BYU would only let students buy one ticket and they didn't get to choose their seat, so my wife & daughter (both students) each have one ticket that is nowhere near each other.

Is it first-come, first-serve as usual with students (as in, when you get there you can grab any of the seats that are reserved for students)? Or are they being strict and forcing students to sit in their assigned seat next to some random person?

I don't see anything on BYU's web site and the email with the ticket assignment doesn't have anything other than a link to download the ticket.