Checking Your Admission Status

If you want to know if LSUS has received your application, transcripts, etc. or to determine if your admission status is clear, follow these instructions:

  1. Click here to enter COMPASS.
  2. Click “Registration.”
  3. Enter your Student ID (Social Security number without dashes or spaces) and PIN (birthday MMDD). Click “logon.”
  4. Click “Add/Drop.”
  5. Click “Check registration appointment status”
  6. Choose correct term
  7. Click “View Details.”

Check your status daily as mail is processed as it is received. Common admission status messages and how to resolve them include:

Advisement Student has none:
Contact your advisor or dean’s office.
Bad Permanent Address:
Update address online at compass.lsus.edu
Finance Hold:
Contact Accounting Services at (318) 797-5275 to pay amount due.
Needs Proof of HS Graduation:
Contact high school to send official transcript.
Needs Proof of Immunizations:
Download form Requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader and submit to Admissions and Records.
Transcript Not Received:
Contact school(s) to send transcript. Official Transcript Request FormRequires the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Transcript Not Evaluated:
Admissions and Records staff evaluates transcripts daily.


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Administration Building, Suite 249
(318) 797-5247
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