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Countdown to Campus for Transfer Students

Below you will find key deadlines you must meet as a new MIT students. Transfer students should refer to this page regularly over the summer. The month-by-month list of important dates and action steps ensures that incoming transfer students will be fully prepared for the Fall 2025. 

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July

  • July: Submit your Emergency Contact Information form on WebSIS no later than August 1. MIT needs to have your emergency information. Please discuss this with your parents or guardians and then fill out both your Personal Emergency Contact information on WebSIS. You will be prompted to update this every semester during Registration.
  • July: All students MUST complete their vaccinations before September 1, 2025. If you are outside the United States, and one or more of the vaccines are not available in your country, you can get vaccinated at a pharmacy such as CVS or Walgreens when you arrive in the United States. Be sure to ask the pharmacy to give you a copy of your vaccination records. For questions, see the Medical Report FAQ.
  • July: Submit the New Student Orientation Registration form by August 1.
  • July 1: Deadline to submit your Final Transcripts to the Admissions Office. Log into your applicant status portal to see instructions on how to submit your Final Transcript. Contact the Admissions Office directly at admissions@mit.edu if you have questions or are unable to send your final transcript by July 1, as OFY staff does not process these materials and cannot provide assistance.
  • July 1: Medical Report is due. For questions, see the Medical Report FAQ or email medrpt@med.mit.edu.
  • July 6: Deadline to enroll in a meal plan. Email foodstuff@mit.edu with any questions. Deadline to change your meal plan after enrollment is Friday, September 12, 2025. Email foodstuff@mit.edu with any questions.
  • July 7 – July 28: Complete the Academy Integrity Training and part one of AlcoholEdu and Sexual Assault Prevention for Undergraduates course (SAPU) training modules.
  • July 11: Deadline to register for the July First Year Essay Evaluation. Email fee-help@mit.edu with any questions.
  • July 11: Deadline to request that AP/IB scores be sent to MIT. As long as the request is made by this date to the College Board/International Baccalaureate Organization, materials will be received with enough time to process before the end of summer. There is no need to pay for the scores to be rushed to MIT. Email ap@mit.edu with any questions.
  • July 11: Deadline for submission of Transfer Credit materials (Math, Chemistry, and Physics). Request for Transfer Credit Forms must be received for evaluation by this date to guarantee review before the end of summer. Email ap@mit.edu with any questions.
  • July 11: Deadline to submit the Advanced Standing Exam Registration Form.
  • July 14 – July 21: July First Year Essay Evaluation (FEE). Essays are due at 1:00 PM EDT on July 21. Email fee-help@mit.edu with any questions.

August

  • August: All students MUST complete their vaccinations before September 1, 2025. If you are outside the United States, and one or more of the vaccines are not available in your country, you can get vaccinated at a pharmacy such as CVS or Walgreens when you arrive in the United States. Be sure to ask the pharmacy to give you a copy of your vaccination records. For questions, see the Medical Report FAQ.
  • August 1: Fall Term Tuition Payment due. See the Student Financial Services website for more information.
  • August 1: Deadline to submit the New Student Orientation Registration Form.
  • August 1: Deadline to submit your Emergency Contact Information form on WebSIS. MIT needs to have your emergency information. Please discuss this with your parents or guardians and then fill out both your Personal Emergency Contact information on WebSIS. You will be prompted to update this every semester during Registration.
  • August 5: Orientation Schedule available online via the Guidebook app. Content will continue to be updated after this date, so check back regularly.
  • August 15: Deadline to create an account with Guidebook.
  • August 15: Deadline to submit your health insurance waiver.
  • August 16 – August 17: International student arrival. More information will be emailed to international students this summer.

September

  • September 1: Deadline to complete their vaccinations. If you are outside the United States, and one or more of the vaccines are not available in your country, you can get vaccinated at a pharmacy such as CVS or Walgreens when you arrive in the United States. Be sure to ask the pharmacy to give you a copy of your vaccination records. For questions, see the Medical Report FAQ.
  • September 12: Deadline to change your meal plan after enrollment. Email foodstuff@mit.edu with any questions.

Advanced Standing Exam Dates:

These are the only dates that these exams will be held. Registration for the Advanced Standing Exams is from June 30 – July 11. ASEs will be held remotely through August 8. Exams on August 25 and September 2 will be in person. You can only sign up for one ASE offering that occurs on the same day in the same time slot, so please plan accordingly. More information about ASEs can be found here.

  • July 24, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM EDT, 4:00 – 7:00 PM EDT: 18.01 Advanced Standing Exam
  • July 28, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT: 6.100A Advanced Standing Exam
  • July 31, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM EDT, 4:00 – 7:00 PM EDT: 18.02 Advanced Standing Exam (Must have transfer credit for 18.01 or pass the 18.01 ASE on July 24)
  • August 1, 1:00 – 4:00 PM EDT: Biology Advanced Standing Exam
  • August 6, 12:00 – 3:00 PM EDT: 8.01 Advanced Standing Exam
  • August 25, 8:00 – 11:00 AM EDT: 5.111 Chemistry Advanced Standing Exam
  • September 2, 9:00 AM -12:00 PM EDT: 18.03 Advanced Standing Exam ** (Must have transfer credit and/or pass the ASEs for both 18.01 and 18.02)
  • September 2, 9:00 AM -12:00 PM EDT: 18.06 Advanced Standing Exam ** (Must have transfer credit and/or pass the ASEs for both 18.01 and 18.02)
  • September 2, 9:00 AM -12:00 PM EDT: 5.12 Chemistry Advanced Standing Exam (Must have transfer credit for 5.111 or pass the 5.111 ASE on August 25)

Questions or Concerns?

**For 18.03 and/or 18.06, you must contact Sefanya Hope (sefanya@mit.edu) to obtain the required homework assignment. The information becomes available at the beginning of the summer term.

If you have any questions that are not addressed on this site, please email us at firstyear@mit.edu, send a Slack message on the Class of 2029 Slack Channel (which you will be added to by mid-May), or call us at 617-253-6771. We are available from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT, Monday through Friday.