August 24
Residences open to upperclassmen, 9AM

August 26
Residences open to freshmen, 9AM

Required registration meetings for freshmen, 8PM

August 30
Upperclass registration

August 31
Fall-term classes begin, 8:20AM

September 5
Labor Day: Classes Meet

September 9
Final deadline to apply for a fall-term leave of absence

September 12
Course schedules due for the Class of 2015

September 13
Course schedules due for the Class of 2014 and 2013

September 14
Course schedules due for the Class of 2012

October 14
Deadline to complete applications for financial aid for the spring term, for students not enrolled in the 2011 fall term

October 15
Deadline to apply for a spring-term 2012 Term Abroad

October 21
Midterm

Last day to withdraw from a fall-term course without having the course appear on the transcript

Deadline to apply for double credit in a single-credit course

November 4
Last day to convert from the Credit/D/Fail option in a fall-term course to a letter grade

November 19
Fall recess begins, 9PM

November 28
Classes resume, 8:20AM

November 30
Last day to relinquish on-campus housing for the spring term without charge

December 2
Classes end, 5:20PM
Reading period begins

December 9
Reading period ends.

Deadline for all course assignments, including term papers. This deadline can be extended only by a Temporary Incomplete authorized by the student's residential college dean.

December 10
Final examinations begin, 9AM

December 17
Examinations end, 5:30PM
Winter recess begins

December 18
Undergraduate residences close, 12 noon