LDS Business College - Salt Lake City

Yes, most people attending LDS Business College are from Utah. Most of them were born and raised here. Still, one thing you'll hear quite often by the negative folks on campus is that in Salt Lake City there is nothing to do. While living in a calm city may have its benefits, and although some people might prefer the quiet over the agitated, here are a few things I've found that kept me entertained while I attended LDS Business College:

Utah Symphony

Perhaps listening to an orchestra play for a couple of hours isn't quite your cup of tea... neither is it mine. But let me share something with you that has helped me in my life. If you're taking the time to do something, why not make an effort to do it well? If you can do something better, why not do it? If you can enjoy a situation, should you do it? And if so, will you? There are lots of things about the state of Utah that I wasn't always a big fan of when I first got here *snow*, but as I've made the attempt to enjoy it, I've found that not only was it not as bad as I'd originally judged it to be, but also that life is a lot more enjoyable when you diversify things and try a little bit of everything. This is one of the keys that made my experience at LDS Business College so great.

Anyhow, the Utah Symphony... the Utah Symphony is a full time orchestra based here in Utah. They are housed in the Abravanel Hall, which a lot of people consider to be the greatest concert hall on earth. I wouldn't be able to confirm this one, as I havne't been to every concert hall in the world - yet. Still, the hall is very close to LDS Business College.

Watching the Utah Symphony perform is a very unique experience. Tickets usually run around $20.00 for an event, but discount coupons are easily found, especially online.

Utah Jazz

Yes, there are more teams in the NBA you can watch in other places. Most of them are better and more entertaining to watch than the Jazz, but if you're attending LDS Business College, you absolutely must take the time to watch a game or two. With your Student ID Card you can park at the college and walk across the street and check out D-Williams, Boozer, and..., well, maybe the Bear, and you woudln't have to worry about paying 5 bucks for parking. Doing so can save you enough money to get a hot dog and not go over your poor college student budget, which does help out even if you're going to LDS Business College...

LDSBC Soccer League

Maybe this isn't the greatest thing to list here, specially if you're not a big soccer fan (or player). However, the bi-annual competitions have been pretty fun in the past. During the winter they register for a tounament at a place called Let's Play Soccer, which is an indoor hockey arena of sorts. It's actually a very weird kind of soccer, specially if you're coming from outside the country where you've played real soccer before. Yet, at $5 this is well worth the trouble.

During the warmer months they usually hold the tournaments at a neighboring High School (West High), which as a few smaller grass fields. For more important games LDS Business College will sometimes bring in a referee just for that game, which is a nice touch.

There are lots of other things to do here in town for all of you LDS Business College patriots. I've only listed a few here to get started. I have yet to find a person complaining about the lack of things to do in Salt Lake, whom I wasn't able to indicate at least 5 really awesome places to visit, things to do, and experiences to enjoy. You just have to define what you're really into, then ask the right people where you need to go to find the real fun.

-- LDSBC Spy

LDS Business College - Overview

Many of you have probably heard of BYU, or Brigham Young University. The university has 5 main centers, located in Provo and Salt Lake City, Utah, in Rexburg, Idaho, and on the island of Oahu in Honolulu County, Hawaii. For those of you not familiar with the University's little sister, let me introduce you to LDS Business College.

LDSBC, as the college is also called, is a two year college aimed at getting students ready for the market place. The college is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and operated by the Church Educational System (CES). Found in 1886, the college continues to thrive in down town Salt Lake City, Utah, offering courses in accounting, information technology, office technology, interior design, as well as programs in the medical field. LDS Business College has recently created a new entrepreneurial program designed to help students develop and successfully run their own business.

LDS Business College - Stats

President - J. Lawrence Richards
Students - 1,376
Location - Salt Lake City, Utah
Phone - 801.524.8100
Tuition - $1,400 (full-time)
$117 per credit hour (part-time or beyond 18 credits)

LDS Business College

This blog is dedicated to all of you wonderful people attending, or planning on taking classes here at LDSBC.

For most of you already here, this is your first college experience, and statistically speaking, some 95% of you are between the ages of 18 and 25. Most of you have recently returned from a full-time mission somewhere across the world, but trust me, even with this kind of experience, having a few tips from someone who’s been there and done that is always a plus. Some people say that LDS Business College is either for people who couldn’t get into BYU or for people that want to do little work and still say they have done the college scene. The truth of the matter is that LDS Business College is a magnificent place to get a great education, prepare for a career, strengthen one’s spirituality, make some great friends, meet some of the world’s most amazing professors, and, statistically speaking, LDSBC is also a great place to get yourself a spouse to help you get started with your own family unit.

My goal with this blog is to help students and future students of LDS Business College to get the kind of information that everybody is looking for, but nobody seems to know where to find it – or at least where to find it in simple terms, and all in one place. Here you will find all sorts of useful information from how to apply to LDSBC, to how to write your acceptance essay, to finding a job, to finding a roommate, to knowing who the best teachers are, to joining a great club, to saving money on food, to enjoying the devotionals, to getting straight As!

I do hope you enjoy your college experience here at LDSBC. In case things aren’t currently going so well for you here, remember the saying of the wise man who once said that “every problem has both a purpose and a solution.” One of the secrets to success in college is making the effort to enjoy every moment and draw a lesson from it. Hopefully the information I’m sharing here in this blog will help you with most issues you will encounter, but in case the LDSBC Spy is of no use to you in your situation, be strong and keep your head up. Things usually work out in the end – the challenge is that sometimes the end is kind of a ways up the road in front of you…