Apply Texas Application Instructions

LIT DUAL ENROLLMENT

Online Application Instructions

 

PLEASE COMPLETE ONLINE AT APPLYTEXAS.ORG

 

 

🛑 STOP!  The student and parent must do this application together.  There are questions that the student is unlikely to know the answer to.

 

START BY CREATING YOUR ACCOUNT LOGIN INFORMATION

• Use a PERSONAL student email that you will have access to in four years.  If you do not have a personal email, now is the time to create one.  If your email was created when you were seven and sounds something like: 
  • guinea_pigs_are_cool@hotmail.com
  • pandabear@icloud.com 
  • kpopfan@gmail.com

then it is time to make a new one!  A few tips for creating a personal email that is timeless:

• it should be simple, easy to remember, and professional.
• incorporate your name (e.g. firstnamelastname@gmail.com)
• avoid using numbers - most people end up using personal information such as birthdates, addresses, etc. and you don’t want that “out there.”  
• rearrange the name and use underscores if necessary (e.g. johnsmith@gmail.com is guaranteed to be taken, but smith_c_john@gmail.com may be available).

• After navigating to the website, click on Create an account.
• Start by verifying your email.  You will need to be logged into your email to do this.
• After verifying your email, create your account and write down your access information on the last page of this packet.  BE SURE TO CAPITALIZE YOUR NAME LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN TAUGHT.  Taylor Swift, not taylor swift.

 

FIND THE RIGHT APPLICATION

• From the next page, scroll down to the blue button that says “Find the right application”
• Are you currently in high school or middle school? YES
• Do you plan to apply to an undergraduate program, dual credit program, or both?

Undergraduate Program (The process does not work if you choose dual credit)

• Are you a US Citizen? (answer based on your current status - your answer will not impact your application)
• NEXT
• Screen - Great Job! You’ve completed the first step in applying to school!  Scroll down to the blue button - “Start Core Questions”

CORE QUESTIONS - remember that these are about the student, not the parent

• Your Name First and Last Name (your name must appear as it is on your birth certificate; double check for spelling errors); check the box confirming your name
• NEXT
• Complete address information: Country, Street Address; City; State; ZIP; validate address
  • Is this residential address different from. . . (provide answer)
  • Is your permanent address different from. . . (provide answer)
• Email address - This should pre-populate what you entered when setting up your profile.  If not, use the email address that you used for your profile, the personal email - not a school email address because once you graduate high school, the school email address will no longer be active.
• Phone Number - add your phone number and the phone type
• Would you like to designate someone besides yourself. . .  Yes, enter information for a parent/guardian that is most involved with your schoolwork.
• NEXT
• Date of birth; confirm your birth date; Country of birth; City of birth; State of birth
• Gender; Race; Ethnicity; Citizenship (Note: you DO NOT have to enter your SSN); only answer questions with RED *
• Military Status - optional
• NEXT
• Foster Care
• NEXT
• Language - optional
• NEXT

 

HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS

• Add parent or guardian information - optional
• NEXT
• Emergency Contact: first name; last name; email address; confirm email; add phone if you would like; Contact: country; address; city; state; ZIP; validate address
• NEXT
• Texas Residency: State of resident; answer questions with Red *
• NEXT
• Family Obligations: Answer questions
• NEXT

 

EDUCATION AND TESTING

• High School Information: Find “Beaumont Early College High - Beaumont”; expected date of graduation 05/24/30
  • Previous high schools - DO NOT do this
  • Senior Courses - DO NOT do this
• GED: No
• NEXT
• Previous College/University Experience: answer all No
• Future College/University Plans: 
  • First dropdown: Choose “Dual Credit. . . “
  • Second dropdown: Choose “Earn a degree”
• NEXT
• Answer questions with Red *
  • Will you seek teacher certification? - Your answer to this does not impact your application.  They are just seeking information.
• NEXT
• Entrance Exams: ACT, SAT, TOEFL, IELTS - answer No to all
• NEXT

 

ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

• Skip all of this and click NEXT until you get to the GREAT JOB! page. 
• GREAT JOB! Step 1 and Step 2 Complete - scroll down to the blue button “Search for schools”

 

SEARCH FOR SCHOOLS

• Choose the semester you will enter LIT - FALL 2026
• Choose the degree, UNDERGRADUATE (2 YEAR) and 
• Select the correct school.  Type “lamar” into the search bar and select “Lamar Institute of Technology” 
• Scroll to the bottom and click “View details”
• Click the blue button - “Start your application”
• Scroll down - Next
• Choose your major: Early College--Beaumont ISD
• Financial Aid Displacement - select “Yes” but know that this does not apply to you at this time
• Polk County - select “No”
• Educational Goals - “Earn a two-year degree”
• Perkins V-3; Perkins v-4; Perkins V-5; Perkins V-6; Perkins V-8; Perkins V-9; Perkins V-10; Perkins V-11; Parenting 1, 2, 3 questions (answer based on the student, there is no wrong answer and these do not impact your application)
• NEXT
• Essays - Skip, they are not required
• NEXT
• You should see green check marks on all your completed fields.  If you do not, go back to the incomplete portions and complete them.
• NEXT
• Certify Terms and Conditions - agree to them.
  • You will abide by LIT rules, policies, etc.
  • Meningitis - all students that attend class on campus must have an up to date meningitis vaccination.  Most students have this since it was required for 7th grade.  We will let you know when it expires and you need to show proof of an update.
• Consent to Be Contacted: YES
• If I am denied admission - leave this blank.  You will not be denied admission.
• NEXT
• Application Fee should be $0 - Click the check boxes and SUBMIT
• Ignore all “Next Steps” instructions that appear on the screen.  You are finished.
• Keep reading below ↓

 

Last TWO steps:

1. Immediately log back into your email account.  You should receive the confirmation email that the application has been successfully submitted.  Forward that email to Melanie Pharis at mpharis@bmtisd.com.

Within a week or so you will receive an email from admissions@lit.edu confirming that they received your application and have admitted you.  Forward that email to Melanie Pharis at mpharis@bmtisd.com so we have your LIT ID # (located at the top of the attached letter). The letter will also ask for your high school transcript and state that you need a meningitis shot.  Ignore both of these requests.