WELLESLEY COLLEGE ACADEMIC CALENDAR


IMPORTANT DATES FOR FALL 2015

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

September 2015

Date Day Description
07 Monday No Classes
Labor Day
11 Friday Deadline to ADD a fall course at 11pm
18 Friday Deadline to submit cross-reg paperwork for a fall course at 4:30pm
25 Friday Deadline to DROP a fall course at 11pm
Deadline to declare a fall course CREDIT/NON at 11pm
30 Wednesday Deadline to submit a final grade for spring/summer Incomplete at noon

October 2015

Date Day Description
02 Friday Class of 2016 Intent to Graduate form due
12 Monday No Classes
Fall Break
13 Tuesday No Classes
Fall Break
14 Wednesday Classes Resume
23 Friday Deadline to submit mid-semester warnings
27 Tuesday Tanner Conference
No Classes

November 2015

Date Day Description
10 Tuesday Spring 2016 Registration Week (Tu - Fr)
Winter/Spring 2016 Registration: Class of 2016, Davis Scholars with 23+ completed units, Post-bacs (8am-11pm
11 Wednesday Winter/Spring 2016 Registration: Class of 2017, Davis Scholars with 15-22.99 competed units, Returning Exchange Students & Assistants (8am-11pm)
12 Thursday Winter/Spring 2016 Registration: Class of 2018, Davis Scholars with 7-14.99 competed units (8am-11pm)
13 Friday Winter/Spring 2016 Registration: Class of 2019, Davis Scholars with less than 7 competed units (8am-11pm)
23 Monday Spring 2016 online registration reopens to all students - 9am
25 Wednesday Thanksgiving Break
No Classes
26 Thursday Thanksgiving Break
No Classes
27 Friday Thanksgiving Break
No Classes
30 Monday Classes Resume

December 2015

Date Day Description
08 Tuesday Fall Classes End
Deadline to withdraw (WDR) from a fall course at 4:30pm
09 Wednesday Reading Period Begins
SEQ Period Begins (Deadline Sat 12/19/2015 at 11 pm)
10 Thursday SEQ Period
Reading Period
11 Friday Reading Period
SEQ Period
12 Saturday SEQ Period
Reading Period
13 Sunday Reading Period Ends
SEQ Period
14 Monday Final Examinations Begin
SEQ Period
15 Tuesday SEQ Period
Final Examinations
16 Wednesday Final Examinations
SEQ Period
17 Thursday Final Examinations
SEQ Period
18 Friday SEQ Period
Final Examinations End
19 Saturday SEQ Period Ends - Deadline 11 pm
21 Monday Spring 2016 registration closes until add/drop - 11pm

IMPORTANT DATES FOR SPRING 2016

January 2016

Date Day Description
04 Monday Wintersession Starts
05 Tuesday Fall final grades due from instructors at noon
Final fall grades available online to students - 4pm
Deadline to ADD a wintersession course at 11pm
06 Wednesday Deadline to DROP a wintersession course at 11pm
Deadline to declare a wintersession course CREDIT/NO CREDIT - 11pm
08 Friday Deadline to submit MIT IAP cross-registration forms - 4:30pm
22 Friday Wintersession Ends
Deadline to withdraw (WDR) from a wintersession course - 4:30pm
25 Monday Spring Classes Start
Deadline to submit fall 2015 and wintersession 2016 incomplete work by 4pm

February 2016

Date Day Description
01 Monday Wintersession final grades due at NOON
05 Friday Deadline to ADD spring 2016 classes at 11pm
12 Friday Deadline to submit cross-registration paperwork at 4:30pm
15 Monday No Classes
Presidents' Day
19 Friday Deadline to declare spring 2016 classes CREDIT/NON at 11pm
Deadline to DROP spring 2016 classes at 11pm
22 Monday Fall 2015 and Winter 2016 incomplete grades due by NOON

March 2016

Date Day Description
04 Friday Deadline for Class of 2018 major declaration
21 Monday Spring Break Begins
22 Tuesday Spring Break
23 Wednesday Spring Break
24 Thursday Spring Break
25 Friday Spring Break Ends
28 Monday Classes Resume

April 2016

Date Day Description
11 Monday Fall 2016 Registration Week (Tu - Thur)
18 Monday Patriot's Day
No Classes
19 Tuesday MONDAY Schedule
Substitute Day
22 Friday Honors Theses Due - noon
27 Wednesday No Classes
Ruhlman Conference

May 2016

Date Day Description
04 Wednesday Spring Classes End
Deadline to withdraw (WDR) from a spring 2016 class by 4:30pm
05 Thursday Reading Period Begins
06 Friday Reading Period
07 Saturday Reading Period
08 Sunday Reading Period
09 Monday Reading Period Ends
10 Tuesday Final Examinations Begin
11 Wednesday Final Examinations
12 Thursday Final Examinations
13 Friday Final Examinations
16 Monday Final Examinations End
19 Thursday Senior grades due by NOON
Senior grades available online to students at 4pm
27 Friday Commencement
30 Monday Memorial Day

June 2016

Date Day Description
01 Wednesday Non-graduating student grades due by NOON
Non-graduating student grades available online at 4pm