Key Registration Dates (Yale College & GSAS)

Date   Event
Aug. 20 W Registration opens for first-year students and incoming Eli Whitney and transfer students, 12p.m.- 3p.m.
Aug. 25 M Add/drop period opens, 8:00 a.m.
Aug. 27 W Fall classes begin.
Aug. 29 F Friday classes do not meet; Monday classes meet instead.
Sept. 1 M Labor Day; classes do not meet.
Sept. 5 F Add/drop period ends, 5:00 p.m.

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