What Kind of Student is LCU Looking for?
Lincoln Christian University welcomes all qualified applicants—regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, age or disability—who are personally committed to faith in Jesus Christ and whose standards and lifestyle are in line with the mission, goals and core values of LCU. These are the things we look for when we review applications for admission.
Christian Character
- We’ll ask you to tell us about your faith journey in your admission essay.
- Through your reference forms, we hope to see that you are a student whose values, abilities and actions fit well with LCU’s mission and purpose.
- We may request an admissions interview with you. You’re welcome to ask us to include an interview as part of your admission process, if you wish.
Academic Capability
- LCU recommends that freshman applicants complete a solid college preparatory curriculum—including
four years of English, three years of math, three years of social studies and two years of science—with a 3.0 grade
point average (on a 4.0 scale) to help prepare you for the challenges of college.
- You need to submit official transcripts from any college you have attended or from which you have earned credit. Students who have earned at least 24 college-level semester credits (36 quarter hours) do not have to submit their high school transcript. LCU prefers to see a cumulative college GPA of 2.5 or better.
- Freshman applicants who are 22-years-old or younger must submit official ACT or SAT Reasoning Test results. The average composite ACT score at LCU is approximately 23. If you’ve taken more than one test, we will look at your best result.
- If you have taken the GED, please provide your GED results. We recommend a minimum composite score of 580 with a minimum score of 400 on each GED subtest.
- In some cases, you may be asked for samples (or a portfolio) of your academic work.
Note: If you fall short of our recommendations in some area, please don’t let that stop you from applying for admission to Lincoln Christian! We review every file holistically. Furthermore, because of our Academic Resource Center—whose services are available to all students—LCU is able to admit a limited number of applicants who have academic challenges or may have a gap in some aspect of their academic preparation.
Home Schooled Students
You are welcome at Lincoln Christian! You will need to submit a transcript indicating all high school courses completed,
as well as ACT or SAT Reasoning Test results. If you need more information on what should appear on your transcript,
please contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office.
International Students
In addition to the things that U.S. residents provide when applying for admission, international students are required to
supply several additional items (more information is provided on our
International Students admissions page):
- Evidence of your ability to meet your educational expenses at LCU.
- Official translations of academic records that are not in English.
- Transcript evaluations. For university course work done outside the U.S.A., you will need to have your transcripts reviewed by an evaluation service such as World Education Services.
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) results. A score of 550 (79 on the Internet-based TOEFL or 213 on t he computer-based TOEFL) is required for admission to LCU.