=“https://internationalservices.byu.edu/content/scholarships-and-resources[/url]”>https://internationalservices.byu.edu/content/scholarships-and-resources</a></p>
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<p>However, one is required to follow the LDS rules while a student at BYU:</p>
<p>[Brigham</a> Young University Honor Code - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham_Young_University_Honor_Code]Brigham”>Church Educational System Honor Code - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>I think the restrictive lifestyle and homogeneity of Brigham Young (almost all attendees are Mormon true believers) could cause much unhappiness for a non-Mormon international (and by the way, many don’t consider Mormons to be Christians at all). It will be hard enough adjusting to a new country. Why would you even consider such an unusual choice?</p>
<p>I think it is great that you are applying to BYU. It is a high quality religious school that likes diversity would does encourage other peoples of other religious affiliations to come to BYU as long as you are willing to follow their very conservative Honor Code which you are required to sign in order to part of the institution. You will also find that is quite cheap tuition compared to 4 year colleges at the level at which they are at. Not to be nit picky but to MommaJ: Though you may think they are not Christians their real name is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Saints. They only receive the nickname of Mormon because of The Book of Mormon.</p>
<p>I do not wish to weigh in on the question of whether Mormons are Christians. I am neither Mormon nor Christian, so I really don’t have any skin in that game. But Mormons certainly have some beliefs about the nature of Jesus that are pretty far from Christian orthodoxy.</p>
<p>Also, isn’t BYU inexpensive for Mormons, but much more expensive for non-Mormons?</p>
<p>OP, why BYU? As others have said, they’d welcome you there, but it would absolutely be on their terms.</p>
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<p>and you have tried living that lifestyle?
Don’t say a certain lifestyle will cause unhappiness if you’ve never tried it.</p>
<p>So tell us the views that are so “far” away from Christian Orthodoxy.</p>
<p>If you want a campus that contains more diversity of students, cultures and religions, you might want to apply to a larger public college in an urban area which would be more of a melting pot. I would check out BYU and also some other campuses to get a feel for how you would fit in and make sure you would feel comfortable with the atmosphere, as a non Morman. I am sure you would get a great education at BYU, but it is definitely a unique campus experience.</p>
<p>Ski156, my post seems to have rubbed you the wrong way. If that’s so, I’m sorry. It surely wasn’t my intention.</p>
<p>I was referring, for example, to the fact that Mormons, as far as I know, believe that Jesus is fundamentally distinct from, and of a different nature from, the Father, which contradicts the tenet expressed in the Nicene Creed that the Son is *consubstantialem Patri<a href=“one%20in%20being%20with%20the%20Father”>/I</a>. Most Christian denominations accept that idea as Christian doctrine, and settling that question at the Council of Nicea in the early fourth century marked one of the major divisions between what Christians now consider orthodox and what they now consider heretical. </p>
<p>As I understand it, Mormons don’t view the Council of Nicea as authoritative because it came after the Great Apostasy of the early Church. So I suppose the Mormons’ concept of apostasy and restoration is another point of fundamental difference between Mormonism and what has come to be considered orthodox Christianity.</p>
<p>I’ll grant, however, that what constitutes heresy is a clear illustration of the notion that history is written by the winners. Once the ideas that eventually become orthodox gain ascendancy, the adherents of other beliefs usually die out. That’s why you don’t see a whole lot of Gnostic or Donatist or (more relevant to the idea of Trinitarianism) Eusebian apologists running around.</p>
<p>If I have misunderstood Mormon theology, I apologize, and I’d be grateful to be set straight. I’m pretty sure I have not misunderstood mainstream Christian theology.</p>
<p>If I offended you, I’m very sorry. If I seemed to be suggesting that Mormons are not Christians, that was certainly not my intention. As I said, I’m not Mormon, nor am I any kind of Christian. I know there are Christian denominations that do not consider Mormons to be Christian. I know Mormons do consider themselves Christian. I don’t think the mere fact that they have beliefs that differ from what has become mainstream Christianity necessarily means they’re not Christian. But since I’m not a stakeholder (no pun intended) in the LDS Church or any church, I don’t consider it my place to define Mormons one way of the other. My Mormon friends tell me they’re Christian, and I have no standing to tell them they’re not.</p>