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A significant number of incoming freshmen at BYU choose to participate in Freshman Academy Living-Learning Communities. This is a program which enables students with similar interests and/or majors to live in the same residence hall, to attend the same set of three or more University Core and/or major- related classes, and to enjoy the benefits and fellowship of a living-learning community. Students may choose from over thirty different options, including some all-honors communities.

As part of a national movement, BYU's Freshman Academy living-Learning program helps students of all skill and maturity levels become fully integrated into all aspects of university life. Freshman Academy students live in close proximity to other students with similar interests and take the same classes. They are better prepared to become outstanding scholars, citizens, and disciples of Jesus Christ.

Trained peer mentors, typically juniors and seniors who were themselves Freshman Academy students, work with each learning community, directing students to university resources, helping them organize study groups, and supporting good habits of learning. Freshman Academy promotes community among faculty and students by encouraging informal, out-of-class interaction, such as eating meals and attending campus cultural events together. As one student said, "Because it set the tone for my education and helped me develop as a learner, Freshman Academy was the best thing that ever happened to me at BYU."

Visit http://academy.byu.edu for more information.


Freshman Academy and Campus Accommodations work together to create a living-learning environment for all Freshman Academy participants. A pre-determined set of rooms and room types are reserved in on-campus housing for each living-learning community. Please note that suites in Helaman Halls are generally not used for Freshman Academy communities. After students are registered for a Freshman Academy envelope of classes, they will be able to select a room from among those reserved for that particular community.

If you enroll in Freshman Academy after you have already selected a room, your Room Selection will be dropped and you will be required to submit a new agreement for a bed from among those reserved for your particular community.

If you are enrolled in Freshman Academy and select a room with your community, and then you later drop your Freshman Academy envelope of classes, your Freshman Academy Room Selection will be dropped and you will be required to try to submit an agreement for a non-Freshman Academy bed on or after your Room Selection Date. (Please note that there is no guarantee any spaces will be available on your Room Selection Date.)

If you select a room with one Freshman Academy community and then you later change your Freshman Academy registration for a different community, your Room Selection will be dropped and you will be required to submit a new agreement for a bed from among those reserved for your new community.

Click here for more information regarding the Room Selection process.