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Office of the Registrar

Dartmouth College
Office of the Registrar
6014 McNutt Hall
Hanover, NH 03755-3541


Phone: (603) 646-2246
Fax: (603) 646-2247
Email: registrar@Dartmouth.EDU

Winter 2012 Term Calendar

  • January 3-6 Winter term on-line check-in. Friday, January 6 at 4 p.m. is the deadline to complete check-in without a $50 late registration fee.
  • January 4 Winter term classes begin at 7:45 a.m.
  • January 4-10 First week of schedule adjustment. Permission to add is not necessary unless normally required
  • January 6 4 p.m. is the deadline to complete check-in without a $50 late registration fee
  • January 10 Deadline for winter term prospective graduates in residence to elect or change a major or minor
  • January 11-17 Second week of schedule adjustment. All courses require Instructor permission in order to add courses
  • January 12 Final day for delayed check-in (with $50 late fee). Any student not checked-in by the end of this day, but still listed with the enrollment pattern letter R (Residence) for the winter term is liable for administrative withdrawal
  • January 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Courses regularly held in the 8-, 9-, 10-, 11-, 12-, and 2-sequences moved to their x-periods. Courses held in the 3A-period moved to the 3B-period on Tuesday, January 17. Laboratory sections meet as scheduled (unless otherwise notified by the instructor)
  • January 17 4 p.m. Final day for each undergraduate to establish official and final two-, three-, or four-course load. Any registered student not officially enrolled in at least two courses becomes liable for administrative withdrawal. If dropping a fourth course after this date, one of three eligibilities for a fourth course without extra tuition is exhausted by such action
  • January 17 Final day for electing use of the Non-Recording Option (NRO)
  • January 20 Enrollment Census
  • February 3 Course Timetable available for the spring term
  • February 6 Deadline to file completed transfer applications for spring term 2012
  • February 7 Mid-term grade reports due for specified undergraduates
  • February 7 Final day for students to change their enrollment pattern for spring term from an R (for Residence) without incurring a charge of one hundred dollars ($100) and to be eligible for on-time college housing assignment
  • February 7 Spring term housing applications due
  • February 8-16 Spring term course election period
  • February 10 Date for submission of degree applications by prospective winter and spring graduates
  • February 10 Carnival holiday (Classes moved to x-periods)
  • February 10 Interim housing applications due for the break between winter and spring 2012
  • February 13 Final day for dropping a fourth course without a grade notation of “W.” (Acknowledgment of instructor required. One of three eligibilities for a fourth course without extra tuition is exhausted by such action after January 17)
  • February 16 Final day of spring term course election period
  • February 22 Final day to withdraw from a course; any later request to withdraw from a course requires petition to a special committee
  • February 23–March 7 Spring term course change period
  • February 29 Final day to alter grade limit filed under the Non-Recording Option (NRO)
  • February 29 Last day in term for holding a quiz or an hour examination
  • March 7 Winter term classes end at 5:20 p.m.
  • March 7 Final day, prior to the start of spring term classes, for making changes in spring term course elections
  • March 8-9 Pre-Examination Break
  • March 10 Final examinations begin
  • March 14 Final examinations end
  • March 23 Grade reports available on the web

Last Updated: 7/20/12