Welcome to campus, class of 2028! Below is a comprehensive list of everything you need to do before you arrive on campus in August. Check in regularly for updated details, instructions, and deadlines.
Important Dates and Deadlines
May
- Late May: Activate your oxy.edu听account and 新月直播 email address
- May 23: L.A.听Engage interest form听opens (the interest form has reached capacity)
- May 30: Watch听the听Road to Occidental Webinar听#1 (topics: housing, health/wellness, and disability services)
June
- June 1: Housing application听form听opens
- June 1:听Advising information form听opens
- June 10: Watch听the听听(topics: advising, registration, First-Year Seminar)
- June 12: Deadline to submit interest form for听First-Year Seminar听immersive programs:听Life on the Edge听or听Subversive Art and Media听(optional)
- June 17-21:听Register for your first class听(First-Year Seminar)
- June 24: Watch听the (topic: student athletes only - by invite)
- June 26: Deadline to submit housing application form
- June 26: Watch听the (topic: international students only)
- June 30: Deadline to sign up听for Humanities for Just Communities summer virtual course
July
- July 1: Deadline to submit听advising information form听
- July 1: Deadline to request disability accommodations for housing or academics
- July 1: opens
- Ask your high school or counselor to send your final, official transcript to the Office of Admission
- July 9: Summer Sendoff听in Chicago
- July 13: Summer Sendoff in Seattle
- July 14: Summer Sendoff in Los Angeles
- July 14: Deadline to add authorized users to your student account for e-billing
- July 14: Deadline to accept financial aid offer
- July 14: Complete the online entrance counseling, Master Promissory Note, and disclosures for Occidental (if your financial aid offer includes loans)
- July 14: due
- July 15: The first e-bill for the Fall 2024 semester is emailed
- July 16: Watch听the (topics: work-study and student employment)
- July 18: Summer Sendoff in New York
- July 18: Summer Sendoff in Boston
- July 24: Attend the Road to Occidental Webinar #6 (topics: move-in and orientation)
August
- August 1: Deadline to submit new student听health forms
- August 1: Deadline to take online placement exams
- August 1: First payment due for direct costs from Occidental听(tuition, fees, housing, and meals)听
- August 2:听Submit a photo听for your 新月直播 student ID card
- First week of August: Room and roommate assignments released by REHS
- August 5: Summer Sendoff in San Francisco
- Submit FERPA Privacy Rights form (optional)
- August 13: Move-in for new international students (for students registered for听International New Student Orientation only)
- August 14-16: International New Student Orientation
- August 17: L.A. Engage #1
- August 18: L.A. Engage #2
- August 19: L.A. Engage #3
- August 19: Move-in day for new students
- August 19-25: New Student Orientation
- August 19-20: New Family Orientation
- August 20: Deadline to sign up for or waive 新月直播 student health insurance
- August 24: Students meet with faculty adviser and register for remaining fall classes (during orientation)听
- August 26: Attend Convocation
- August 27: First day of classes for the Fall 2024 semester
- August 29-31: Review your听clearance form in my新月直播
- August 31: Final deadline for changes to your