Your Next Steps

Congratulations on being admitted to Lipscomb University!  We're excited that you've decided to join our community and make Lipscomb your academic home for the next four years.  So what's next?  Here's a simple list to help you make sure you're ready to start school with us in the fall:

• Submit your housing deposit.  To live on campus, you must fill out the housing deposit form and submit your security deposit.  You can do these things at www.lipscomb.edu/campuslife/housingdeposit.

• Submit your Student Health Record Form.  All students are required to provide a record of their immunization and medical history.  You can download the form and find out more here.

• Maximize your potential scholarships and financial aid by filing out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) before February 28.  You can complete the FAFSA at www.FAFSA.ed.gov.  Be sure to have your results sent to Lipscomb (school code 003486).

• Attend Advance and Quest Week.  This summer, all incoming freshmen will learn the ropes and schedule their classes at a 2-day orientation program called Advance.  You'll also get to be part of Quest Week the week before classes start.  Both Advance and Quest Week are intended to be lots of fun and make it easy for you meet your classmates and transition into your new life as a college student.  Advance will be offered 3 times: June 17-18, July 19-20, and August 16-17.  Quest Week will take place August 17-22.  REGISTER FOR ADVANCE NOW.

• Join the "I'm Coming to Lipscomb in 2010" Facebook group.  This is a great way to start meeting your future classmates!

• Not satisfied with the scholarship your ACT/SAT score qualified you for?  Consider taking our Residual ACT.
   
• Interested in CLEP tests?  Learn about your options here.

 

New Student Express 2010 Schedule

If you are a transfer student who is planning to attend the New Student Express on Sunday, August 22, the schedule is as follows:

12:00 pm            New Student Express 2010 Registration for students who did not register for the program online by August 19.  (The cost is $35.00.)  Bennett Campus Center Lobby

 

12:10                   Pick up New Student Express 2010 registration materials (for those students who registered for this program online by Aug. 19.) Bennett Campus Center Lobby

 

12:30                        New Student and Faculty Lunch, followed by the essential resource information all new Lipscomb students need Bison Café Porch, Bennett Campus Center

 

2-2:30                      Meeting of Yellow Ribbon Students Bison Café Porch, Bennett Campus Center

 

 2-4:30                    Advising and Registration (including payment) for students not yet registered for fall classes Swang Chapel in Ezell

 

 2-4:30                  Final Processing and Payment for students who have already registered for fall classes online Swang Chapel in Ezell  

 

 2-5:00                    The University Book Store in the Bennett Campus Center will be open for students to purchase books and supplies.  The Security & Safety Office (ground floor, Elam Hall) will be open for students to have their ID cards made and to pick up their vehicle registration stickers.

 

Campus Tours will leave from the lobby of the Bennett Campus Center at 2:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.  (They will last about 25 minutes.)

                       

 

Classes will begin on Monday, August 23, 2010.

 

Welcome to Lipscomb University!