[lobotryas]

While you are right that having and endorsement is a hard requirement, if seems BYU makes it as easy as they can for a religious-backed university to get it. I found nothing so far that says you must pay tithe or must attend some services so you’ll have to provide sources for that.

I think the biggest thing you understate in your post is the percentage of students who attend BYU and are active Mormons. Figure I found says that this number is close to 98%! I feel bad for your situation, but you should have switched universities when you discovered your atheism before things got that bad.

Simply put BYU is not for non-religions and non-conservative people. With so many other great choices in the US and the world it feels disingenuous to once again attack Mormons for simply trying to do their own thing.

[Malician]

A lot of people are willing to do what's convenient to keep from causing a social furor or losing connections and support. Ironically, and sadly, it's having the integrity to be forthright about your (lack of) belief that is damaging. But having your school career come crashing down on you shouldn't be one of those consequences with a federally funded institution.