Student Affairs

Welcome, Newly Admitted Students

Posted March 12, 2012

We hope you'll browse this site and follow HarvardGSAS on Twitter and Facebook to get to know our community.

And we hope to see you at our Orientation for Newly Admitted Students on Friday, March 30, 2012.

As you think over your options for graduate study, please peruse the list of events and activities that open the fall term at Harvard GSAS. Among the highlights:

  • Orientation, on August 29, 2012 — An official welcome from Harvard's president and senior deans in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, followed by lunch in Harvard Yard and an afternoon resource fair at Dudley House, GSAS's one-of-a-kind graduate student center.
  • Discover Dudley, on August 31, 2012 — an open house and party at Dudley House.

 

Here are some important deadlines to keep in mind as you make your plans. For more information and other resources — and to accept the offer of admission — please visit our site for newly admitted students.

 

Deadlines

April 16, 2012 Reply to offer of admission due (please refer to your letter of admission)
April 16, 2012 Reply to offer of financial aid due
April 25, 2012 Priority deadline to enter GSAS housing lottery
May 3, 2012 Deadline to notify Accessible Education Office of special needs
June 1, 2012 Deadline to submit Financial Certification for Students Who Are Not U.S. Citizens Form
July 1, 2012 Medical forms due to Harvard University Health Services
August 2, 2012 Fall tuition payment due