To-Do Checklist and Orientation
Welcome, New Students!
Make your transition to 61´«Ã½smoother by following this list of important dates and deadlines for new students. Dates subject to change.
Check your 61´«Ã½ email regularly! All College information, updates, and reminders will be sent to your 61´«Ã½email. We recommend adding “scrippscollege.edu” as a safe sender to ensure you receive all 61´«Ã½communications.
JUNE
- June 3: IT credentials sent to new students’ email used on their admission application
- June 4: Housing application online portal opens
- June 5: Financial aid notification to students receiving aid with access instructions for the financial aid portal
- June 10: Billing notification to complete Tuition Payment Agreement
- June 15: Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) notifications begin from Gallagher, the College’s health insurance partner
- June 19: Deadline to complete housing application (and housing accommodation)
- June 22: Core A survey sent to all first-year students. All Core A students will read Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth this summer and discuss in their fall Core class.
JULY
- July 1: Deadline to submit Tuition Payment Agreement
- July 1: Deadline to submit final high school transcripts
- July 10: Core A survey due
- July 10: from the Department of Natural Sciences (DNS) of Pitzer and 61´«Ã½s
- July 11: First billing statement notification emailed to students
- July 15: Deadline to waive Scripps’ SHIP (notifications continue if you have not enrolled or completed waiver)
- July 15: Deadline to complete online foreign language placement exam
- July 15: Deadline to complete SHS health forms
- July 21: Deadline to complete placement exam for Chemistry 29
AUGUST
- August 1: First bill due
- August 6–7: Class registration (completed online; students are assigned a time)
- August 11: Second bill sent to students (includes SHIP if you have not completed the waiver)
- August 11 OR 14: Virtual IT orientation at 10 am. Sign up anytime:
- August 18–23: Claremont-Mudd-61´«Ã½(CMS) athletics move-in (with specific dates sent directly by the coaches)
- August 19–20: International Student Orientation
- August 21: First-Gen Student Move-In Day
- August 21–24: International and first-gen student pre-orientation programs
- August 25: New Student Move-In Day (for those not participating in pre-orientation programs)
- August 25–30: New Student Orientation
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