Information for New External Transfer Students

Welcome transfer students! This website will provide you with important information as you prepare to make the transition to Penn in the fall. Certain links may lead you to our first-year pages, but some of that information pertains to you! If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact your assigned advisor (see Path@Penn) or undergradinfo@wharton.upenn.edu.

May 2024

May 1: Last day of classes

May 2-5: Reading Days

May 6-14Final Examinations

May 14: Spring Term Ends

May 19: Wharton Undergraduate Graduation Ceremony

May 20Penn Commencement

May 27: Memorial Day (no classes)

May 28: Summer Session I and 11-Week Session classes begin

June 2024

June 19: Juneteenth (no classes)

July 2024

July 3: Summer Session I classes end

July 4: Independence Day (no classes)

July 5: Summer Session II classes begin

July 15 (11:59 p.m. ET): Advance Registration ends for incoming first-year and transfer students

July 23 (7:00 a.m. ET): Fall 2024 Course Selection (add) Period opens for all students

August 2024

August 9: Session II & 11-Week Session classes end

August 19-21: Move-in

August 21-26: New Student Orientation (NSO)

August 26: Wharton NSO

August 26: Convocation

August 27: First Day of Fall Classes

August 30: Wharton Club Fair

September 2024

September 2: Labor Day (no classes)

September 10: Course Selection (Add) Period Ends

October 2024

October 3-6: Fall Break

October 7: Drop Period Ends (last day to drop a course)

October 25: Last Day to Change a Grade Mode

October 25-27: Family Weekend

November 2024

November 4: Last Day to Withdraw from a Course¹

November 13: Advance Registration Ends

November 16: Homecoming

November 26: Follow Thursday Class Schedule

November 27: Follow Friday Class Schedule

November 28-December 1: Thanksgiving Break

December 2024

December 9: Last Day of Classes

December 10-11: Reading Days

December 12-19: Final Examinations

December 19: Fall Term Ends

January 2025

January 15: First Day of Spring Classes (Monday class schedule)

January 20: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observed

January 28: Course Selection (Add) Period Ends

February 2025

February 24: Drop Period Ends

March 2025

March 8-16: Spring Break

March 21: Last Day to Change a Grade Mode

March 24: Advance Registration for Fall and Summer Begins

March 31: Last Day to Withdraw from a Course ¹

April 2025

April 7: Advance Registration for Fall Ends

April 30: Last Day of Classes

May 2025

May 1-4: Reading Days

May 5-13: Final Examinations

May 13: Spring Term Ends

May 18: Wharton Undergraduate Graduation Ceremony

May 19Penn Commencement

May 26: Memorial Day (no classes)

May 27: Summer Session I and 11-Week Session classes begin

June 2025

June 19: Juneteenth (no classes)

July 2025

July 2: Summer Session I classes end

June 3: Summer Session II classes begin

July 4: Independence Day (no classes)

¹ Please note that some courses have earlier withdrawal deadlines. Students must abide by deadlines and policies published by faculty

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