Please note: Dates and deadlines for fall course registration will be updated throughout the summer on the Yale College Registration website and the Yale College Calendar with Pertinent Deadlines. The website provides information to help you familiarize yourself with the registration process.
Welcome Class of 2029
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
Directed Studies (DS) application opens
Incoming students not participating in Early Start of Yale Summer session may access Health on Track to enter vaccination record information and upload all health-related documents
Regular decision applicants are notified
Yale College Programs of Study (YCPS) available online
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 Jewish life and observance of Sabbath and holidays at Yale form
High School Math & Science Survey opens
If you are experiencing technical problems with the Survey, please contact Ms. Jennie Berberena, at jennie.berberena@yale.edu
Deadline to apply for Directed Studies (DS)
Students may begin to waive parts of health coverage (date subject to change)
Deadline for uploading photo for use on your Yale University Student ID Card
If you are a new incoming Yale University student, you will be requested to electronically submit a photo for use on your Yale University Student ID Card. If a suitable photo is successfully submitted and approved by the deadline, your Student ID Card with will prepared prior to your arrival on campus.
Fall 2025 semester bills available to view electronically
Deadline to complete the Student Financial Responsibility Agreement
Summer online placement exams begin
Work Hard, Play Smart alcohol course opens in Canvas
Deadline to complete Family Information Card
New Student forms will open on May 4th. Look for your invitation in early May to Yale Connect in order to access them.
Residential college affiliation assignments will be released. Transfer students will also be notified of their roommate, suite, and Camp Yale assignments.
Once you are assigned to a residential college you will be assigned to a first-year counselor. Your counselor lives in the same residence and will help to ease the transition to the academic, social, and cultural life of Yale College. You may also sign up for a peer liaison. Peer liaisons are upperclassmen who help connect first-year students to the wealth of support and programming initiatives based in the LGBTQ Resource Center, the University Chaplain’s Office, the Office of International Students and Scholars, the Afro-American Cultural Center, the Asian American Cultural Center, the La Casa Latino Cultural Center, North African Cultural Community (MENA), and the Native American Cultural Center.
Summer online placement exams end, 12:00 p.m. (EDT)
Fall 2025 Yale Payment Plan Enrollment closes
Deadline to complete the High School Math & Science Survey, 12:00 p.m. (EDT)
If you are experiencing technical problems with the Survey, please contact Ms. Jennie Berberena, at jennie.berberena@yale.edu
Deadline to complete the Office of the Chaplain religious information form
Deadline for new students to complete Work Hard, Play Smart alcohol course
Deadline to complete all health-related documents (applies only to incoming students not participating in Early Start or Yale Summer Session)
Deadline to submit student allergy medical treatment plan form
First-Year student registration
12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
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Camp Yale Programs
Camp Yale Programs
Camp Yale Programs (CYPs) consist of 10 programs forming a distinct community that connects incoming students to their new classmates, upper-level students, the university, and the surrounding communities across New Haven and Connecticut.
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Camp Yale
Camp Yale
Fall-term classes begin
Deadline to waive parts of health coverage
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Family Weekend
Family Weekend
Yale College opens its doors to families and friends and invites everyone to attend the dozens of events planned around campus and throughout New Haven.
Whether you plan to visit the newly renovated art gallery, cheer one of our teams to victory, or sit in on a discussion of Yale College life, you will find the details to those and all other events here. And as you plan your stay, you will also find everything you need to know about navigating the city, dining, and lodging.
Return to New Student Section
An easy way to return to the New Student Resources section and continue reviewing the materials that will help you get prepared to come to campus
