<p>I nearly lived on this site last year as I was going thru the college admission process, and one of the things I found most helpful were students–at the school–willing to answer my questions. So, if anybody would like to ask me questions, I would be more than glad.</p>
<p>I will not debate about my religion, but I will answer questions.</p>
<p>I was accepted to all of the UC schools except for UCLA, and UCB. SAT and ACT scores were low, but a rather high GPA. I ended up choosing between UCI and BYU, and am overall glad I chose BYU.</p>
<p>I am from Las Vegas, Nevada, and I must admit high school here does not prepare you for the caliber of college such as BYU.</p>
<p>I am a biochemistry major, and found the professors in the chemistry department to be absoloute geniuses.</p>
<p>I lived in Heritage this year, and I didn't like it very much. Heritage is the apartment-style housing, but now they are opening up Wyview apartments for student housing and that is also (obviously) apartment-style. Helaman and Deseret Towers are both dorms. Deseret Towers is definitely the party dorm, but Helaman isn't far behind them. Helaman is nicer than DT though, and at least part of DT is closing for next year. I would recommend Helaman for any incoming freshman. I had friends who lived there who loved it. Heritage isn't bad, especially if you want to have a kitchen, but make sure you don't request honors housing because all they do is put you into an upperclassment ward, and that is just weird.</p>
<p>I have a random question. (I'm not a prospective student, but I am curious if you know the answer to this!)</p>
<p>From the BYU honor code: "...all students are required to abstain from possessing, serving, or consuming alcoholic beverages, tobacco, tea, coffee, or harmful drugs"</p>
<p>So I understand the harmful drugs, and I guess the alcohol also. No tobacco, I'm all for that. But what's with the tea and coffee?!</p>
<p>I'm not trying to be ignorant, just curious :)</p>
<p>Well, the LDS church follows a sort of health code called the Word of Wisdom and it tells us not to drink coffee or tea. Since BYU is a private school run by the church, it is a part of the honor code as well.</p>
<p>How many hours/credits did you guys take as a freshman? Especially if you took honors classes? I know other people recommend like 15 but becuase BYU has such a large core I'm not sure if that's right...</p>
<p>Did you follow a MAP closely? Did you talk to an advisor? </p>
<p>All these questions apply to first semester...</p>
<p>I went a week early for a thing called Late Summer Honors, I would highly suggest it--eased the transition from high school to college.</p>
<p>Calculus 1 Honors 4
Chemistry 111 Honors 3
Religion 121 Honors 2
Intro. to Medicine .5
English 200 Honors 3
Freshmen Academy .5</p>
<p>I think I am missing a class but I had a total of 15 hours. Truthfully, It was extremely hard. I originally had Biology 100 for a total of 18 hours but it was truthfully too much for me to handle. Perhaps it was the fact I didn't have AP Chemistry or AP Calculus in high school (most of the class did) was a major contributing factor, but most of my time went into my Chem 111H class and any leftover time went into Calc. It all depends on what classes your taking and your study habits/effectiveness. I would suggest taking it easy your first semester just to ease the transition from high school to college, nothing can prepare you for college. If I could do it over I would take 13 credits.</p>
<p>Sorry for the delayed response, and sorry if it's garbled. My brother is waiting for me to go to outback steakhouse.</p>
<p>My major recommends 16 credits per semester. I've taken 16 and 16.5 the two semesters I've been there. It was very hard, but doable. I would recommend at least taking 14 credits. Of course, it all depends on what you are majoring in and whether or not you have a scholarship. When you have a scholarship, I'm pretty sure you have to take 15 credits.</p>
<p>Hi I have a question similar to one asked before. I am also not trying to be disrespectful in any way, rather I am just curious. What is your religious objection to coffee and tea since most studies concur that the lack of sugar and multitude of antioxidents in both are quite good for you?</p>
<p>Well first of all, because it is something that God has asked us to do. As far as practical reasons, mainly because of the caffeine in tea and coffee. We are also encouraged not to drink sodas with caffeine (like coca cola)l. The few good health qualities in coffee and tea don't balance out the health risks brought on by the caffeine. Like any other drug, addictive substances dull thinking and reasoning and bring unnatural states of mind. Sure, coffee may temporarily stimulate you when you are sleepy, but in a rather unhealthy way. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine#Effects_of_caffeine%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine#Effects_of_caffeine</a> This article has more information about the health damaging effects of caffeine. </p>