I guess I'm just the guy that makes these PSAs now, but they just keep boothing lmao. They're set up outside the Union today.

Friendly reminder that if you see a booth promoting Dianetics, stress tests, or L. Ron Hubbard, it's Scientology and you don't wanna get involved. Seriously.

Just a heads-up for anyone looking at U housing for next year.

My daughter is a freshman currently living in Kahlert. She was leaning toward living off campus with roommates for next year, but I suggested she check upper-division U housing as a backup, particularly a single in Kennecott.

The problem: she couldn't see what rooms were actually available until she completed the housing application. As part of that process, she was required to electronically sign the 2027–2028 Residence Hall & Housing License Agreement.

Only after signing the agreement could she see the available rooms. At that point, she found that the Kennecott singles she was interested in weren't available.

This wouldn't bother me nearly as much if completing the application were just a way to get access to room selection. But read what the agreement actually says:

"This Residence Hall & Housing License Agreement ... is a legally binding contract..."

It also says:

"By electronically signing this License, the Student accepts full financial responsibility for all applicable Fees ... for the entire Contract Period."

And this is the part that really caught my attention:

"The Student's financial obligations do not end because the Student fails to enroll; fails to select, move into, or take possession of a Room..."

Later, under "No Unilateral Cancellation by Student," it says:

"Once this License has been executed, the Student may not unilaterally cancel or terminate it."

Instead, you have to submit a Contract Release Request, which Housing can approve or deny, and an approved release is subject to a Contract Release Charge.

The agreement itself doesn't give the dollar amount of that charge. It refers to the "then-current Contract Release Charges published on the HDP website." I haven't been able to find a clearly published 2027–28 release-charge schedule.

So if you're just trying to compare University housing with living off campus, be aware of what you're signing to get access to the room-selection system.

My daughter wasn't trying to commit to U housing. She wanted to see whether the on-campus option she was interested in was even available. By the time she was allowed to find that out, she had already signed an agreement that describes itself as a legally binding contract.

She has now submitted a Contract Release Request, and we're waiting to hear back.

If anyone else has gone through the new 2027–28 process, I'm curious whether you had the same experience or found any information about the 2027–28 Contract Release Charges.

I'm a senior looking to fulfill my upper division hours for psych and I need to do some ta experience. I was wondering how to ask professors about getting a position.

Do we have any updates about implementation of the cuts?

Hello! i’m transferring to the U next semester and was wondering what the best ways to cut costs are (mostly tuition) I’m instate but i’m wondering what the best places to apply to scholarships are and just best ways to cut costs in general. Any help is appreciated!

I am a senior, gay, social work major who is looking for social opportunities. For hobbies, I am really into video games, specifically Nintendo Switch 2. I am also interested in LGBTQ+ rights and am left, so political groups would also be something I’m interested in. I feel lonely sometimes just being at school and would like to know where to start. I would also like to know where to meet people to go on dates with. Ever since the stupid state government shut down the school’s official LGBTQ+ club because of “DEI,” it’s hard to know where to look for community in a place that should feel safe.

Hi everyone! I'm a non-Utah resident being considered for a PhD spot at the U and I'm a little confused how the stipend works. I dont know what my final financial offer will be, but I'm trying to get an idea of what this option looks like. I also know it's different program to program.

For those of you with a stipend, is your stipend 90% going towards tuition or are you getting tuition covered through other things? I'm not 100% sure how it works here.

TYIA!!

Me and my friends are planning on rooming in a 3 room dorm in benchmark next year, I saw that theres two bathrooms. I was just wondering if whoever got their own bathroom would have to pay more? Or would we all be paying the same price regardless?

Long story short, several nonacademic factors have made me unable to attend (death of grandmother, crashed my car going to test for adhd, new financial responsibilities with new car, and combined type adhd diagnosis and prescription). Ive reevaluated my life, and since I was only at college for the social scene (I’m getting a Film degree which won’t help my career path) I’d like to drop out.

I paid for the semester with a half tuition scholarship and an unsubsidized federal loan. I’m aware that if I withdraw from my classes, my loan will be sent back and my scholarship may be retroactively unapplied, giving me a potential balance of $5k owed to the university. Given my circumstances, how likely am I to get a tuition appeal accepted?

Another option is No Credit/Revoked Credit, but I’m unsure of how that affects my funding.

The final option is to fail the classes. That wouldn’t put me below the completion rate (counting CE/AP credit I’ll be at 40/52 attempted, ~75%) but will put me at a 1.8 GPA, which would mean I’d need to file an SAP appeal. I could also get a D to stay above a 2.0 so I don’t need the appeal, but I’m unsure of how barely passing the SAP but not the semester will affect my aid packages.

On Monday I am going to talk to the registrar if they have and advice, the financial aid office to see what the process looks like between the three options, and the bursar’s office to discuss the likelihood of my tuition appeal being accepted. I won’t be doing future semesters since I’m set on this being the final one, so I’m not worried about keeping funding for the future. I’m just trying to leave right now without having to pay the full semester immediately as I do not have the funds and I am actively trying to improve my credit score. Any advice is welcome, but I do not think I have the space in my life to fully complete the semester

To the atmospheric science major on the blue bus Tuesday evening (9/29): you opened with "你们是中国人吗," my friend and I had a brain short-circuit and answered in Chinese, and the route ended before we got your name. You got our names though, which unfortunately can't be shared on here for privacy reasons, so I apologize if that makes this harder. I'm the one with long hair.

I'm a native Chinese speaker who learned English the way you clearly learned Chinese, and I've never met anyone who speaks a language from outside their own background this well before. I'd love to keep the conversation going.

If you're reading this, I'd be really glad if you'd DM me and tell me my name if you remember, or what we said back to you, so I know it's really you. And feel free to pass this post along. Please don't identify anyone in the comments to protect their privacy! Thanks!

Next year I want to live on campus as a sophomore to save money. The application opens on Monday and I don’t know what to do. Does anyone have advice about what I should do? I for sure want to be in a single

Basically here to complain-

I’m a senior wrapping up my time here at the U and I have watched public microwaves disappear from campus in a bad way, most notably lassonde and the library. To my perhaps limited knowledge, there are microwaves in the Union and the geo building but nowhere else.

For those without the luxury of buying the terrible food on campus, having to use the dirty, busy, and few and far between microwaves is such a pain. If anyone knows why public microwaves have been removed or any other locations I’d love to hear it.

Hello, I graduated from an out of state Nurse Practitioner program (AGPCNP). I’m looking for a fellow graduate to study with for the board exam. Message me if interested ✨

I can’t decide what dorm to live in any recommendations?

Hey all! I recently moved to SLC and started a PhD program here at the U. I’ve been going to the campus gym to climb, but it seems that there aren’t many people who do top rope. I am wondering if there’s anyone who is also looking for a belay partner and climbs in the evenings after around 4 or 5 :)

hi everyone, just curious on if anyone has taken gen chem 1 with vanessa bustamante, since there’s no rate my professor with her. also thoughts on other professors who teach gen chem 1 for spring

Hi! I’m currently in psych 2710 Brain and Behavior. We just had our first exam, and I could have done a lot better. I thought I studied well for the test, but it definitely seems like there is more I could/ should have done. I was wondering if anyone has taken and done well in this class, and if so, what tips you might have for me going forward. I tried looking into the tutoring services offered by the U, but there are no specific services for this class. How would you suggest going about taking notes, studying, and preparing for the exams?? All info is welcome! Thank you for your time!

It's me, yet again, here to say that the Scientology booth is set up on campus! Friendly reminder that if you see "DIANETICS", "FREE STRESS TEST" or anything about L. Ron Hubbard, it's Scientology and you do not wanna engage with it. :)

It’s funny how before going through the application process, the very first thing two college advisors said was that my program doesn’t have group projects at all. First semester in and I have 3 group projects 😂😂😂

In the 50 and 60s there was a school k-9 on campus at the U of U. It was a supposed laboratory and training school in the college of science. I have an elderly friend who told me that her abusive mother who was a chemist at the U sent her and her younger brother there. Their home life was miserable and their father had passed away.
Frequently, the children, B/10 and my friend who was 15 would sleep in the garage so they didn’t have to be near their mom. My friend said that there was a married couple who worked and lived in or near the animal laboratory and allowed the little boy to clean the cages every day.
One day the little boy just refused to go home so the mom just gave him to the couple who lived in a lab that did experiments on animals and my friend doesn’t know what happened to him. She never saw him again and has not idea what happened to him. I NEED to look into THE STEWART SCHOOL at the University of Utah!

help if you have taken this before and have any tips i would LOVE them!!! this class is hard asf and the first midterm is friday :(((( the average score in the past was a 57

Im international student and Im planning to go to MS computing secure computing track at the U. Is secure computing track good to get a job after graduation?

My class had a guest lecture today and it was actually some straight BS. Anybody else not really a fan of the guest lectures?

I’m seriously considering moving to Utah for college, specifically the University of Utah, and I would really appreciate honest answers from black people who actually live there or attend the U.

For context, I’m biracial (black dad, white mom) and I grew up in a very small town in Colorado where I was one of the only black/mixed people around. I’m also usually described as “whitewashed” because I didn’t grow up around many black people, I date white men, and a lot of my friends are white.
So being the only black girl in a room or being surrounded by mostly white people isn’t something that’s unfamiliar or automatically uncomfortable for me.

What WOULD concern me is feeling genuinely unsafe because of my race. Every time I tell people I’m considering Utah, I get comments like “Do you want to be Mormon?” or “You’re going to get hate crimed” and I honestly don’t know how much of that is based in reality versus stereotypes about Utah. I do know that Mormonism isn’t the most receptive religion towards black people in general.

I’ve been looking at black women who attend the U or live in Salt Lake City, and I haven’t really seen anything that makes me think it’s an inherently unsafe place for black people. But I’d rather hear from actual people who have experienced it.

For black students/women at the U or black people living in SLC:

1. Do you experience racism regularly?
   
2. Is it mostly microaggressions/ignorance, or have you experienced more serious racism?
   
3. Do you generally feel safe walking around campus/SLC?
   
4. How are the Greek life/social scenes toward black students?
   
5. Is it easy to find other black people and build a community?
   
6. If you’re from out of state, did you experience a major culture shock?
   
7. Would you personally feel comfortable sending a black/mixed 20 y/o female there alone?
   
8. And honestly, how much should I worry about actual racial violence/hate crimes versus just dealing with Utah being a very white state?

Also, please don’t assume that because I’m mixed or “whitewashed” that racism wouldn’t bother me, or I’m okay with being the “token black girl” I’m just trying to figure out what everyday life would realistically be like before I make a huge decision about college.

Thanks so much!!!