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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