Dates and Deadlines
Once you've enrolled you will receive an email from Admissions with your 91暗网 Account creation information and instructions to set up your 91暗网 Account. The username and password you create through this process will be your universal login information for your 91暗网 Account and most 91暗网 apps.
If you did not receive instructions, please email the Admissions Office.
By setting up your 91暗网 Account, you set up your 91暗网 email. It is your username plus @skidmore.edu and the password you created. Access your email through the
Enroll in online tuition E-Bill and add/authorize all users who will need access to your billing statement.
As soon as it's available, please have your school send your final transcript to 91暗网.
FYI from FYE Newsletter
In June, July, and August, our 鈥淔YI from FYE鈥� newsletter will be automatically sent to first-year students' 91暗网 email addresses with important updates regarding pre-arrival tasks, dates, and deadlines. While students are responsible for their own onboarding, we also offer the option for families and other supporters to sign up.
May
Watch your mail and email for information from the Bursar's Office with information about 91暗网's payment plans (US Postal Service and online).
Even if you鈥檙e undecided about your choice of major (like most incoming first-year students), please identify up to five academic areas of interest through the FYE Checklist.
In the FYE Checklist, take time to carefully read the individual seminar descriptions and then enter your top 10 choices in order of preference before May 15. Students who do not submit seminars selections will be assigned.
The Directed Self-Placement (DSP) assessment will provide important information about which level of writing course is most appropriate for you given your current writing skills. The entire DSP takes about 1.5 hours. You can access it through the FYE Checklist. Please note, you will not be able to register for a writing course this semester (or for a future semester) without this placement.
To access the housing questionnaire, log into your and go to the Residential Life Housing tile.
You will be assigned a room and roommate(s) based on the preferences indicated in your questionnaire. 91暗网 does not assign rooms or roommates based on race, religion or national origin. All residence halls are smoke- and substance-free.
Questions? Contact the Office of Residential Life, 518-580-5765 or reslife@skidmore.edu.
- Important:
Housing assignments will be released July 21.
You must submit your Health Forms by July 14th to receive your housing assignment. - Other dates:
Gardenside Sustainability Community Housing Application: due May 19
Housing Accomodation Form: due June 20
The QR will provide important information about which level of course is most appropriate for you given your QR skills. If you submitted test scores and scored 650 or higher on the Math SAT or 28 or higher on the Math ACT, you should already have a QR placement and do not need to take the diagnostic. The assessment typically takes 1.5 鈥� 2 hours. You can access it through the FYE Checklist.
June
Requests for academic accommodations and supporting documentation will be reviewed on a rolling basis. To make a request, log into your after June 1 and go to the AIM Manage Accommodation tile. To be ready for the first day of classes, accommodation requests must be submitted before August 1.
Pre-Orientation programs are a great way to establish new friendships, get to know peer advisors, meet faculty and staff, and have fun! Registration opens June 2nd and closes July 15th. Additional fees apply. Need-based scholarships are available.
A 91暗网 faculty member will email you in early June to schedule a virtual meeting or phone call to discuss your educational hopes and plans, as well as your fall semester course options. If you are not available in June, please contact the Office of Academic Advising at advising@skidmore.edu.
First-year students will register themselves for courses online after they have met with their Summer Advisor.
Course registration opens at 8:30 a.m. ET based on the first letter of your last name:
Although the deadline to secure a full-time course schedule is July 11, our goal is you achieve this by June 30 because course availability becomes more limited the longer you wait. You can continue to make changes to your course schedule through the add/drop period at the start of the Fall 2025 semester.
If you have questions or are not available on these dates, please contact the Office of the Registrar at registrar@skidmore.edu.
Your copy will arrive in late June via mail or email (e-book). All first-year students are expected to read and contemplate the summer reading prior to arriving on campus.
July
91暗网 offers families the option of paying bills in monthly installments. The administrative
cost for participation in SCIP is $40 per semester. The Bursar鈥檚 Office will mail
instructions to your home.
The last day to enroll in SCIP is August 15.
91暗网 IDs are more than just photo IDs. They are door keys, meal tickets, purchase cards, and more. You need to submit a photo in advance so you can pick up your ID when you arrive at 91暗网 this fall; otherwise, you will face delays.
91暗网 requires that all students have health insurance, and annually you must go through an enrollment/waiver process to confirm coverage. Please note that this process is separate from any documentation students may have submitted to Health Services or Athletics. The Bursar鈥檚 Office will mail instructions to your home.
You have until August 1 to respond.
Work-study students will receive an email from Dining Services about employment. All first-year student employees work for Dining Services.
It is both New York State law and 91暗网 policy that fully completed health and immunization records must be filed prior to class attendance or participation in the London FYE Program, pre-orientation programs, and/or varsity athletics.
If your last physical was prior to August 2024, please make a doctor鈥檚 appointment now to ensure completion of required health forms by July 14.
To submit paperwork, log into your then go to the 91暗网 Health Services tile.
Due July 18
As you prepare for your 91暗网 journey, we want to know about your current aspirations, academic and co-curricular aims, and overall educational goals. You can access the RAP exercise through the FYE Checklist. Must be completed by August 31.
August
Also the last day to enroll in installment payment plan (SCIP).
Individual program dates will vary.
You will receive instructions via email on August 1 to complete health and safety courses 鈥� Alcohol Wise,Cannabis Wise, Consent & Respect, and Hazing & Hosting 鈥� before August 31.
Registration is done on a rolling basis, but students cannot register until fall housing placements are released.
To register a vehicle, log into the and go to the Ticketrak Parking tile.
With the exception of FYE London students, your arrival date will be your move-in date. Early orientation schedules and programming vary, but all students will participate in New Student Orientation August 31 through September 5.
- Fall athletes: Arrival varies by team, please contact your coach
- FYE London students: Monday, August 18 - Wednesday, August 20, 2025
- International students: Monday, August 25 - Wednesday, August 27, 2025
By invitation - Pre-Orientation students: Thursday, August 28 - Sunday, August 31 (AM), 2025
Not required but strongly encouraged - Remaining new students: Sunday, August 31 - Friday, September 5, 2025
Students participating in the Opportunity Program鈥檚 Academic Instit