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Originally posted by BetaRose
The early morning church is called Seminary. Its a 4 year program that you attend while you are in high school. For us it was at 5:30am
As for missions, women can do them as well, but it is much less common. Men have to be 19 to go, and women have to be 21 to go. They used to semi-jokingly say in my ward that women's missions were only for "old biddies who couldn't find a husband" I left the church before mission age, so I don't really know what repercussions there are for not going on one is, but it can't be that bad, since a lot of men don't go on them.
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I went to HS with two Mormon girls...neither of them went on a mission--cause they both got married before 21! So, when I read that, I chuckled. They both drank a lot--even though the entire school knew, their parents were clueless about it. If someone had hated them, that would have been a funny way to get back at them.
On that note, I read BYU has the highest percentage of married students in an American university. I've also heard that, because of taking time off to do missions, the 4 year graduation rate is pretty low and leads most people to believe that BYU isn't as good a school as it really is.