Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Q&A: Religious inclinations and expectations

I am getting the impression that the school has religious inclinations. I was wondering if you could help me out . Are there any expectations from the students applying to the Marriott School with respect to religion?

Yes, BYU does have religious inclinations. In fact it's owned and run by the LDS church. But you don't have to be part of LDS church to study at BYU. It does have an honor code. That's the reason the diversity of the school is less compared to other schools. But it's a great institute of higher learning (and it's accounting program is one of the top five programs in the US) And the fee is much less compared to other top tier schools - so it's a big plus for international candidates. There are no religious expectations as such but you are required to follow the dress code while at school (which is not very conservative as per Indian standards).

As part of MBA, you are not required to take any religion class or something - so don't worry about that. There would be religious talks around but whether you would like to part of them would be up to you.

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