Freshmen
Get excited for your first year as a student-athlete.
The Built4Life Student Athlete Center is your launchpad for success. We're here to give you the support you need to start off strong at BYU, both in your academics and athletics. Our team of advisors and mentors are prepared to help you overcome any challenges you might face during your first year, including managing busy schedules, balancing nutrition, and succeeding in your chosen subjects.
However, before you join us here on campus, there's a number of things you need to be aware of. Below is a list of items for you to complete or review before your first day of school. Be sure to look over them carefully, or else you might not be ready when the semester starts.
Update Personal Information
Make sure both your personal information and contact info are up-to-date. Otherwise, you may miss important announcements from BYU as the school year starts. This includes your phone number, new address, and any other relevant information BYU may need to contact you in an emergency.
Submit ID Picture
Before you can receive your BYU ID card, you'll need to send an appropriate photo to the BYU ID center. Your ID is required to take exams, use meal plans, and open doors across campus. Get your photo in before June 10th, or your ID card might not reach you in time.
Declare Health Insurance
Each student must submit their health insurance information before the academic semester begins. If you have private insurance, you'll need to enter that information before the deadline, or you will automatically be enrolled and charged for the BYU student health plan.
Visit the Financial Center
Your Financial Center is where you can manage everything that relates to finances at BYU. This is where you can pay for tuition, receive scholarship funds, see your income for student jobs, and more. Remember that tuition is due before the semester starts, and overdue charges on your account will make you unable to register for classes.
Set Up Direct Deposit
Everyone at BYU—students, faculty, and staff—is required to set up a Direct Deposit at the Financial Center. This is how BYU deposits scholarships, paychecks, and refunds into your account. It's recommended you do this before paying your tuition.
Pay Parking Tickets
The most common outstanding charge on student accounts is parking tickets. Before you can enroll as a student-athlete, you need to make sure you have no payments left on your financial center account, and that includes fines for past misdemenors.
Finish Your Ecclesiastical Endorsement
Signing the Honor Code is only half the requirement. Many students procrastinate meeting with their religious leader until its too late. Make sure you're fully enrolled at BYU by taking care of this important meeting sooner rather than later.
Download Duo Push
Duo Push is a two-step authentication platform that's required for all BYU accounts. In order to use Learning Suite, your BYU email, or any of BYU's online resources for students, you'll need to download and set up Duo on your phone. Your privacy is critical, and this extra layer of security is essential in keeping student accounts safe.
Check My Booklist
The BYU store has a dedicated booklist page where professors will post their required course materials. Books needed for classes can be purchased straight from the booklist, shortening the time it takes to put your textbooks together. The BYU store also offers rentals, making it the most affordable choice.
Use Cougar Cash
Save money by adding funds to your BYU ID card. Purchases made through Cougar Cash are tax-exempt while on campus, allowing you to pay for expenses like food, printers, and school supplies for less. You can manage this money either on the BYU app or at the Financial Center.
Get a Fuel Card
Fuel Cards are a benefit only for student-athletes. Not only do they give you access to snacks at the Sports Nutrition Station here at the Student Athlete Building (SAB), they also give you twelve dollars per day to spend at various restaurants on campus. Get yours on the first day of school by visiting Mindy Horne at 331 SAB.
Log into Learning Suite
Learning Suite is a class management platform designed and created by BYU students. Most of your classes will use Learning Suite for your class schedule, syllabus, and homework assignments. Log in before your classes start to see what's available to you already, and so you're ready to go when the semester begins.
Sign into Canvas
Professors who opt not to use Learning Suite will use Canvas for their course instruction. All fully online courses will also use Canvas for asynchronous study. Be sure to log in through BYU, rather than Canvas itself. You should be prompted to sign in using your BYU netID and password, and will not need a new account.
Visit the UAC
The UAC provides students with accommodations based on learning or physical disabilities. If a student-athlete has prior testing documentation and/or an IEP or 504, they should contact Nycole Larsen, the B4LSAC UAC liaison. If there is no prior testing documentation but the student-athlete suspects possible learning disabilities, they should contact Nycole and she will assist with setting up testing through an off-campus facility. There is no charge to the student-athlete for testing.
Feeling a little overwhelmed? Let's work on it together. Come visit us on the third floor of the Student Athlete Building (SAB) on campus. You can also send us an email at Built4LifeSAC@byu.edu or call us at 801-422-4382 for more information about starting here at the Built4Life Student Athlete Center.