Fall 2025 Important Dates

Deadlines and other significant dates are added as they become available. Please check back regularly for updates.

August 2025

6-8Summer Students move to Fall Assignments 
11Fall Waitlist and Vacancy Requests Available at Noon 
18Early Arrivals (Jumpstart) Check-In 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM A&E Center 
20Incoming First Year & Transfer Student Arrivals Check-In 9:00 AM-4:00 PM A&E Center 
23 & 24Upper Year Student Move-In Check-In 9:00 AM-4:30 PM A&E Center 
25Classes Begin 
29Fall Wait List and Vacancy Requests Due 

September 2025

01Labor Day – No Classes Office of Residential Life Closed
 
10Room Freeze Ends
22-24Rosh Hashanah

October 2025

2-3

 Fall Break - No Classes

17-19Family Weekend
20Block 2 Begins
24-26Homecoming Weekend

November 2025

04Spring 2026 Registration Begins
10Students returning from a leave may:
   Create/update their housing preferences on the Housing Portal.
   Email their roommate groups to housing@ithaca.edu
15Cortaca Jug Game
18Spring Housing Assignment Process opens for New Students on the Housing Portal starting at noon 
19Winter Vacancy Requests Available on the Housing Portal
22Break Housing Begins
22-30Thanksgiving Break No Classes
24-25The Office of Residential Life and Student Conduct abbreviated hours 9am-5pm
27-30The Office of Residential Life and Student Conduct will be Closed
30Break Housing Ends

December 2025

01Block 2 Classes Resume 8:00a.m.
5Winter Vacancy Requests Due
Housing Preferences due for continuing students returning from a leave
12-17Final Exams 
18All residence halls close for Winter Break at 12:00 noon, except for Circles, Gardens, Tallcott, and Terrace 6.
18Housing Preferences due for newly admitted students for the spring semester
22Late Departure  Housing Ends at 10:00am
24-5Office of Residential Life Closed for Winter Break