WELLESLEY COLLEGE ACADEMIC CALENDAR


IMPORTANT DATES FOR FALL 2019

August 2019

Date Day Description
02 Friday Deadline to withdraw from a course - 11:00 PM (Summer Session II)
Summer Session II - Classes end
09 Friday Summer Session II grades due from instructors at noon

September 2019

Date Day Description
03 Tuesday Deadline to submit Spring + Summer 2019 incomplete work to instructors
Convocation
Fall Classes Start
13 Friday Deadline to ADD a Fall course at 11 PM
20 Friday Deadline to submit paperwork for a cross-registered Fall course
24 Tuesday Spring and Summer incomplete grades due from instructors at NOON
27 Friday Deadline to declare a Fall course Credit/NON at 11:59 PM
Deadline to DROP a Fall course at 11:59 PM

October 2019

Date Day Description
06 Sunday Discover Wellesley Weekend
07 Monday Discover Wellesley Weekend
14 Monday Fall Break - No Classes
15 Tuesday Fall Break - No Classes
16 Wednesday Classes Resume
18 Friday Family & Friends Weekend
19 Saturday Family & Friends Weekend
20 Sunday Family & Friends Weekend
25 Friday October Degrees Conferred
26 Saturday Spring 2020 course schedule published to courses.wellesley.edu
29 Tuesday Tanner Conference - No Classes
30 Wednesday Deadline to submit mid-semester warnings

November 2019

Date Day Description
11 Monday Registration Week for Spring 2019
22 Friday Fall 370 Honors Theses due - NOON
27 Wednesday Thanksgiving Break - No Classes
28 Thursday Thanksgiving Break - No Classes
29 Friday Thanksgiving Break - No Classes

December 2019

Date Day Description
02 Monday Classes Resume
10 Tuesday Deadline to WITHDRAW from a Fall course at 4:30 PM
Fall Classes End
11 Wednesday Fall SEQ Period Begins (Deadline Friday 12/20/2019 at at 11 pm)
Reading Period Begins
12 Thursday Reading Period
13 Friday Reading Period
14 Saturday Reading Period
15 Sunday Reading Period Ends
16 Monday Final Examinations Begin
17 Tuesday Final Examinations
18 Wednesday Final Examinations
19 Thursday Final Examinations
20 Friday Final Examinations End - 4PM

IMPORTANT DATES FOR SPRING 2020

January 2020

Date Day Description
02 Thursday Wintersession Starts
03 Friday Deadline to ADD a Wintersession Course at 11 PM
06 Monday Deadline to declare a Wintersession course CREDIT/NON at 11 PM
Deadline to DROP a Wintersession course at 11 PM
07 Tuesday Fall final grades released to students - 4pm
Fall final grades due from instructors at noon
20 Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Day
No Classes
22 Wednesday Winter SEQ Period Begins (Deadline Mon. 1/28/2020 at 11 pm)
23 Thursday Deadline to WITHDRAW from a Wintersession course at 11:00 PM
Wintersession Ends
27 Monday Deadline to submit Fall incomplete work to instructors at 5:00 PM
Spring Classes Start
28 Tuesday Wintersession SEQ Period Ends - Deadline 11 pm
30 Thursday Wintersession and January Option final grades due from instructors at NOON
31 Friday Deadline for Fall 2019/Winter 2020 Make-up Final Exams

February 2020

Date Day Description
07 Friday Deadline to ADD a Spring course at 11:59 PM
14 Friday Deadline to submit paperwork for a cross-registered Spring course at 4:30 PM
17 Monday Presidents' Day
No Classes
18 Tuesday Fall and winter incomplete grades due from instructors at NOON
Substitute Day
Monday Schedule
21 Friday Deadline to DROP a spring course at 11:59 PM
Deadline to declare a spring course CREDIT/NON at 11:59 PM

March 2020

Date Day Description
16 Monday Spring Break Begins - No Classes
17 Tuesday Spring Break - No Classes
18 Wednesday Spring Break - No Classes
19 Thursday Spring Break - No Classes
20 Friday Spring Break - No Classes
23 Monday Spring Break - No Classes
24 Tuesday Spring Break - No Classes
25 Wednesday Spring Break - No Classes
26 Thursday Spring Break - No Classes
27 Friday Spring Break Ends - No Classes
30 Monday Classes Resume

April 2020

Date Day Description
20 Monday Patriot's Day
Classes may be held at the discretion of the instructor
24 Friday Mid-semester grades due from instructors at noon

May 2020

Date Day Description
06 Wednesday Honors Theses due - noon
Spring Classes End
07 Thursday Classes may be held at the discretion of the instructor
Reading Period Begins
08 Friday Classes may be held at the discretion of the instructor
Deadline to WITHDRAW from a spring course at 4:30 PM
Reading Period
09 Saturday Reading Period
10 Sunday Reading Period Ends
11 Monday Final Examinations Begin
Mid-semester grades available to students - 4 PM EST
12 Tuesday Final Examinations
13 Wednesday Final Examinations
14 Thursday Final Examinations
15 Friday Final Papers Due - 4:00 PM EST
Final Examinations End - 4:00 PM EST
21 Thursday Senior grades released to students - 4:00 PM EST
Senior grades due from instructors by 12:00 PM EST
25 Monday Memorial Day
No Classes

June 2020

Date Day Description
01 Monday Summer I classes start
02 Tuesday Non-graduating student Spring grades due from instructors at NOON
08 Monday Deadline to Drop a summer course - 11:59 PM

July 2020

Date Day Description
03 Friday Independence Day (Observed) - No Classes
10 Friday Summer 6-week classes end
Deadline to Withdraw from Summer 6-week course - 4:30 pm
17 Friday Summer 6-week course grades available to students - at 4pm
Summer 6-week course grades due from faculty - at noon
26 Sunday Deadline to withdraw from an 8-week Summer course - 4:30 pm
Summer 8-week courses end
27 Monday Fall 2020 Registration Week - Returning Students
31 Friday 8-week Summer course grades available to students - 4 pm EST
8-week Summer course grades due from instructors - noon

August 2020

Date Day Description
21 Friday Course Registration for Fall - Entering First Year Students
27 Thursday Fall Add/ Drop period begins - 10:00 AM EDT
31 Monday Fall Term 1 Classes Start