Academic Calendar
2024-2025 Academic Calendar
Fall 2024
August 27 (Tuesday) New international students and first-gen low-income students arrive
August 28 (Wednesday) New international students arrive and their pre-orientation begins
August 28 (Wednesday) Online registration opens for add/drop period
August 30 (Friday) New students arrive and Orientation begins
September 1 (Sunday) Returning students arrive
September 3 at 11:30am (Tuesday) Convocation
September 4 (Wednesday) Classes begin
September 10 (Tuesday) Last day to add classes without permission
September 17 (Tuesday) Last day to add classes
September 18 (Wednesday) Last day to withdraw from a course without “W” notation recorded
October 12 (Saturday) - October 15 (Tuesday) Mid-semester break
October 17 (Thursday) - October 25 (Friday) Add/drop period for second half-semester courses
October 18 (Friday) Most first half-semester classes end
October 21 (Monday) Most second half-semester classes begin
October 25 (Friday) - October 27 (Sunday) Family & Friends Weekend
October 28 (Monday) Degree conferral for summer term finishers
October 29 (Tuesday) First-half-of-semester grades due
November 4 (Monday) - November 8 (Friday) Academic advising period
November 8, 1837 Founder’s Day
November 11 (Monday) - November 22 (Friday) Online Spring registration period for Mount Holyoke and Five College courses
November 14 (Thursday) Last day to withdraw from a course with “W” notation recorded
November 14 (Thursday) Last day to declare ungraded option
November 27 (Wednesday) – November 29 (Friday) November Break
December 10 (Tuesday) Last day of classes
December 11 (Wednesday) - December 13 at 7pm (Friday) Reading days
December 13 at 7pm (Friday) - December 17 at noon (Tuesday) Examinations
December 17 at noon (Tuesday) - January 1 (Wednesday) December recess
January 3 at 11pm (Friday) Fall grades due
Intersession 2025
For the Professional and Graduate Education January Term, see Additional Terms at the bottom of this calendar.
January 2 (Thursday) - January 24 (Friday) Intersession
January 20 (Monday) Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 25 (Saturday) - January 27 (Monday) January recess
Spring 2025
January 22 (Wednesday) Online registration opens for add/drop period
January 22 (Wednesday) New international students arrive and their pre-orientation begins
January 23 (Thursday) New students arrive and Orientation begins
January 28 (Tuesday) Classes begin
February 3 (Monday) Last day to add classes without permission
February 10 (Monday) Last day to add classes
February 11 (Tuesday) Last day to withdraw from a course without “W” notation recorded
March 7 (Friday) Degree conferral for fall/winter term finishers
March 12 (Thursday) - March 28 (Friday) Add/drop period for second half-semester courses
March 14 (Friday) Most first half-semester classes end
March 15 (Saturday) - March 23 (Sunday) Mid-semester break
March 24 (Monday) Most second half-semester classes begin
March 25 (Tuesday) First-half-of-semester grades due
April 7 (Monday) - April 11 (Friday) Academic advising period (tentative)
April 14 (Monday) - April 25 (Friday) Online registration period for Fall Five College courses (tentative)
April 14 (Monday) - April 30 (Wednesday) Online registration period for Fall Mount Holyoke courses (tentative)
April 14 (Monday) Last day to withdraw from a course with “W” notation recorded
April 14 (Monday) Last day to declare ungraded option
April 29 (Tuesday) BOOM: Community Day (no classes)
May 6 (Tuesday) Last day of classes
May 7 (Wednesday) - May 9 until 2pm (Friday) Reading Days
May 9 at 2pm (Friday) - May 13 at noon (Tuesday) Examinations. Seniors, however, must complete exams by Monday, May 12th at noon
May 15 at 4 pm (Thursday) Senior grades due
May 23 (Friday) - May 25 (Sunday) Reunion I
May 24 (Saturday) Baccalaureate Service
May 25 (Sunday) Commencement
May 27 at 11pm (Tuesday) Underclass grades due
May 30 (Friday) - June 1 (Sunday) Reunion II
Additional Terms for Professional and Graduate Education
January Term 2025
January 6 (Tuesday) January term classes begin
January 13 (Tuesday) Last day to withdraw from a course without “W” notation recorded
January 16 (Friday) Last day to withdraw from a course with “W” notation recorded
January 20 (Monday) Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no classes)
January 24 (Friday) Last day of January term classes
February 3 (Monday) January term grades due
First Summer Session 2025
May 8 (Thursday) Online registration opens for Summer 1 and Summer 2 sessions
May 26 (Monday) Memorial Day (no classes)
June 2 (Monday) Summer 1 classes begin
June 4 (Wednesday) Last day to add Summer 1 classes
June 9 (Monday) Last day to withdraw from a Summer 1 course without “W” notation recorded
June 19 (Thursday) Juneteenth observed (no classes)
June 20 (Friday) Last day to withdraw from a Summer 1 course with “W” notation recorded
July 3 (Thursday) Last day of Summer 1 classes
July 4 (Friday) Independence Day (no classes)
July 14 (Monday) Summer 1 grades due
Second Summer Session 2025
May 8 (Thursday) - June 10 (Tuesday) Online registration open for Summer 2 session
June 16 (Monday) Online registration re-opens for Summer 2 and Fall* sessions (*Professional and Graduate Education only)
July 7 (Monday) Summer 2 classes begin
July 9 (Wednesday) Last day to add Summer 2 classes
July 14 (Monday) Last day to withdraw from a Summer 2 course without “W” notation recorded
July 23 (Wednesday) Last day to withdraw from a Summer 2 course with “W” notation recorded
August 15 (Friday) Last day of Summer 2 classes
August 28 (Thursday) Summer 2 grades due
