Please note: Dates and deadlines for fall course registration will be updated throughout the summer. Feel free to review the Yale College Registration website to familiarize yourself with the registration process.
Welcome Class of 2026
New Student Dates & Deadlines
Below find a list of incoming student processes and the dates and deadlines on which they occur. Please be advised that missing dates and deadlines will be added to this list as they are determined.
New Student Dates & Deadlines
Below find a list of incoming student processes and the dates and deadlines on which they occur. Please be advised that missing dates and deadlines will be added to this list as they are determined.
Important Dates and Deadlines for New Students
Regular decision applicants are notified
Yale College Programs of Study (YCPS) available online
Directed Studies (DS) application opens
Yale Payment Plan Enrollment Opens
Deadline for admitted students to accept Yale's offer of admission
Deadline to request special consideration in rooming because of a disability or medical condition (including environmental allergies)
Deadline to submit the Housing & Advising form
Deadline to submit the Slifka Center form
If you are an observant Jewish student for whom electronics to enter a dormitory or residential college on the Sabbath and holidays poses a problem.
New Student forms will open on May 4th. Look for your invitation in early May to Yale Connect in order to access them.
Deadline to apply for Directed Studies (DS)
Deadline to submit the student bond
Mail the completed bond to Yale University, PO Box 208232, New Haven, CT 06520-8232. We cannot accept emailed forms as the bond contains sensitive information.
Deadline to set up proxy for YalePay
Students may begin to waive parts of health coverage
Access the Yale Medicat portal and enter your vaccination record information and upload all of your health-related documents
Deadline to upload Photo ID for identification card
Contact id.center@yale.edu if you missed the deadline.
Summer online placement exams begin
Fall-term fees available for payment
Deadline to complete Family Information form
New Student forms will open on May 4th. Look for your invitation in early May to Yale Connect in order to access them.
Deadline to submit common application final report
Summer online placement exams deadline
Deadline to submit student allergy medical treatment plan form
Vaccination, health, and physical record forms available
Print the vaccination record form. Take this form to your healthcare provider now and have it completed. Download and complete the health and physical exam form.
Deadline to complete the Office of the Chaplain religious information form
New Student forms will open on May 4th. Look for your invitation in early May to Yale Connect in order to access them.
Fall-term fees payment due at 4PM (EST)
Deadline for entering/uploading vaccination record and health forms into the Yale Medicat site
Deadline for request to withhold directory information (optional)
Move-in day for new first-year and transfer students. Students may arrive between 9am and 4pm. More specific instructions will be provided later in the summer.
Classes begin
Deadline to waive parts of health coverage
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