<p>I’m a non-lds applicant who’s applying to BYU this summer. Carefully reading Honor Code of BYU, there’s something I need to be clarified:
If I go shopping on Sabbath day, Will that a break against Honor Code? Will people discriminate me when i show up on Sunday walking around with bunch of shopping bags?
BYU says: " Honor Code is expected to be followed both on and off campus and at all times as a continuing student", so does that mean I have to follow Honor Code all the time in real life, not just in environment involving BYU ?</p>
<p>People won’t care if you show up with shopping bags on a Sunday, no one would freak out about that . students at BYU are generally very veryyy busy, happy, nonjudgemental people . Plus, shopping on sunday is technically not even against the honor code.
The honor code may seem scary, but they aren’t going to immediately kick you out if you screw up once. Yes, you do have to follow rules off campus; for example if you got caught underage drinking on or off campus , you would probably be put on probation or kicked out eventually, if you did it again.
BYU is an amazing place . I can pretty much guarantee you would have a great college experience, and the honor code would become habit , and probably something you would barely think about. :)</p>
<p>thank you, and how about teacher’s POV? I have a friend who currently attends a Catholic college. He plays guitar with left-hand. When he registered for a music class, the teacher refused to tutor him because she thinks left hand was unorthodox, weird. Im a lefthand guitar too and i also plan to play in college; Im wondering if such thinking exist in BYU ?</p>
<p>it all depends what you’re doing and what kind of people are in your classes. Certain schools are typically more conservative such as accounting, business, and possibly some of the science based majors. Social science majors tend to be more relaxed. The more conservative the people around you the more likely you will be reported to the honor code office. It also depends on the activity you are participating in. Shopping on Sunday is not at all something you should be worrying about as there are Mormons that shop on Sunday. The same goes for rated-R movies and caffeinated drinks. But if you are planning on having sex before marriage, drinking alcohol, or smoking cigarettes, I would be careful who you expose these legal but disapproved activities to.</p>
students at BYU are generally very veryyy busy, happy, nonjudgemental people . Plus, shopping on sunday is technically not even against the honor code.