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  • ASUU: The abbreviated form for the Associated Students of the University of Utah, the student government
  • BYU: Brigham Young University is the other big university in Utah, and the U’s rival. It is privately owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  • Chrony: Abbreviated name for The Daily Utah Chronicle, the U’s award-winning student newspaper
  • Commuter campus: Virtually every qualifying statement about the U begins or ends with the phrase “because it’s a commuter campus.” Since so many students live off campus (sometimes in other cities) and drive or take public transport to school, it is a “commuter campus.”
  • Greek Row: The creatively named row of houses for fraternities and sororities along the north side of campus
  • Hookup card: ASUU produces a free card designed to help “hook you up” with deals and discounts throughout the Salt Lake Valley (more formally called the “student discount card”).
  • The MUSS: Student section of Rice-Eccles Stadium. The second verse of the U of U fight song includes the phrase “no other gang of college men dare meet us in a muss.” "Muss" is an archaic, early-20th-century term that means something like “brawl.” In 2002, one clever Chrony columnist made fun of what a ridiculous fight song the U has, focusing specifically on that silly “muss” term. In response, the U Football Fan Club printed up a huge sign which reads “The Muss” and put it up in the student section—where no other gang of college men dare meet us.
  • Parking Nazi: Derogatory term for parking enforcement. Dressed in red, white, and black, these jack-booted thugs patrol campus on bicycles and mercilessly and brutally hand out parking tickets like, well, Nazis.
Things I Wish I Knew Before Coming To School
  • Decide your major quickly—don’t waste time switching majors.
  • How easy it is to apply for the many scholarships available on campus
  • If you want a college experience, you have to get involved early.
  • There are plenty of better, less-crowded computer labs than the one in the Union.
  • You can get all of your general education classes done at Salt Lake Community College for much cheaper and then transfer to U of U.
  • You pay tons in fees every semester; the fewer hours you take per semester, the more semesters you’re here, and the more you pay in fees total.
  • Your student ID can get you discounts for all kinds of events and restaurants.
Tips to Succeed
  • Don’t waste money on the $120 U parking pass; go for the $60 E pass (and if you can avoid it, don’t waste money on parking at all).
  • Find classes that count for double credit (such as classes within your major that also apply to your gen eds).
  • Pick your major early and stick with it.
  • Sit close to the front of the class and participate in classroom discussions; because many classes are large, you won’t get noticed if you don’t try.
  • Take exercise and sports science classes for credit; they count as electives, they’re good for you, and generally you have little to no homework.
  • Visit your teacher during office hours to talk about assignments.
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saberllama

Biology '13

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great school for those who would like to work with a mentor in their field of interest, this school has some great programs setting you up with a mentor that helps you decide if you want to go into these fields. also they have some great parks and recreactions programs and some amazing mountains to put newly learned skills to use!!

May 11, 2012

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BBRAT465

Social Work and Youth Services '13

4.6
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I think the view and the great atmosphere is the best.

Apr 18, 2012

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mcgunty

Nursing '16

5.0
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Sports and Medicine

our football team is awesome, they are now playing the big teams.

Our medical programs and nursing programs are very competitive and highly ranked.

Apr 17, 2012

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Traditions
  • BYU-Utah Game: Nothing gets the crowds out more than a showdown between the Utah Utes and the BYU Cougars. Because Provo is only 40 minutes away from Salt Lake City, it’s very easy for fans from both teams to attend games (football is the most popular in this regard, of course). The week preceding the game, expect a media bonanza, pranks, and lots of people wearing red (or blue, if they’re pro-BYU). Folks at BYU plastic wrap all the statues on campus so U students don’t come deface them (which we never do, anyway), and there’s an annual competition to see which school can raise the most cans of food for the hungry. The U always wins this competition.
  • Classic Greek Festival: Every fall, the theater department stages a dawn showing of a classic Greek play (typically “Oedipus the King”). It's a great show, if you don’t mind waking up before the crack of dawn.
  • Homecoming Week : If there’s a famine of campus traditions for most of the year, the U makes up for it during Homecoming Week with a Greek house decorating contest, a “3 club” golf tournament, Songfest (a panoply of musical numbers and skits, in which, typically, only Greeks participate), a pre-game barbecue, Young Alumni 5K Run/Walk, a bonfire/pep rally (which usually includes cameos by the football head coach and Swoop, the U mascot), and the Homecoming dance—typically for Greeks, LDSSA, and international students.
  • Olympic Legacy: The U has a nice Olympic Legacy Park just south of the stadium (where they let us keep the cauldron for the Olympic flame).
  • Red Fest: Every fall, the ASUU Presenter’s Office holds a week-long music festival, with local bands playing for students on campus during the day and bigger bands playing for ticketed viewers during the night. It’s one of the rare occasions during the year when U of U actually feels like a college!

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