Dear New Students,

We’re delighted that you'll be joining our community, and we hope that you are excited at this prospect as well! While you and your classmates hail from all over the world and you each have your own story to tell, you all have this in common: you are each about to start a new chapter in your life, and you'll all be doing it together at Mount Holyoke.

I remember my own anticipation in the months leading up to college—I had so many questions! You probably do, too. When can you move into your room? How do you sign up for classes? What should you bring? There seems to be so much information to absorb and so many things to do before you’re moved in and the semester gets going. But fear not, we will help you do it.

This Web site contains information about all the things you should be considering as you get ready for the start of school, and you should visit it often in the months and weeks before your arrival. If you have any questions that aren't answered here, try contacting one of these offices:

First-Year students
Email: Dean of First-Year Studies

Frances Perkins students
Email: Frances Perkins Program

Transfer and Postbaccalaureate students
Email: Frances Perkins Program

Foreign Fellows
French Teaching Associates
International Exchange students
International Guest students
Email: McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives

We look forward to seeing you on campus!

With best wishes,
Joanne V. Creighton
President