Congratulations!

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.

Sewanee's deadline to deposit is May 1. After May 1, deposits are nonrefundable. 

Arrival & orientation

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. 

  • New Students can participate in Finding Your Place, PRE, or their fall sport. Fall varsity athletes on the field hockey, football, soccer, and volleyball teams are unable to participate in FYP or PRE as this will conflict with pre-season practice. Read more on FYP & PRE below.
  • All incoming students will participate in New Student Orientation. 
  • Families are encouraged to attend New Student Orientation. 
  • International students should review arrival information from the Office of Global Citizenship. 
NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION | LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS | UNIVERSITY CALENDAR
Finding Your Place  Aug. 11-20, 2021
PRE Aug. 18-20, 2021

New Student Orientation

Aug. 21-24, 2021
First Day of Classes Aug. 25, 2021

Uncommon Air

There’s something different about the air up here, and we wanted to give you a taste of what it will be like when you arrive as a new student.

Enroll Now
Join us for this uncommon educational experience by submitting your enrollment deposit on your Applicant Status Page.

Enrollment Checklist

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! By helping you complete the heavy lifting now, Sewanee's comprehensive enrollment checklist allows you to focus on the hard stuff before move-in this August. Login to your Applicant Status Page to begin working on your Enrollment Checklist. The checklist will go live for all deposited students in late February.

A sample of Your Enrollment Checklist 
  • Activate your Sewanee Email account.
  • Complete your Residential Life form.
  • Begin the course selection process.
  • Submit your photo for your Sewanee ID card.
Seeking credit?

After paying their enrollment deposit, incoming students are asked to complete the Academic Inventory form on their Enrollment Checklist. This form provides instructions on how to send and receive credit for Advanced Placement (AP), Cambridge International A-Level, Dual Enrollment, or International Baccalaureate Higher Level (IB) courses. Please review the online catalogue for more details. 

Choose Your Preferred Visit

Self-Guided & Guided Campus Tours

We think it's important you step foot on campus and imagine yourself here. Guided tours are limited so please schedule your visit today. 

Virtual Admitted Student Events

We are offering a variety of admitted student events in addition to what you see above to bring Sewanee to you, virtually. Some admitted students are invitation only. Feel free to reach out to your admission counselor if you have any questions about these events.

Classes

We understand the importance of seeing yourself in a Sewanee classroom. Sit in on an actual Sewanee class, sign up for a virtual pre-health advising session, or view a recorded class. We are offering the opportunity for admitted students to participate in a pre-health advising session or to visit a current Zoom class during March and April.

The Sewanee Sessions

The Sewanee Sessions are a series of informative panels from current Sewanee students, faculty, and staff designed to give you another glimpse of what life at Sewanee might be like for four years. These webinars are a chance for you to explore all that Sewanee has to offer from the comfort of your living room.

More Virtual Options

We're offering a variety of virtual visits for anyone who would like to learn more about Sewanee. From live sessions to recorded ones, choose a virtual visit that works with your schedule.

Ask a Sewanee Student

Connect with the experts! Ask the important questions about campus life, living, dining, belonging, favorite spots on campus, weekend life, athletics, clubs and organizations, and so much more. 

Sewanee Families

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 to visit this link. See you on the Mountain soon.

A HOME FOR FLOURISHING

THE UNIVERSITY WELLNESS COMMONS

THE UNIVERSITY WELLNESS COMMONS
With fitness, health and counseling services, and the Sewanee Outing Program all housed in one spectacular location, Sewanee’s newly opened Wellness Commons relocates student well-being to the center of campus and campus life.

Leadership Opportunities

The Bonner Leaders Program

Sewanee’s Bonner Leaders apply for a four-year service internship and leadership program as they are being admitted to the University. As a Bonner, you will complete the Bonner path to service, which starts with establishing connections with community partners and ends with you taking full leadership responsibility.

The Carey Fellows Program

Students seeking a more intensive business studies educational experience may apply to become a Carey Fellow, Sewanee's business honors program. Carey Fellows complete requirements beyond the normal coursework—including a semester-long, paid internship—that prepare them for leadership positions.

The Hippocrates Fellowship Program

For students with career goals in medicine, the designation as a Hippocrates Fellow brings with it a mark of distinction and special opportunities to ensure a strong start to the pre-medical experience at Sewanee during the freshman year and continued success beyond.

My Sewanee Story: Watson Hartsoe

This is Watson's story. What will your Sewanee story be?

Watson Hartsoe
Longboarder, anthropology major, youth mentor, rocketman.

Our COVID Plans

We know selecting a college got a lot more difficult during a global pandemic. We want you to know you'll be in the best care on the Mountain. Check out how we handled arrival and move-in, orientation, testing and masking protocols, classes, and so much more!

Gap Years

Considering a Gap Year? Admitted students may apply to defer enrollment for a full academic year—a gap year—to work, travel, or pursue other productive interim opportunities.

Have questions? No problem.

We know moving into a new home can be stressful. That's why we surveyed those who just went through their first year here at Sewanee to help you answer your questions. Check out a list of answers to questions frequently asked by incoming students and their families. If it's not on there, no worries! Email your admission counselor, who will be with you every step of the way.

On the Domain

Tour your new playground, your laboratory, your new home on the Cumberland plateau.

Nate Wilson
University of the South Domain Manager Nate Wilson takes you on a tour of Sewanee's 13,000 acre campus.

Sewanee Outing Program's PRE Orientation (PRE)

PRE-Orientation offers incoming first year students the opportunity to get to know Sewanee in a unique and exciting atmosphere. While familiarizing themselves with the 13,000-acre Domain, students meet other first-year students and upperclassmen in an environment that creates trust and establishes new friendships.

Whether rock climbing for the first time, crawling through winding passages in Walker Springs Cave, or building a house with Sewanee Outreach, PRE-Orientation provides memories and friendships that will last a lifetime. Registration will open in mid-April 2021.

 

The Sewanee Outing Program (SOP)

On SOP trips, students learn valuable leadership and technical skills while gaining a greater appreciation for the natural world.

Joyce & Rob
The Sewanee Outing Program (SOP) gives students the chance to explore Sewanee’s 13,000-acre campus, the surrounding region, and wilderness areas across the United States.

Finding your place (fyp)

Why does place matter? Places speak to us through our senses and their sense of community, through their stories and their history, through the environment and the culture—but the truth is, it takes time and attention to make a place your own. This program is a great way to get started. 

Finding Your Place is a program that introduces new students to campus, coursework, professors, and classmates. Its place-based approach synthesizes knowledge and experiences across many disciplines and prepares students for an engaged life in and beyond Sewanee. Registration will open in mid-April 2021.

Walking in Place

Geology Professor Bran Potter leads a field visit to explore the geology and hydrology of Lost Cove during Sewanee’s Finding Your Place program.

Finding Your Place
FYP is a serious academic endeavor. You will study hard and push yourself to examine topics and perspectives that you may not have considered before. Don’t worry, that’s good. That’s what Sewanee is all about.

Career Prep

Whether your immediate postgraduate goal is graduate school or a career, the Sewanee Career Center is here to give you a hand from the very beginning.

Starting your freshman year, the Career Center staff will encourage you to look into summer internships. Then, they’ll tell you all about the endowed internship funds that provide over $617,000 to Sewanee students pursuing otherwise-unpaid internships and research opportunities each summer.

The Career Center also works with our students after graduation to see how they’re faring in the “real world.” Here’s what they found out about the Class of 2019 seven months after graduation: 

  • 97% of graduates were employed, in graduate/professional school, or pursuing internships or fellowships.
  • 70.5% were employed.
  • 14% were in graduate or professional school.

Our dynamic Outcomes Infographic can show you even more about the fields that Sewanee’s academic programs prepare you for. If you really like a lot of information, check out where graduates have landed since 2010. It's sorted by academic major. 

Beyond the Gates

Amy Hobeika, C'92
A microbiology class at Sewanee sparked an interest in Amy Hobeika, C’92, that led to a career in medical research. Today, as a faculty member at Duke University, Hobeika is conducting research that may lead to the development of cancer vaccines.

The Sewanee Pledge  

Sewanee has taken a leading role in making a first-rate education more accessible, with personalized scheduling and advising, and having honor as a central pillar of life on the Domain. Now, we have deepened our commitment by adding new guarantees for new students.

  • We pledge—to help Sewanee graduates secure good jobs and spots at top graduate programs by providing funding for a summer internship or research fellowship.
  • We pledge—to help Sewanee graduates find their place in an increasingly interconnected world by providing you with access to a semester-long study-abroad program at no additional tuition cost.
  • We pledge—that you will graduate in four consecutive years (with one major). If you do not, Sewanee will provide up to one additional year of study tuition-free.

Of course, you will have to do your part, too. But if you meet Sewanee’s academic and social expectations, we pledge—we guarantee—to make these opportunities available to you.

The Sewanee Pledge

The Sewanee Pledge
Guaranteed funding for a summer internship or research fellowship. Study abroad for a semester at no additional tuition cost. Graduate in four years.

More about Sewanee

Visit Sewanee
Welcome to the Domain

A visit to the Domain (it's what we call our 13,000-acre campus) is the best way to determine if Sewanee is a good fit for you. Once you set foot on campus, spend time with our students and professors, or take a stroll through Abbo's Alley, we are confident that Sewanee will find its way into your heart.

Come see us
Programs of Study
38 Majors, 44 Minors, 15 special programs, & More

Our small classes mean that your voice will be heard, your contribution will be expected, and your opinion will be listened to (and disagreed with, and challenged, and seen from a different perspective, and pushed in a new direction, and considered—and you know what? Maybe we’re both right. See how it works?).

Explore Majors & Minors
Campus Life
Welcome movers, shakers, dreamers, explorers, and soon-to-be lifelong friends.

We're a community where everyone has a place and there's a place for everyone. Group study? We'll bring our notes. Rock climbing? We're geared up and ready. Jam session? Sure, we'll play with you. Whatever you want to do, at Sewanee, you'll never have to go it alone. Unless you need your space. Then, we totally get it.

You belong here