São Paulo University

The Big University

                USP is one of the biggest and best colleges in Brazil. Located in a noble neighborhood within the great city of São Paulo, USP commands a prestige in the university world. A public school where the requirement for acceptance is to score above a certain level on a test (Sorry, that’s really vague). Pretty much to sum it all up, you have to be smart and motivated to get in. The benefit of studying at a public school here in Brazil is that you don’t have to pay a dime for tuition. Adeus student loans!

                Adriel and I were invited to visit the Campus by Ana, one of our friends that we met at the YSA Conference a while back. When we first arrived on the campus, I noticed how big it was. I thought that I had it bad walking from the Tanner to the Joseph Smith building but that is nothing compared to immensity of USP. They have buses running through campus that students can use for free just to get to the other side if need be. We were able to visit an international exchange club that Ana had participated in before. We walked in got our celebrity treatment and headed out. One thing I found interesting was that there isn’t really any School rivalries between other schools; instead, the rivalries exist between departments. I haven’t noticed too much of that at BYU but I’m not deep into any program so far, so I have yet to see.