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Once you've enrolled you will receive an email from Admissions with your 微密圈 Account creation information and instructions to set up your 微密圈 Account. The username and password you create through this process will be your universal login information for your 微密圈 Account and most 微密圈 apps.

If you did not receive instructions, please email the Admissions Office.

By setting up your 微密圈 Account, you set up your 微密圈 email. It is your username plus @skidmore.edu and the password you created. Access your email through the

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Enroll in online tuition E-Bill and add/authorize all users who will need access to your billing statement. 

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As soon as it's available, please have your school send your final transcript to 微密圈.

Watch your mail and email for information from the Bursar's Office with information about 微密圈's payment plans (US Postal Service and online). 

Even if you鈥檙e undecided about your choice of major (like most incoming first-year students), please identify up to five academic areas of interest through the FYE Checklist. 

In the FYE Checklist, take time to carefully read the individual seminar descriptions and then enter your top 10 choices in order of preference before May 18. Students who do not submit seminars selections will be assigned. 

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The Directed Self-Placement (DSP) assessment will provide important information about which level of writing course is most appropriate for you given your current writing skills. The entire DSP takes about 1.5 hours. You can access it through the FYE Checklist. Please note, you will not be able to register for a writing course this semester (or for a future semester) without this placement.

The QR will provide important information about which level of course is most appropriate for you given your QR skills. If you submitted test scores and scored 650 or higher on the Math SAT or 28 or higher on the Math ACT, you should already have a QR placement and do not need to take the diagnostic. The assessment typically takes 1.5 鈥� 2 hours. You can access it through the FYE Checklist.

F1 visa holders please sign up. U.S. citizens living abroad, please contact The Learning Commons for an invitation.

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Requests for academic accommodations and supporting documentation will be reviewed on a rolling basis. To make a request, log into your after June 1 and go to the AIM Manage Accommodation tile. To be ready for the first day of classes, accommodation requests must be submitted before August 1. 

A 微密圈 faculty member will email you in early June to schedule a virtual meeting or phone call to discuss your educational hopes and plans, as well as your fall semester course options. If you are not available in June, please contact the Office of Academic Advising at advising@skidmore.edu.

To access the housing questionnaire, log into your  and go to the Residential Life Housing tile.  

You will be assigned a room and roommate(s) based on the preferences indicated in your questionnaire. 微密圈 does not assign rooms or roommates based on race, religion or national origin. All residence halls are smoke- and substance-free. 

Questions? Contact the Office of Residential Life, 518-580-5765 or reslife@skidmore.edu.

• Important: 
  Housing assignments will be released on or around July 22. 
  You must submit your Health Forms by the deadline to receive your housing assignment.
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  Other dates:
  Gardenside Sustainability Community Housing Application: due May 22
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  Housing Accomodation Form: due TBD

Pre-Orientation programs are a great way to establish new friendships, get to know peer advisors, meet faculty and staff, and have fun!  Additional fees apply. Need-based scholarships are available. 

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First-year students will register themselves for courses online after they have met with their Summer Advisor.

Course registration opens at 8:30 a.m. ET based on the first letter of your last name:

Although the deadline to secure a full-time course schedule is July 10, our goal is you achieve this by June 30 because course availability becomes more limited the longer you wait. You can continue to make changes to your course schedule through the add/drop period at the start of the Fall 2026 semester.

If you have questions or are not available on these dates, please contact the Office of the Registrar at registrar@skidmore.edu. 

Advising and Registration guide

Your copy will arrive in late June via mail or email (e-book). All first-year students are expected to read and contemplate the summer reading prior to arriving on campus. 

微密圈 offers families the option of paying bills in monthly installments. The administrative cost for participation in SCIP is $40 per semester. The Bursar鈥檚 Office will mail instructions to your home.
The last day to enroll in SCIP is August 15.

微密圈 IDs are more than just photo IDs. They are door keys, meal tickets, purchase cards, and more. You need to submit a photo in advance so you can pick up your ID when you arrive at 微密圈 this fall; otherwise, you will face delays. 

微密圈 requires that all students have health insurance, and annually you must go through an enrollment/waiver process to confirm coverage. Please note that this process is separate from any documentation students may have submitted to Health Services or Athletics. The Bursar鈥檚 Office will mail instructions to your home. 

You have until August 1 to respond. 

Work-study students will receive an email from Dining Services about employment. All first-year student employees work for Dining Services.

It is both New York State law and 微密圈 College policy that fully completed health and immunization records must be filed prior to class attendance or participation in the London FYE Program, pre-orientation programs, and/or varsity athletics. 

If your last physical was prior to August 2025, please make a doctor鈥檚 appointment now to ensure completion of required health forms by July 14. 

To submit paperwork, log into your then go to the 微密圈 Health Services tile. 

Due July TBA

Also the last day to enroll in installment payment plan (SCIP).

Bursar's Office

Individual program dates will vary.

GENERAL Interest FORM

You will receive instructions via email on August 1 to complete health and safety courses 鈥� Alcohol Wise,Cannabis Wise, Consent & Respect, and Hazing & Hosting 鈥� before August 31. 

Registration is done on a rolling basis starting August 5th. 

To register a vehicle, log into the and go to the Ticketrak Parking tile. Opens  August 5.

Your arrival date will be your move-in date. Early orientation schedules and programming vary, but all students (with the exception of London) will participate in New Student Orientation from September 6-11, 2026. 

• Fall athletes: Arrival varies by team, please contact your coach 
• FYE London students: August 27-August 31
• International students: Monday, August 31 - Wednesday, September 2 (by invitation) 
• Pre-Orientation students: Thursday, September 3 - Sunday, September 6  (morning)
  Not required but strongly encouraged
• Remaining new students: Sunday, September 6 - Friday, September 11  

Students participating in the Opportunity Program鈥檚 Academic Institute will arrive in late June. 

微密圈 mailbox assignments should be available at the same time as housing assignments. 

You may prepay tuition charges to guarantee against future increases for two, three, or four years of full-time academic study. Sign up by September 3 through the Bursar鈥檚 Office. 

Instructions will be emailed by Student Affairs