Orientation
Milestones, for spring '08 admits
- Ongoing (and after your receive your AppalNet account information in the mail)- check your AppalNet e-mail weekly for important news for incoming students.
- Mar 1 - Orientation registration available. Look for an email regarding Your Enrollment Checklist (after you send in your non-refundable advance payment).
- May 2 - Last day to apply for Trailhead Academies.
- May 23 - deadline for any required placement tests to be completed before your Orientation session.
- May 23 (or before your Orientation session) submit your Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) test scores (if applicable)
- May 20 - deadline for new First Session Summer School students to register for Orientation.
- Jul 1 – deadline for new Second Summer Session students to have attended Orientation. Students entering in Second Summer Session must attend an orientation session prior to the beginning of summer school and cannot attend the August Make-up Orientation session.
- Jul 1 -deadline for new Fall students to have attended Orientation or registered for the August Make-up Session.
- Jul 1 - deadline to submit your Report of Medical History/Immunization Form.
- Aug 23-25 - Orientation Phase 2.
Orientation will help you explore Appalachian's academic and social life and make a smooth transition to our campus. During Orientation, advisors will help you plan a program of study specific to your needs, skills and interests. In addition, you will have an opportunity to meet with professors in your area of interest and, of course, other new students. All new students, freshmen and transfer students, are required to attend Orientation.
Parking Update. Students can park in the stadium parking lot on Stadium Drive or in the Rivers Street Parking Deck during the August make-up orientation sessions. Please be advised that parking will be difficult on Friday, August 22nd due to Freshman Move-in Day. Freshmen attending orientation that day are advised to move their cars off campus by 8am that morning.
On-Campus Housing Update. Transfer students attending the August 20th Orientation session and living on-campus will move into their Residence Hall on Tuesday, August 19th from 2-6pm. You will check-in at Newland Hall that day and then proceed to your assigned hall for move-in. Freshmen attending the August 21st & 22nd Orientation session and living on-campus will move into their Residence Hall on Wednesday, August 20th from 12-6pm. You will check-in at Newland Hall that day and then proceed to your assigned hall for move-in. Please note that you report to Farthing Auditorium for Orientation on your assigned date according the the schedule below.
Register
After you send in your non-refundable advance payment, Appalachian will e-mail you a confirmation of your payment and information about registering for your Orientation session. Follow the instructions provided; you'll be directed to an online registration form.
Make-up Sessions
(for students who cannot attend an earlier session)
Freshman Orientation Dates (for freshmen starting Fall or Second Summer Session 2008)
- May 29 - May 30
- June 2 - June 3
- June 5 - June 6
- June 9 - June 10
- June 16 - June 17
- June 19 - June 20
- June 23 - June 24
- June 26 - June 27
- June 30 - July 1
Transfer Student Orientation Dates
- May 26 (for transfers starting Fall, First Summer Session, or Second Summer Session)
- June 13 (for transfers starting Fall or Second Summer Session)
