How to get college every time a mission was in your future

“Apply and defer … it’s the most essential things you can apply.”

After secondary school graduation, how should one handle planning college on and on on the mission?

Two of the most basic moments in the young Latter-day Saint's life — going to college all night using a mission — will usually overlap. Especially with the new missionary age requirements, planning college as well as a mission simultaneously challenges many aspiring missionaries.

“Employ a plan,” said Dawn Fellows, Assistant Director of Admissions at LDS Business College in Salt Lake City. “See what exactly are your ultimate goals. ... You might not know them, but sometimes just having a few classes (can assist).”

It’s a good idea to get a generals straight before your mission — or otherwise a semester's worth — agrees Fellows, who said a great most the incoming freshman students at LDSBC continue on missions and then first semester.

“You can take (a) math class and that means you don’t must retake a math placement test (when you finally get back),” Fellows said. “You possibly can take your math and your English classes to have those, there is a firm foundation” when one gets back from your mission. “Hopefully, after you return you’ll convey more of the idea (to get a career) … and you’ll curently have built a basis to move forward on.”

An excellent reason to think about a semester before a mission may be the capacity to take LDS institute classes such as mission prep that you can get at many universites and colleges in Utah. Other classes could also come in handy from the mission field. LDSBC supplies a free summer course (June-August) called LEAP that teaches students by having a foundation of learning class, mission prep along with a class on interpersonal communications, teaching useful items to another missionary.

Another thing to consider is spending that first semester at a two-year institute or maybe a four-year? Two-year community colleges — either created to allow you to transfer to your four-year including Snow College, or help you get work by having an Associates degree such as LDSBC — often come with a fraction from the cost of a four-year university, and possess easier admission requirements. This permits trainees for getting that solid foundation without breaking the lending company mere months before having to go using a mission.

But imagine if you've got a scholarship? Don’t panic by putting aside a mission — simply defer enrollment. Deferment enables you to rollback important matters for instance scholarships and starting classes because you go back through your mission.

“Apply and defer … it’s one of the most considerations that you can do,” Fellows said. “Will possibly not know very well what you want to do, however you’ve put things constantly in place to assist you with all your goals.”

Between college and preparing to leave on the Missionary Training Center, things can sound overwhelming. But if you employ a plan, as Fellows suggests, it’s possible.