WELLESLEY COLLEGE ACADEMIC CALENDAR


IMPORTANT DATES FOR FALL 2017

September 2017

Date Day Description
04 Monday Labor Day
No Classes
05 Tuesday Fall Classes Begin
Deadline to submit Spring and Summer 2017 incomplete work to instructors at 4 PM
Convocation
11 Monday Deadline for Spring/Summer 2017 Make-up Final Exams
15 Friday Deadline to ADD a fall course at 11 PM
25 Monday Deadline to submit paperwork for a cross-registered fall course at 4:30 PM
27 Wednesday Spring and Summer incomplete grades due from instructors at NOON
29 Friday Deadline to DROP a fall course at 11 PM
Deadline to declare a fall course CREDIT/NON at 11 PM

October 2017

Date Day Description
09 Monday Fall Break
No Classes
10 Tuesday Fall Break
No Classes
11 Wednesday Classes Resume
20 Friday October Degrees Conferred
31 Tuesday Tanner Conference
No Classes

November 2017

Date Day Description
03 Friday Deadline to submit mid-semester warnings
06 Monday Registration Week for Spring 2018
20 Monday Spring 2018 online registration reopens to all students - 8am
22 Wednesday Thanksgiving Break
No Classes
23 Thursday Thanksgiving Break
No Classes
24 Friday Thanksgiving Break
No Classes
27 Monday Classes Resume

December 2017

Date Day Description
12 Tuesday Fall Classes End
Deadline to WITHDRAW from a fall course at 4:30 PM
13 Wednesday Fall SEQ Period Begins (Deadline Fri 12/22/2017 at 11 pm)
Reading Period Begins
14 Thursday Reading Period Ends
15 Friday Final Examinations Begin
16 Saturday Additional Reading Day
17 Sunday Additional Reading Day
18 Monday Final Examinations
19 Tuesday Final Examinations
20 Wednesday Final Examinations
21 Thursday Final Examinations End at 4 PM
Final Papers due at 4 PM
22 Friday Fall SEQ Period Ends - Deadline 11 pm
Spring registration closes until add/drop period

IMPORTANT DATES FOR SPRING 2018

January 2018

Date Day Description
04 Thursday Wintersession Begins
05 Friday Fall final grades due from instructors at noon
08 Monday Deadline to ADD a Wintersession Course at 11 pm
09 Tuesday Deadline to declare a wintersession course CREDIT/NON at 11 PM
Deadline to DROP a wintersession course at 11 pm
15 Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Day
No Classes
24 Wednesday Wintersession SEQ Period Begins (Deadline Wed. 1/31/2018 at 11 pm)
25 Thursday Wintersession Ends
Deadline to WITHDRAW from a wintersession course at 4:30 pm
29 Monday Spring Classes Begin
Deadline to submit Fall incomplete work to instructors at 4 PM
31 Wednesday Wintersession SEQ Period Ends - Deadline 11 pm

February 2018

Date Day Description
01 Thursday Wintersession and January Option final grades due from instructors at NOON
02 Friday Deadline for Fall 2017/Winter 2018 Make-up Final Exams
09 Friday Deadline to ADD a spring course at 11 PM
16 Friday Deadline to submit paperwork for a cross-registered spring course at 4:30 PM
19 Monday Presidents' Day
No Classes
20 Tuesday MONDAY Schedule
Substitute Day
21 Wednesday Fall and winter incomplete grades due from instructors at NOON
23 Friday Deadline to DROP a spring course at 11 PM
Deadline to declare a spring course CREDIT/NON at 11 PM

March 2018

Date Day Description
22 Thursday Spring Break Begins
23 Friday Spring Break
24 Saturday Spring Break
25 Sunday Spring Break
26 Monday Spring Break
27 Tuesday Spring Break
28 Wednesday Spring Break
29 Thursday Spring Break
30 Friday Spring Break Ends

April 2018

Date Day Description
02 Monday Classes Resume
05 Thursday Deadline to submit mid-semester warnings
16 Monday Patriots' Day
No Classes
17 Tuesday Registration Week for Fall 2018
27 Friday Honors Theses Due at NOON

May 2018

Date Day Description
02 Wednesday Ruhlman Conference
No Classes
11 Friday Deadline to WITHDRAW from a spring course at 4:30 PM
Spring Classes End
12 Saturday Spring SEQ Period Begins (Deadline Wed 5/23/2018 at 11 pm)
Reading Period Begins
13 Sunday Reading Period
14 Monday Reading Period
15 Tuesday Reading Period Ends
16 Wednesday Final Examinations Begin
17 Thursday Final Examinations
18 Friday Final Examinations
21 Monday Final Examinations
22 Tuesday Final papers due at 4 PM
Final Examinations End at 4 PM
23 Wednesday Spring SEQ Period Ends - Deadline 11 pm
25 Friday Senior grades due from instructors by NOON
28 Monday Memorial Day
No Classes

June 2018

Date Day Description
01 Friday Commencement
04 Monday Summer Session 6-week courses begin
Summer Session I begins
05 Tuesday Deadline to ADD a summer session I course
06 Wednesday Non-graduating student grades due from instructors at NOON
Deadline to DROP a summer session I course
29 Friday Summer Session I Ends
Deadline to WITHDRAW from a Summer Session I course - 4:30 pm

July 2018

Date Day Description
02 Monday Summer Session II courses begin
03 Tuesday Deadline to ADD a summer session II course
04 Wednesday Independence Day Holiday
No Classes
05 Thursday Deadline to DROP a Summer Session II course
09 Monday Summer session I grades due from instructors at noon
13 Friday Last day of 6-week Summer courses
Deadline to WITHDRAW from 6-week summer course - 4:30 pm
27 Friday Deadline to WITHDRAW from a summer session II course - 4:30 pm
Summer Session II ends

August 2018

Date Day Description
03 Friday Summer session II and 6-week course grades due from instructors at noon