Welcome Class of 2016 and Transfer Students!
Welcome from Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson
Greetings to the Class of 2016! Welcome to Dartmouth. Now that you have chosen to become part of our dynamic learning and living community, we are excited to meet you and to support you in your transition to Dartmouth. Over the next few months, we will be providing information to help you prepare for your arrival on campus.
Please be sure to monitor this New Student Orientation website, and pay close attention to deadlines by which you need to submit important information to the College.
Following your first night of community programming in the residence halls on Tuesday September 4th, New Student Orientation will include a wide range of faculty programs that will focus on academic engagement and first term course election. You will also participate in a variety of programs that will introduce you to the highest principles and values of our community: academic honor, integrity, accountability, civility, and inclusivity. On Monday September 10th you will begin classes, join in an all-community lunch, and attend our formal Convocation ceremony marking the beginning of Dartmouth's 243rd academic year.
Congratulations. I look forward to meeting you in the fall.
Charlotte Johnson
Dean of the College
Update from the New Student Orientation Team
Welcome to Dartmouth! You may be wondering what you can do next. Please do monitor this site regularly so that you know what's coming and what your deadlines will be. Encourage your parents and families to do so as well. You may need their help if your summer plans conflict with College summer deadlines.
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Arrival
- If you plan to be one of the 97% of your class participating in DOC First-Year Trips, you won't know when you can move into your residence hall room until Trip assignments are made later in July.
- If you will not be participating in a Trip, you should plan to arrive on Tuesday, September 4th for residence hall check-in beginning at 9:00 a.m.
- Varsity athletes, international students and Native American students will receive separate arrival information from those programs.
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Dartmouth Email
- You will receive an email in mid-May from the Help Desk with directions to establish your Dartmouth "Blitz" email account.
- Please be sure to act on that message quickly, as we will begin to communicate with you through your new Dartmouth account later this month.
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Housing Application
- You will receive an email with the Housing application in mid-May.
- The Housing application deadline is June 13th.
- Housing assignments will be available in late July.
- Visit Undergraduate Housing for more information.
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College Health Forms
- Watch for information from the College Health Service this month about required immunization records and health forms, which will be due on June 29th.
- Please make your medical appointments at home now to ensure that you are able to submit these critical forms on time.
- Visit College Health Service for more information.
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Accessibility Services
- If you are a student with a disability and believe you may need disability-related services, please contact the Student Accessibility Services office as soon as possible to begin the documentation process and find out more about College services.
- Visit Student Accessibility Services for more information.
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First-Year Trips
- The student-run DOC First-Year Trips program will be sending Trips application information at the end of May.
- You must sign-up by June 15th to be assured a place.
- Trip assignments will be available at the end of July.
- Because of the complicated Trips arrival and departure schedules, you won't know when you can move into your residence hall room until you are assigned to your Trip.
- More about this later this summer!
- Visit Dartmouth Outing Club First-Year Trips for more information.
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Undergraduate Deans Office
- Most importantly, you will receive a publication from the Undergraduate Deans Office in early June.
- This guide, which you will want to keep close, provides information about academic expectations, first-year requirements, course election, and placement, credit and exemption options.
- Please be sure to read it carefully!
- In the meantime, visit the Undergraduate Deans Office web page for Class of 2016 FAQs.
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Checklist of thing to do before you arrive ...
- Much of what you need to do will be done online.
- You will receive the link to the Pre-Matriculation Checklist later this month.
- The checklist will be arranged in chronological order, reflecting deadlines throughout the summer.
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More information about residential education, dining, the Class of 2016 summer reading, billing, and advising and other campus resources will follow over the next two months. We will keep you posted here!
While we know that you will be communicating with one another through the Class of 2016 Facebook page, please bookmark this New Student Orientation page to be sure you have accurate, current and official information about College expectations and programs.
If you have questions this month, please contact us through our Orientation email address: new.student.orientation@dartmouth.edu.
See you soon!
