First-Year Student Summer 2026 To-Do List

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First-Year Student Summer 2026 To-Do List

Use this list to track your completion of all required academic and other tasks before you arrive in August. For a more comprehensive look at your Summer 2026 calendar, check out the First-Year Student Summer 2026 Timeline.

May

June

  • Due June 1: Request accessibility support through Sara Bea Accessibility Services if needed. The priority deadline for first-year housing accommodation requests is June 1.
  • First week of June: Schedule an appointment with your academic advisor beginning June 1
  • First week of June: Complete Summer Advising Modules on Canvas prior to meeting with your academic advisor.
  • Due June 9: Register to take a placement exam for Chinese, Japanese or Korean if needed
  • Due June 15: This is the deadline to apply for a health insurance waiver.
  • June 8-12: Attend an academic advising Q&A session via Zoom
  • Due June 20: Request all AP and IB scores (even those taken before your senior year of high school) be sent to Notre Dame. (Questions? Check out Sending AP Scores and How to use your free score send from College Board and Requesting transcripts and certificates from the IB.)
  • Due June 25: This is the priority deadline for the first-year student housing application.
  • Last week of June: Check your assigned registration day and time

July

  • Due July 6: Submit your immunization records to University Health Services between May 1 and July 6. (Note: It may take 2 - 3 weeks for your immunization information to be processed. As long as immunization records are submitted before July 6, this processing delay will not affect your registration. Students missing required immunizations may receive a registration hold on their account.)
  • Due July 7: Verify that ND has received your AP scores or IB scores
  • Due July 7: Take an ND language placement exam if needed
  • July 6-10: Attend an academic advising Q&A session via Zoom
  • Due July 10: Add a section of MOR 10101 in your residential neighborhood to your PATH plan and write down alternative sections in your neighborhood
  • Due July 10: Meet with your academic advisor via Zoom between June 2 and July 11
  • Due July 10: Make and save a plan for your courses in PATH and write down alternative courses and times of courses
  • Due July 13: Submit a photo for your Irish1Card
  • Day before you register: Check your PATH plan the day before registration
  • Third week of July: Register for courses
  • Last week of July: Check your course schedule

August