Maybe you're anxious about next week, or you just want to do a quick check to make sure everything is set for registration. Either way, here's a quick list of to-dos to ensure you're ready to register:

 

❏ Make sure you've marked your registration date on your calendar—and set your alarm! Fall 2025 course registration for incoming first-year students opens on Wednesday, August 6 at 9 a.m. (EDT).

 

❏ Review how to navigate UR Student. Video and PDF tutorials of how to navigate all registration-related tasks are available on the New Student Academic Guide website and University IT's UR Student webpage.

 

❏ Check your account holds. Make sure your advisor has signed off on your schedule and lifted the advising hold from your UR Student account. Your registration hold (labeled as Unable to Register Now) will be lifted right before 9 a.m. (EDT) on August 6. If you have not yet heard from your advisor(s) or are having trouble getting in touch with them, please contact the College Center for Advising Services at cascas@ur.rochester.edu.

 

❏ Save yourself time on registration day. Certain classes will fill up fast when registration opens! Reduce your stress by creating a saved schedule that allows you to register for multiple courses at once. Additional versions of your saved schedules with different course sections can give you options if you don't get into your preferred section of each course.

Make sure to review this page on the New Student Academic Guide website and bookmark it to have open when registration begins. It details tips for registering for courses with multiple components and finding back-ups in case the class you want is full, as well as campus contacts for day-of troubleshooting.

Make sure to pay attention to the calendar this week! A number of important deadlines and required events fall on Friday, August 1. 

❏ 7 p.m. (EDT): Financial Aid Essentials webinar (especially for parents and families)

 

❏ Watch the required health and wellbeing on campus resource video

 

❏ Register for UHSConnect and complete your required health forms

 

❏ Submit a photo for your campus ID card

❏ Sign up for a move-in time slot

❏ Connect with your academic advisor

❏ Request a residential parking permit (sophomore, junior, and senior transfer students only)

 

❏ 9 a.m. (EDT): Attend the mandatory immigration compliance webinar (international and exchange students only)

 

❏ Commuter student parking permit lottery closes in My Parking Online

 

❏ Complete your writing self-placement survey in Blackboard

 

❏ Register for Welcome Week

 

❏ 9 a.m. (EDT): Fall course registration opens for first-year students in UR Student

 

Do you have a parent or family member that needs this newsletter? Make sure to add them to the Friends and Family section of your UR Student account to have a copy of the next issue sent directly to their inbox.

Get connected! Be sure to join the private UR 2029 & Transfers server on Discord, and the private UR Transfer Students and Families of University of Rochester Class of 2029 & Transfers groups on Facebook.

We're here for you. Contact us anytime at orientation@rochester.edu.

University of Rochester

200 Morey Hall, Rochester, NY 14627

 

Phone: 585.275.4414

Email: orientation@rochester.edu