WELLESLEY COLLEGE ACADEMIC CALENDAR


IMPORTANT DATES FOR FALL 2014

August 2014

Date Day Description
04 Monday Summer Session II Final Grades due by NOON
29 Friday Fall course registration for first-year students

September 2014

Date Day Description
01 Monday Labor Day
02 Tuesday Spring and Summer 2014 Make-up exams completed during this week
Fall Classes Start
Add period begins; credit/no-credit declaration period begins at 8am
Deadline to submit Spring and Summer 2014 incomplete work to instructors - 4 pm
15 Monday Deadline to ADD a fall course at 11pm
22 Monday Deadline to add MIT/Babson/Brandeis/Olin course(s) at 4:30pm
23 Tuesday Final Grades due by NOON to replace Spring and Summer 2014 Incompletes
29 Monday Deadline to declare a course credit/no-credit (includes MIT courses) - 11pm
Drop deadline. Last day to drop a course (including any MIT course) (course is removed from the student record) - 11pm

October 2014

Date Day Description
13 Monday Fall Break
No Classes
14 Tuesday Fall Break
No Classes
15 Wednesday Classes Resume
24 Friday Mid-semester warnings due from instructors
28 Tuesday Tanner Conference
No Classes

November 2014

Date Day Description
11 Tuesday Spring 2015 Registration Week (Tu - Fr)
Winter/Spring 2015 Registration: Class of 2015, Davis Scholars with 23+ completed units, Post-bacs (8am-11pm)
12 Wednesday Spring 2015 Registration Week (Tu - Fr)
Winter/Spring 2015 Registration: Class of 2016, Davis Scholars with 15-22.99 competed units, Returning Exchange Students & Assistants (8am-11pm)
13 Thursday Spring 2015 Registration Week (Tu - Fr)
Winter/Spring 2015 Registration: Class of 2017, Davis Scholars with 7-14.99 competed units (8am-11pm)
14 Friday Spring 2015 Registration Week (Tu - Fr)
Winter/Spring 2015 Registration: Class of 2018, Davis Scholars with less than 7 competed units (8am-11pm)
24 Monday Spring 2015 Registration Reopens at 9am
26 Wednesday No Classes
Thanksgiving Break
27 Thursday No Classes
Thanksgiving Break
28 Friday No Classes
Thanksgiving Break

December 2014

Date Day Description
01 Monday Classes Resume
Deadline to declare a major if you plan to study abroad during 2015-2016 (4:30pm)
09 Tuesday Last day of classes
Last Day to Withdraw from any course (WDR will appear on record) by 4:30 pm
10 Wednesday Reading Period Begins
11 Thursday Reading Period
12 Friday Reading Period
13 Saturday Reading Period
14 Sunday Reading Period Ends
15 Monday Final Examinations Begin
16 Tuesday Final Examinations
17 Wednesday Final Examinations
18 Thursday Final Examinations
19 Friday Final Examinations End
Final papers due - 4:00 pm
Final exams end - 4:00 pm
23 Tuesday Spring 2015 Registration Closes at 11pm

IMPORTANT DATES FOR SPRING 2015

January 2015

Date Day Description
05 Monday Wintersession begins
06 Tuesday Deadline to add a wintersession course (11pm)
07 Wednesday Fall final grades due from instructors
Deadline to declare a wintersession course CR/Non (11pm)
Deadline to drop a wintersession course (11pm)
09 Friday Deadline to submit MIT IAP cross-registration forms at 4:30pm
23 Friday Wintersession ends
Last Day to Withdraw from any Wintersession course (WDR will appear on record) by 4:30 pm
26 Monday Fall 2014 Make-up exams completed during this week
Spring Classes Start
Add period begins; credit/non declaration period begins at 8am
Deadline to submit fall incomplete or January option work to instructors - 4 pm

February 2015

Date Day Description
02 Monday Fall 2014 January option and Wintersession 2015 grades due from instructors by noon
11 Wednesday Add deadline. Deadline to add a spring course at 11 pm
16 Monday No Classes
Presidents' Day
19 Thursday Paperwork to add MIT/Babson/Brandeis/Olin courses due at 4:30pm
20 Friday Deadline for Class of 2015 Major/Minor Declarations or Changes in Registrar's Office by 4:30pm
23 Monday Fall 2014 incomplete grades due from instructors by noon
Drop deadline. Last day to drop a course (including any MIT course) (course is removed from the student record) - 11pm
Deadline to declare a course CR/NCR (including MIT courses) - 11 pm

March 2015

Date Day Description
06 Friday Deadline for Class of 2017 major declaration forms at 4:30pm
19 Thursday Spring Break Begins
20 Friday Spring Break
23 Monday Spring Break
24 Tuesday Spring Break
25 Wednesday Spring Break
26 Thursday Spring Break
27 Friday Spring Break Ends
30 Monday Classes Resume

April 2015

Date Day Description
07 Tuesday Fall 2015 Registration: Class of 2016, Davis Scholars with 19+ completed units, Post-bacs (8am-11pm)
08 Wednesday Fall 2015 Registration: Class of 2017, Davis Scholars with 11-18.99 completed units (8am-11pm)
09 Thursday Fall 2015 Registration: Class of 2018, Davis Scholars with 3-10.99 completed units (8am-11pm)
20 Monday Patriot's Day
No Classes
21 Tuesday Substitute Day
MONDAY Schedule
Fall 2015 online registration reopens to all students (9am)
23 Thursday Honors Theses due - noon
29 Wednesday Ruhlman Conference
No Classes

May 2015

Date Day Description
01 Friday Final exams end - 4:00 pm
08 Friday Spring Classes End
Last Day to Withdraw from any course (WDR will appear on record) by 4:30 pm
09 Saturday Reading Period Begins
10 Sunday Reading Period
11 Monday Reading Period
12 Tuesday Reading Period Ends
13 Wednesday Final Examinations Begin
14 Thursday Final Examinations
15 Friday Final Examinations
18 Monday Final Examinations
19 Tuesday Final Examinations End
Final papers due - 4:00 pm
Final exams end - 4:00 pm
22 Friday Senior grades due - noon
Final grades - released to seniors online at 4pm
25 Monday Memorial Day
No Classes
29 Friday Commencement

June 2015

Date Day Description
02 Tuesday Non-graduating student final grades due - noon
Final grades - released to students at 4pm

July 2015

Date Day Description
01 Wednesday Fall 2015 online registration closes until add/drop (11pm)
06 Monday Final grades for summer session I due at NOON
Final grades for summer session I available to students at 4pm

August 2015

Date Day Description
03 Monday Final grades due for summer session II and summer session I 6-week courses by NOON
Final grades available online for summer session II and summer session I 6-week courses at 4pm
24 Monday New Students Arrive
31 Monday Fall Classes Start
Deadline to submit Spring and Summer 2015 incomplete work to instructors - 4 pm