ADMITTED STUDENT NEXT STEPS

Spend a day on campus! During a Mountain Lion Experience Day you will talk with professors and current students to learn more about your degree and the UCCS campus community, tour the campus and eat in one of the dining halls. Click here to register for a Mountain Lion Experience Day that fits your degree or click here to register for a campus tour. Mountain Experience Days only take place during the fall and spring semesters.  

Once you are admitted, it will take the IT department 1-2 business days to create your new student account. You will need a myUCCS account to apply for scholarships, view your holds and to-do list items, and register for classes.

You will need your Student ID number listed on your acceptance letter. If you do not know your number, contact Records (719-255-3361). Once you have your Student ID number, click here and select Claim Your Account. Follow the instructions to retrieve your UCCS username and set your password. Contact the I.T. Helpdesk at 719-255-3536 with any issues you encounter.  

The FAFSA is available at fafsa.ed.gov. The FAFSA application determines if you will qualify for need-based scholarships, grants, work-student jobs, and student loans. The UCCS Code is 004509. If you have submitted the FAFSA, please log-in to your MyUCCS portal and view your My Action Items and To-Do list to ensure our Office of Financial Aid does not need additional information. 

Please contact our Office of Financial Aid at finaidse@uccs.edu or 719-255-3460 if you have any questions.  

The scholarship application is located within the myUCCS portal. From the UCCS home page select the Current Students tab. Under the quick links, you can select the myUCCS Portal. Once you are in your portal navigate to the student center and click on the scholarship application link under the Finances heading.

You will then be asked to answer a series of questions before entering the scholarship application. Scholarship applications will ask for a variety of materials ranging from resumes to essays. The winter break is a great time to work on scholarship applications! More information about our scholarships can be found at https://www.uccs.edu/finaid/types-of-aid/scholarships. 

Most scholarships have a deadline between Feb. 1 and March 1. Please contact our scholarships office at scholarships@uccs.edu or 719-255-3390 if you have any questions.  

New freshmen under the age of 20 are required to live in UCCS’s state-of-the-art residence halls located in our scenic Summit Village and Village at Alpine Valley locations. Colorado residents of El Paso county may qualify for an exemption to this requirement. All freshmen, however, are strongly encouraged to live on campus to experience our exceptional residence life accommodations to enhance their overall college experience. Either a housing application or an exemption form must be submitted. Applications, forms and requirement details are at https://www.uccs.edu/residence/.  

Students are required to submit a $600 advanced payment with their application which includes a $100 housing application fee, a $300 housing prepayment which will be deducted from your fall tuition bill, and a $200 security deposit which is returned to the student once they move off campus if there is no damage to the room. If you can demonstrate financial need, for example, if you are Pell Grant eligible according to the FAFSA, you can email finaidse@uccs.edu to determine if you qualify for a pre-payment waiver request. 

Please contact our housing office at housing@uccs.edu or 719-255-4042 if you have any questions.  

Celebrate your acceptance with your family and other future Mountain Lions! Admitted student events take place across the states of Colorado, California, Texas, Illinois and Minnesota. Admitted students are emailed an invitation in January or February.  

Register for orientation at https://www.uccs.edu/orientation/register-for-orientation. Students commit to attending UCCS by registering for orientation. During orientation, new students meet with their academic advisors and enroll in classes for the fall semester. The earlier date you attend, the better. Registration forms for Spring semester will be available October 1.

Registration forms for Summer or Fall semester will be available March 1. Students that are out of state have the option of attending orientation on-campus, out-of-state in California, Texas, Arizona, Hawaii, Illinois or Minnesota or completing an online orientation.  

Students that have submitted a completed FAFSA receive their Financial Aid award letters in the mail and in their UCCS Student Portal. 

Once you login to your portal, click on the Financial Aid tab and then select the Accept/Decline Awards tab to view your financial aid package. If you submitted a completed FAFSA after March 1, you should receive your award letter about two weeks after your submission date. 

The first round of housing assignments will be emailed to students that submitted a complete housing application by March 1. The second round of housing assignments will be emailed in June.

(Students that have submitted a housing application and paid the $600 application fee/deposit/pre-payment have until May 31 to tell housing that they will not be living on-campus and still receive a $500 refund.)

Only certain majors require placement in math or chemistry courses. UCCS uses a student’s ACT and/or SAT math subtest scores for placement into the following math courses. To view math requirements for your major, please refer to the placement test website. If you have any questions regarding alternative placement options, please contact MPT@uccs.edu. 

You will need to complete the Chemistry Placement Test (CPT) if you are majoring in: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering Education, Exercise Science, Health Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Pre-Professional programs (pre-med, pre-pharm, pre-dent., etc.), or Secondary Education options in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. 

Click here for instructions on how to take the CPT and for more information. 

After you register for orientation, please upload a copy of your Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) immunization records to the UCCS Wellness Center portal at https://uccs.medicatconnect.com/.

If you will be living in on-campus housing, you must upload a certified record showing proof of a Meningococcal ACWY vaccination to the UCCS Wellness Center portal. If you opt not to receive the vaccine, you must sign a waiver that can be found atwww.uccs.edu/meningitiswaiver.  

You can learn how to sign up for the College Opportunity Fund (COF)  here. COF will allow for a reduction in your tuition when you enroll in classes. When you enroll in your classes at orientation, you will authorize your COF stipend to be paid to UCCS.

You have the option of authorizing COF each semester when you enroll in classes, or you may choose the Lifetime Authorization (you only authorize once, that authorization stays in effect until you change it).

If you do not apply for, and authorize COF, you will pay full tuition. For questions about authorizing COF, please contact the Bursar Office at 719-255-3391. For questions about COF eligible courses and lifetime COF hours, please contact the Registrar's Office at 719-255-3361. 

Meet with your academic advisor, receive an official transcript evaluation and register for your first semester of classes at orientation. Also, learn about other resources and services offered to UCCS students.

Visit www.uccs.edu/orientation. 

Note: If you are starting the spring semester, orientation will take place November-January.  

If you are still taking classes in high school, send in your final transcript showing you have graduated. If you are currently taking, or have taken, classes at a different college, send in a final transcript showing all of the classes you have completed. If you took an AP and/or IB test, you will need to ensure that the scores for those tests are sent.

If you have questions, contact us at ugapp@uccs.edu. An official version of the pdf transcript can be emailed to ugapp@uccs.edu or mailed to:

UCCS Office of Admissions
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO 80918.

Work study and hourly student employment jobs that are on and off-campus are posted approximately one month before each semester starts.

Once you enroll in at least six credit hours, you will be able to search for jobs here. Jobs are updated daily.