New Transfer Student Guide: 10 Things to Know

1. Attend the College transfer student Orientation meeting on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 24 in the Newcomb Hall Ballroom.
2. Learn the College Deadlines (see the calendar) and pay attention to them. Verify your course enrollments BEFORE the drop deadline.
3. Fulfill any remaining area requirements, especially the first writing, math/science and foreign language requirement, as soon as possible. Once you matriculate, all remaining College area requirements must be completed here.
4. Get to know your instructors and your Academic Dean (Dean Frank Papovich, 211-A Garrett Hall, 924-3353). Make use of their office hours and introduce yourself.
5. You may not have an extra semester to complete a second major. You may finish your degree during Summer Session if you need to do so.
6. See Dean Papovich if you are a third-year student and are unable to declare your major within the first two weeks of the fall semester.
7. Get off to a head start by attending one or more Summer Sessionterms at the University of Virginia this year. All credits earned are applicable to your degree requirements.
8. Plan to register for and attend Summer Orientation.
9. Don’t repeat courses for which you have already received credit.
10. Second-year students will be assigned an advisor; third-year students need to declare a major upon arrival and will then be assigned an advisor in their major.

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