May 28, 2025
Dear Class of 2029,
The Calendar of Opening Days, which includes dates for Camp Yale programs, will help you plan your first month at Yale, starting from the day you move in until the celebratory welcoming weekend at the start of September. The Calendar will give you a good sense of the events that are planned for you as well as those that families are invited to attend.
There are mandatory Camp Yale events scheduled August 17-28, so please keep these days open in your schedule and plan to be on campus.
OPENING DAYS HIGHLIGHTS
AUG 17
Move-in day
Events for families
AUG 18
Morning events for families
Suggested departure time for families (2:00 p.m.)
Afternoon and evening orientation events
AUG 20
Orientation events
Course registration until 3:00 p.m.
Camp Yale Programs begin
AUG 21-24
Camp Yale Programs
AUG 24
Bulldog Bash
A campus-wide welcome party hosted by the Schwarzman Center
AUG 25
Orientation events
AUG 26
Orientation events
First-year dinners
AUG 27
Classes begin
AUG 28
Classes
Undergraduate Day of the Arts
AUG 30
Yale Up!
AUG 31
Bazaar of Student Organizations
Details about the events and other events held during this time period will be posted both on the Calendar of Opening Days and in the Class of 2029 Yale Connect Page and as we get close to orientation any updates to events will be reflected there as well.
Don’t forget to subscribe to the Class of 2028 calendar if you haven’t done so already. It will automatically populate your Google Calendar with the summer dates and deadlines and the Camp Yale events.
Residential college, housing, and first-year counselor assignments will be communicated later in the summer.
Warmly,
Dean Peck
Hannah Peck
Associate Dean of Student Affairs
Yale College Dean's Office
COMING DATES AND DEADLINES
MAY 30
Deadline to apply for Directed Studies (DS)
JUL 01
Summer online placement exams begin
JUL 13
Deadline to complete family information card
AUG 01
Deadline to complete all health-related documents (applies only to incoming students not participating in Early Start or Yale Summer Session)
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