This checklist includes a list of actions you need to complete prior to arriving to campus in August. It is organized by month and prioritized by level of importance.

Urgent items must be completed in order for you to be prepared for the start of classes. Many items pertain to course registration, on-campus living, and forms you need to complete.

Strongly recommended items will help to ease your transition in August and participate in on- and off-campus activities.

Things to consider items will cover broader topics that will help you connect to the Wash U community and have the most successful Wash U experience.

Download a PDF version of the checklist below.

NewStudentChecklist.pdf

MAY

• Familiarize yourself with how to register for classes in your school

• Consider attending a Summer Academic Program
• Arts & Sciences Summer Weekend
• Engineering Summer Weekend
• Freshman Summer Academic Program
• Olin Summer Weekend
• TRANSFERmations Summer Weekend
• Bookmark the First Year Center website for important updates
• Know important dates (Move-In Day, Beginning of Classes, Parent & Family Weekend)
• Move-In Day: Thursday, August 22nd*
• Bear Beginnings: Thursday, August 22 - Monday, August 26
• Parent & Family Orientation: Thursday, August 22nd - Saturday, August 24th
  Fall classes begin: Tuesday, August 27th
• Parent & Family Weekend: Friday, October 25th - Sunday, October 27th
• *Students participating in a Pre-Orientation program, athletics, and some named scholarship programs will arrive prior to this date
• Book hotel rooms for Parent & Family Orientation
• Develop a plan to get yourself and your belongings to campus

THINGS TO CONSIDER

• Sign up to attend a Pre-Orientation Program
• Join other incoming students on the Class of 2017 or Transfer & Exchange Facebook groups
• Follow the First Year Center on Facebook and Twitter

JUNE

• Activate your WUSTL Key, your online login which will give you access to many important University websites including email and course registration
• Familiarize yourself with WebSTAC, your online resource to access course registration, housing information, billing statements and more
• Activate your GOWUSTL email account and learn about how to best utilize it; all communication from the University will be routed to this email account
• Complete the Academic Integrity module
• Complete forms for your academic division
• College of Arts & Sciences - Focus/Freshmen seminar
• School of Engineering & Applied Science – Area of interest form
• Olin Business School - Biographical information form
• Sam Fox School of Art & Visual Design- Emergency contact card
• Send a picture to Campus Card Services for your WUSTL ID, your ID will give you access to campus buildings and serve as your meal card
• Take any necessary online Placement Exams
• Calculus Placement
• Chemistry Placement
• Foreign Language: Spanish, French, Italian, German, Latin*
• *Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Russian will be taken on-campus during Bear Beginnings

• Understand how to complete the Registration Worksheet on WebSTAC
• Visit the Student Technology Services (STS) website and read the “New to WashU” pages (http://sts.wustl.edu/newtowashu)

JULY

• Contact your peer advisor (Sam Fox)
• Read the First Year Reading Program book that will be sent to you this summer

• Sign up for a U-Pass
• Check for your housing assignment on WebSTAC
• Read Bear Facts

• Login to Portfolio at http://myportfolio.wustl.edu to record your important high school activities and to learn about WUSTL student organizations and activities

AUGUST

• Verify that your email address and cell phone number is correct in WebSTAC in case of emergencies
• Add the Washington University Police Department phone number to the contacts in your phone:
• 314.935.5555
• Complete the online alcohol education module
• Submit health forms and educate yourself about health insurance requirments at shs.wustl.edu
• Pack up all computer extras: Cables, CDs of software, manuals and be sure you have the phone number of the vendor of your computer (such as Apple or Dell)

• Become familiar with the Judicial Code
• Become familiar with the Residential Life policies and procedures
• Pack your belongings in boxes or plastic bins and use packing tape to label your name, building and room number. Remember you will be carrying these bins, boxes, or other items up several flights of stairs - make them light and easy to carry
• Visit emergency.wustl.edu to become familiar with the resources and information available
• Add money to your Bear Bucks account, a cashless system on your WUSTL ID card that can be used to make purchases on and off campus
• Confirm your AP, IB, and transfer credits were sent to the University
• Register for CarShare, a St. Louis car sharing program
• Share your student account billing statement with your parents or family members
• Transfer your prescriptions to the WU Pharmacy
• Purchase a 25 ft. Ethernet cable for connecting your computer in your room
• Bring a long coaxial cable to connect your TV in your room
• Notify Dining Services if you have special dietary concerns

• Download the various WUSTL apps (Campus Map, Dining, Courses and more!)
• Have your parents and/or family members sign up for Family Ties, a quarterly e-newsletter
• Purchase an Arts First package to sample the many cultural and performance venues at WU
• Consider how you want to get involved in the campus community
• Discuss a communication plan with your family and friends at home
• Talk to your parents and family members about expectations
• Establish a budget
• Consider purchasing a data backup service and/or an external hard drive as additional insurance against data loss
• Make a bucket list of all the exciting things you want to do in St. Louis over the next four years