Returning Missionary Checklist

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Total Progress

WHILE YOU'RE AWAY

Modify Deferment Details

If you need to begin classes during a different semester, or if you are returning earlier than anticipated, you can return to the deferment form to change the semester you plan to attend and resubmit it.

Change Deferment Info More Info about Timing

Apply for Scholarships

You should complete the online scholarship application by the appropriate deadline to be considered for BYU scholarships. If you deferred your enrollment and left for missionary service before attending BYU, you should apply by the New Freshman deadline. If you attended BYU before your missionary service, you should apply by the Continuing Student deadline.

Scholarship Application Scholarship Application Deadlines

Check Your BYU Email

As a BYU student, you automatically have a BYU-provided email address ending in @student.byu.edu. Enrollment Services and many other offices on campus will only contact you through this email address, so it’s important that you check it regularly for timely reminders, updates, and other information. You can access this account by going to outlook.byu.edu and using your netid@byu.edu and BYU password to log in.

More Info on BYU Email

WITHIN NINE MONTHS OF RETURNING TO BYU

Renew your Ecclesiastical Endorsement

You must receive a new ecclesiastical endorsement as you return from your mission. If you are currently serving, your mission president will complete the endorsement. If you are home, your bishop and a member of the stake presidency will complete it. The earliest you can submit an endorsement is nine months before you return to BYU. The university must receive your endorsement before you can register for classes.

Ecclesiastical Endorsement

Enroll in Duo Two-Step Verification

You may have enrolled in Duo Two-Step Verification before you left on your mission. However, Duo Verification was removed from your account so you could access important information while you're away serving. You will need to set up Duo Two-Step Verification again as you prepare to return to school. Enrolling in Duo will help keep your online account safe.

Enroll in DUO

Register for Classes

MyMAP is the registration system to help you plan, organize, and register for classes. You will be assigned a priority registration date which is the date when you can begin registering for classes. Find your priority registration date on MyMAP under the Register tab.

Take a Language Challenge Exam

If you served a foreign-speaking mission, you may want to take a language challenge exam. These exams can give you up to 16 credits and may fulfill some university requirements. Many language departments require registration in a specific course in order to take the challenge exam. Contact the appropriate department before requesting to challenge language credit.

More Info about Challenge Exams

Find Housing

For your first two semesters as a BYU student, all single undergraduate students must live (1) in BYU On-Campus Housing, (2) in BYU Off-Campus Contracted Housing, or (3) with qualifying family members. This applies to all single undergraduate students, including transfer students, who are matriculated, meaning they have been admitted to a BYU degree-seeking program. Finding a place to live near campus is important. Students can choose between on-campus or off-campus housing options. Some on-campus housing options may require students to have a meal plan. Meal plans may make it easier for them by saving time and/or money. To accommodate returning missionaries, there are on-campus housing communities for students who are 19 or older. Off-campus contracted apartments can be found at och.byu.edu.

On-Campus Housing Off-Campus Housing Meal Plans

Update Your Personal Info

When you return from your mission, update your phone number, mailing address, and email in your personal information. BYU will use these to send you important information, so you'll want it to be up to date.

Review Your Personal Info

Pay for School

Tuition is due seven calendar days before the first day of class. If you don't pay on time, you will get a hold placed on your account and your classes will likely be dropped. If you want to apply for Federal Financial Aid (loans and grants), you need to submit the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid).

Financial Aid Checklist

Obtain a Tuberculosis (TB) Test

If your missionary service was outside of the United States or Canada for six months or more, Utah state law requires you to have a tuberculosis skin test. If you don’t comply by the first day of classes, a TB hold will be placed on your record. If you’re an international student, your student visa status may be terminated. If you have any questions or want to schedule an appointment with the Student Health Center, please call 801-422-5134 or 801-422-7711.

Obtain a TB Test

Enroll in or Waive Student Health Plan

Students enrolled 3/4 time or more (9 semester credits/4.5 term credits) are required to have health insurance coverage year-round. You are automatically enrolled in BYU’s Student Health Plan one week before classes start if you have not reported private insurance. A charge will be placed on your My Financial Center account for the Student Health Plan. You have access to waive the plan about 1 month before classes start. This is a yearly process and the deadline to waive the BYU Student Health Plan is the semester add/drop deadline.

Student Health Plan