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Office of the Registrar

Dartmouth College
Office of the Registrar
6014 McNutt Hall
Hanover, NH 03755-3541


Phone: (603) 646-2246
Fax: (603) 646-2247
Email: registrar@Dartmouth.EDU

Fall 2012 Term Calendar

  • September 7 First Year Advising Day
  • September 9-12 Fall term on-line check-in. Wednesday, September 12 at 11:59 p.m. is the deadline to complete check-in without a $50 late registration fee.
  • September 10 Convocation, 3:15 p.m.
  • September 10 Fall term classes begin
  • September 10-16 First week of schedule adjustment. Permission to add courses is not necessary unless normally required
  • September 14 Deadline for prospective fall term graduates in residence to elect or change a major or minor
  • September 17-23 Second week of schedule adjustment. All courses require Instructor permission to add
  • September 18 Final day for delayed check-in (with $50 late fee). Any student not checked-in by the end of this day, but still listed with the enrollment pattern letter R (Residence) for the fall term is liable for administrative withdrawal
  • September 23 Final day for each undergraduate to establish official and final two-, three-, or four-course load. Any registered student not officially enrolled in at least two courses becomes liable for administrative withdrawal. If dropping a fourth course after this date, one of three eligibilities for a fourth course without extra tuition is exhausted by such action
  • September 25 Final day for electing use of the Non-Recording Option (NRO)
  • October 15 Enrollment Census
  • October 15 Deadline to file completed transfer term applications for winter and spring terms 2013
  • October 17 Mid-term grade reports due for specified undergraduates
  • October 17 Final day for students to change their enrollment pattern for winter term from an R (for Residence) without incurring a charge of one hundred dollars ($100) and to be eligible for on-time college housing assignment
  • October 17 Winter term housing applications due
  • October 17 Date for submission of degree applications by prospective fall term graduates
  • October 17 Course Timetable available for the winter term
  • October 18 Final day for dropping a fourth course without a grade notation of "W" (Acknowledgment of instructor required. One of three eligibilities for a fourth course without extra tuition is exhausted by such action after September 23.)
  • October 19 Interim housing applications due for the break between fall 2012 and winter 2013
  • October 22-30 Winter term course election period
  • October 27-28 Homecoming Weekend
  • October 30 Final day to withdraw from a course; any later request to withdraw from a course requires petition to a special committee.
  • October 31 Final day to alter grade limit filed under the Non-Recording Option (NRO)
  • November 6 Last day in term for holding a quiz or an hour examination
  • November 7-November 13 Winter term course change period
  • November 13 Fall term classes end
  • November 14-15 Pre-Examination Break
  • November 16 Final examinations begin
  • November 17 Final examinations suspended
  • November 20  Scheduled Final examinations end
  • November 21 Final examination period ends
  • December 7 Grades and medians available on the web

Last Updated: 9/27/12