IMPORTANT
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dear
New International Students:
Congratulations
on your admission to Oberlin - we are thrilled that you'll
be joining our college community in the fall! The International
Student Orientation begins with a welcome dinner on Saturday,
August 23rd, and goes on for two days, Sunday and Monday,
August 24th and 25th. Orientation for all new students starts
on Tuesday, August 26th. Please check this website after June
20th for a complete orientation schedule and latest updates.
Don't hesitate to email us or call us with questions. We look
forward to welcoming you in person!
As you are making travel
plans and purchasing plane tickets to and from the United
States for the 2008-09 academic year, please keep in mind
the following dates:
New
International Student Arrival: August 22 or 23
Note:
All other new students are expected to arrive on
August
26
Returing
students are expected to arrive on August 31 Classes
start September 2
Fall
Break: October 18 - 26
(residence
halls open; dining facilities closed)
Winter
Shutdown: December 20 - January 2
(residence
halls and dining facilities closed,
all
students expected to leave campus)
Winter
Term: January 2 - 27
(residence
halls and one dining facility open)
Spring
Semester classes start February 2
Spring
Break: March 21 - 29
(residence
halls open; dining facilities closed)
Spring
Semester ends: May 17
Residence
halls close: May 18
(residence
halls open ONLY for graduates and students working for commencement)
Graduates
and commencement workers leave campus: May 25 - 27
Please
note that the college does NOT allow final exam time changes
for personal travel reasons, so we advise you to book a plane
ticket for the last day of the semester to avoid potential
time conlficts with final exams. The final exam schedule is
published at the very start of each semester (check the
Registrar's office website), so as soon as your course
schedule is finalized and you've received the course syllabi
from your professors, you should be able to figure out when
your final exams will be, and at that point, you could probably
still reschedule your plane ticket (if need be) since you'd
be doing it a few months in advance.
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