We welcome all of you who have been admitted to Sewanee. All of your hard work over the past four years has come to fruition. Now it's time to decide whether you'll spend the next four years diving into academic life, leading Sewanee Outing Program trips, getting to know professors over a cup of coffee at Stirling's, or forging exceptional friendships with folks from all around the globe. Actually, you don't have to decide: At Sewanee, you can do all that and more. Be ready to start the most exciting chapter of your life–today, right here at Sewanee. Please review Sewanee's deposit deadlines. Deposits are non-refundable after your deposit deadline.
What's more real than your very own Sewanee email address and student ID? Pay your enrollment deposit and get started on your Enrollment Checklist! Login to your Applicant Status Page to begin working on your Enrollment Checklist and ensure that you're ready for a great first year right here. The checklist will appear in mid-February and continue to populate with new enrollment forms through August.
We cannot wait to welcome you in August! Over multiple weeks, the Office of Residential Life will organize the arrival and move-in of incoming students to campus. Incoming students should consult with their admission counselor if they have questions regarding their arrival.
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First Year Experience (FYE) Move-in |
August 21, 2025 |
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PRE Move-in |
August 21, 2025 |
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Non-PRE and non-FYE Move-in |
August 23, 2025 |
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New Family Orientation |
August 23, 2025 |
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Orientation for all Students |
August 23-26, 2025 |
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First Day of Classes |
August 27, 2025 |
We are offering a variety of admitted student events in addition to what you see above to bring Sewanee to you, virtually. Some events are by invitation only. Feel free to reach out to your admission counselor if you have any questions about these events.
We think it's important you step foot on campus and imagine yourself here. We offer guided and self-guided campus tours as well as virtual campus tours and information sessions.
We'll be posting a series of videos for admitted students and families so that you can hear directly from the people you want to connect with the most—Sewanee students, faculty, and staff. Each Sewanee Session will be posted here so that it can viewed from the comfort of your own home.
Welcome to the Sewanee family! We are excited that your student is considering Sewanee. To prepare for their transition to college (as well as yours), be sure visit these links. See you on the Mountain soon.
PRE offers incoming first year students the opportunity to get to know Sewanee in a unique and exciting atmosphere. While exploring the 13,000-acre Domain, students meet other first-years and upperclassmen in an environment that creates trust and establishes new friendships. Friendships that will last for the next four years and beyond.
The First Year Experience program introduces new students to our 13,000 acre campus that we call the Domain, college life, interdisciplinary study, and the many people who make Sewanee special. FYE includes three exciting components: Sewanee Encounter, Sewanee Explore, and Sewanee Embark. Students who select the FYE program will experience all three dimensions of the Sewanee First Year Experience and get a jump-start on finding community, transitioning to college, building relationships with faculty, staff, and classmates, and exploring all that Sewanee has to offer.
At Sewanee, you'll have the opportunity to pursue a program of study or two (or three) in just about any subject you can imagine. From a rigorous business honors program to an English program rooted in a nationally recognized literary tradition to one of the premier collections of environmental offerings in the country.
For those students who know exactly where they want to go in life, Sewanee offers several highly distinctive honors and pre-professional programs including the Carey Fellows Business Program, the Hippocrates Pre-Medical Fellowship, and many more. Each is designed to provide students with the distinct skills and real-world experiences they need to get there.
We get it. Choosing what you want to study can be a bit daunting. That's why Sewanee's liberal arts curriculum encourages students to dip their toes into wide range of disciplines including the humanities, the hard sciences, the arts, and more. You may just end up discovering a new passion that alters your path and changes your life forever.
Have you ever wanted to live in a beautiful, neo-Gothic, sandstone building? Well, maybe you've never thought about it before but now that you have, we're guessing the answer is yes. At Sewanee, that's exactly what you'll do. And in the process, you just might forge the sorts of relationships that will change your life for next four years (and beyond.)
Sewanee, the Domain, the Mountain. Whatever you want to call it, it'll be all yours. It's where you'll read Shakespeare by a meadow in the woods. It's where you'll meet your new best friend while swimming at Lake Cheston. It's where you'll reflect on your aspirations under a starry sky. It's the unrivaled environment we've got right here that will prepare you to connect with the world out there.
From the moment you get on campus, you will have the chance to step up. Whether it's in civic engagement as a Bonner Site Leader, as a member of the Order of the Gown's executive council, or as the director of one of more than 100 student-led organizations. You'll be able to connect with new communities on and around campus as a leader.
The Sewanee Pledge ensures that students will can do more in four years. We guarantee that you will have the opportunity to participate in a fully funded summer internship or research fellowship, to take part in a semester abroad at no additional tuition cost, and to graduate in four years, otherwise the fifth one is on us. All of this to guarantee that when you leave here, you'll have a global perspective and the professional experience you need to go into whatever field calls you.
Whether you know exactly what you want to do after graduation or you're just starting to explore the question, Career Readiness has your back with nationally-ranked career coaching, internship placement services, and alumni networking (yes, we're top ranked in all of those.) It's why we like your chances of success when you leave here. And we think you will too.
Sewanee graduates go on to do big things. From startups to top-tier consulting firms to volunteer programs around the country and the world, the experience they've had right here, shapes their place in the world out there.
