Lipscomb University supplemental essays
Yes, but every one is optional. Lipscomb University prints one supplemental essay in 2026-27 and requires none of them. Lipscomb Application, Common App, Coalition App. Personal statement required (250-650 words).
That is one supplement plus the Lipscomb Application personal statement: two pieces of writing in all. Early Action I closes October 15, 2026, Early Action II closes November 15, 2026 and Regular Decision closes January 15, 2027. Every Lipscomb University prompt is printed on this page in full, with its word limit and who has to answer it, checked against the college’s own admissions page.
Deadlines
| Round | Date |
|---|---|
| Early Action I | October 15, 2026 |
| Early Action II | November 15, 2026 |
| Regular Decision | January 15, 2027 |
Checked against lipscomb.edu/admissions/freshmen-admissions/freshmen-admission-requirements. Confirm on the college’s own page before you submit.
The essays, 2026-27
Optional
Lipscomb calls this a supplemental essay, required only of select students who fall below the university's median range academic requirements, as part of review for its Empower Program.
Lipscomb's own freshmen-requirements page says: “Select students who do not meet our median range academic requirements will be asked to submit a supplemental essay, and their application will be reviewed by a committee who may admit them to Lipscomb as a student in the university's Empower Program.” No prompt text is published, and it does not apply to most applicants.
Your Lipscomb University checklist
One supplement, optional. The first deadline, Regular Decision, is January 15, 2027.
- Common App personal statementRequired250-650 words
- SupplementOptional
It saves these rows to your essay manager, where each one carries a status you set yourself and the prompt stays attached to it. Add your other schools and they land on the same page, in deadline order. Nothing written yet? The topic quiz is free as well.
Free: this page, the checklist, the essay manager and the topic quiz. Paid: a written review of a finished draft, $49 an essay.
Paste your essay for a free read
Have it in a document? or drop one here (Word, PDF, or Text).
Not sure what a review is? What an AI college essay review can and cannot do, and what a college essay grader leaves out. What the read checks against Lipscomb University’s own prompts is on the Lipscomb University essay review page.
Getting into Lipscomb University
Lipscomb University admits 67.7% of applicants. The middle 50% of enrolled students scored 1160-1380 on the SAT and 23-30 on the ACT.
About 7 in 10 applicants are admitted, at a college of 2,997 undergraduates.
| Enrolled students | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAT total | 1160 | 1280 | 1380 |
| SAT reading and writing | 590 | 650 | 700 |
| SAT math | 570 | 630 | 680 |
| ACT composite | 23 | 26 | 30 |
What SAT score do you need for Lipscomb University?
A 1380 puts you in the top quarter of the students who enrolled, a 1280 at their midpoint, and a 1160 at the bottom quarter, meaning one in four enrolled students scored below it. The same three points on the ACT are 23, 26 and 30. A quarter of an enrolled class scoring under the 25th percentile is not a rounding error, so a score below the range is a reason to strengthen the rest of the application rather than a reason not to apply.
US Department of Education, College Scorecard (2026-09-17). Percentiles describe students who enrolled, not everyone admitted. SAT totals are the reading and math bands added together, which is how every source in this market reports them and is an approximation of about 10 to 20 points, because the two sections are correlated.
- What SAT score do you need for Lipscomb University?
- Lipscomb University sets no minimum. Among students who enrolled, the middle 50% scored 1160-1380 on the SAT: a 1160 sits at the 25th percentile, 1280 at the median and 1380 at the 75th. A score at or above 1380 is a clear strength in the application; below 1160 it is the part of the file the rest has to make up for. These are the figures Lipscomb University reports to the US Department of Education, released in the College Scorecard of 2026-09-17.
- What ACT score do you need for Lipscomb University?
- The middle 50% of enrolled students scored 23-30 on the ACT, with a composite of 26 at the median. There is no cutoff: a quarter of the enrolled class scored below 23. Reported by Lipscomb University to the US Department of Education, College Scorecard release of 2026-09-17.
- What GPA do you need for Lipscomb University?
- The honest answer is that the federal data behind this page does not contain one. Colleges report their admit rate and their enrolled students' test scores to the Department of Education; they do not report a GPA distribution, so any site quoting an exact average GPA for Lipscomb University is either reading that college's own Common Data Set or estimating. What the reported data does say is that Lipscomb University admits 67.7% of applicants, and the more selective a college is, the closer to the top of the class its admitted students sit and the more the strength of your course load counts alongside the number itself.
- How hard is it to get into Lipscomb University?
- Lipscomb University admits 67.7% of the people who apply, which is about 7 in 10 applicants. Numbers inside the reported range put you in a real position here, and the application itself decides the rest.
What Lipscomb University costs after grant aid, by family income, from the same federal data.
Sort your whole college list into reaches, targets and likelies, or find colleges that fit your GPA and test scores. Both are free and neither needs an account.
Lipscomb University essay questions, answered
- Does Lipscomb University have supplemental essays?
- Yes, but every one is optional. Lipscomb University prints one supplemental essay in 2026-27 and requires none of them. Every prompt is printed in full on this page.
- How many essays do you write for Lipscomb University in 2026-27?
- One supplement, plus the Lipscomb Application personal statement.
Schools with similar admit rates
Lipscomb University admits 67.7% of applicants. The colleges either side of it in our set by admit rate, most selective first, each with its own prompts and deadlines: University of Dayton (65.5%), Stonehill College (66.3%), Elon University (66.3%), Brigham Young University (BYU) (67.8%), Hofstra University (68.1%), Presbyterian College (68.4%).