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New Students

If you have not attended college since high school or this is your first time attending.

Get Started

  1. Explore Campus Connection
  2. View your To-Do's, Holds, & Communications
  3. Set up Emergency Contact Information
  4. Complete FERPA 
  5. Access your BSC Email & DUO
  6. Complete FAFSA
    1. Contact Financial Aid
  7. Review and apply for Scholarships

How to Enroll

  1. You will enroll in classes when you meet with your Advisor
  2. What to bring to your appointment
    • NDUS Account login information
    • Photo ID
    • Mobile phone
    • BSC Email information (refer to Get Started step 5 above)
  3. Review Dates & Deadlines

Next Steps

  1. Accept or Decline Financial Aid
  2. Pay Tuition
    1. Contact Student Finance
  3. Set up refund preferences
  4. Complete Student Loan Entrance Counseling Requirement & Master Promissory Note (MPN)
  5. Get your Mystic ID Card
  6. Purchase Textbooks through the Bookstore or CampusConnection
  7. Log into you BSC email as it is the primary mode of communication. Check it daily for important class and campus notifications. 
  8. Attend Classes – access Blackboard
  9. Class Attendance Policy
  10. View our Student Resources 
  11. Review Student Handbook