Orientation
Graduate Student Orientation, Fall 2009
Important information for admitted graduate students can be found in the Admissions Office's Planning Guide. Forms may be downloaded. Online submission of reply forms is recommended whenever possible. Contact the Graduate Admissions Office if you have trouble accessing the Planning Guide.
*Coming soon: an updated website for Fall 2009 created by the Graduate Student Council (GSC) Orientation Committee, including info about an airport shuttle service for international students.
Complete details regarding academic requierments including first-term registration advice, money matters, department resources, and a discussion of medical and support services, can be found here.
| Day/Deadline | Event/Requirement | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| already passed | Graduate Admissions Reply Form due. | Admissions Office (617) 253-2917 |
| already passed | Financial Certification Form to be completed by all international students so that Certificates of Eligibility may be issued (in order to obtain F-1 or J-1 visas) | International Students Office (617) 253-3795 room 5-133 iso-help@mit.edu |
| already passed | Applications for campus housing due | Graduate Housing Office (617) 253-5148 (617) 252-1001 (FAX) graduatehousing@mit.edu |
| already passed | Housing Allocation results announced online & via email. You will have one week to confirm your housing assignment | Graduate Housing Office |
| already passed | Graduate Housing Waiting List opens for anyone who didn't enter the Allocation process by mid May. | Graduate Housing Office |
| already passed | Fall 2009 Student Bills will be posted to WebSIS: no paper bills to be mailed. Credit for Fall 2009 Math Department financial aid awards, with few exceptions, should appear in the system by this time. Any "late payment fee" resulting from a delay in entering financial awards will be cancelled once the financial award is processed. Other fees, such as the $136/term Student Life Fee and Housing expenses, are solely the responsibility of each student. Be sure to read all information about "Money Matters". | Student Financial Services (617) 258-8600 (617) 258-0700 (FAX) ssc@mit.edu |
| already passed | Graduate Medical Report forms must be completed and submitted to MIT; Requests for waiver of medical/accident insurance due. Be sure to read all information about "MIT Medical". |
Medical Department (617) 258-7051 (617) 253-4121 (FAX) medrpt@med.mit.edu |
| already passed | 1st Payment of Fall 2009 Student Bills or payment in full due. | Student Financial Services |
| upon arrival at MIT | International students to check in at ISO: sign up for an immigration info session. Obtain clearance to register. | International Students Office |
| Mon., Aug. 17 or thereafter |
All incoming students must obtain an MIT photo ID card. International Students must be cleared by ISO before obtaining an MIT ID card. | MIT Card Office Student Center (basement) W20-021 |
| already passed | Graduate Math Orientation Folders available: please check in here as soon as you arrive on campus | Graduate Mathematics Office room 2-233 |
| already passed | MIT Graduate Student Orientation Week begins... Grad School 101: 10am - 3pm, a series of one-hour presentations. With snacks and lunch, of course. |
Location TBA |
| already passed | English Evaluation Test, 9am-12pm, in room 10-250. | International Students Office |
| already passed | Institute Welcome, 12pm, followed by lunch on Kresge Oval | MIT President, Susan Hockfield Kresge Auditorium |
| already passed | Department of Mathematics Orientation Meeting, 10am, followed by lunch with continuing students | room 2-349 |
| already passed | Tea in the Math Department, 3pm | Common Room, 2-290 |
| already passed | LABOR DAY: a federal holiday—all MIT offices closed as well as banks, post offices, libraries and other public buildings. | |
| already passed | Registration Day, MIT | begin the process in the Graduate Math Office room 2-233 |
| already passed | 1st day of classes at MIT |
