To-Do Checklist and Orientation
Welcome, New Students!
Make your transition to ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµsmoother by following this list of important dates and deadlines for new students. Dates subject to change.
Check your ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ email regularly! All College information, updates, and reminders will be sent to your ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµemail. We recommend adding “scrippscollege.edu” as a safe sender to ensure you receive all ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµcommunications.
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 11: “New Student Information for Academic Advisor and Core A” survey open 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.
- 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: Notifications about the Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) from Gallagher, the College’s health insurance partner will begin. Health insurance coverage is required for all ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµstudents.
- All students are automatically enrolled annually in SHIP, but may waive out with proof of coverage in an insurance plan that meets the waiver criteria.
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 ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµs is due.
- 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: Completed health forms,Ìýincluding entrance physical and immunization record from your health provider, due to Student Health Services (SHS). .
- July 15: Deadline to complete online foreign language placement exam
- 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-ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ(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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