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Moving In/Moving Out

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  • January 20-30: Schedule-adjustment period and late registration
  • January 30: Last day to submit meal plan changes for the spring semester
  • January 30: Last day to declare or retract an Audit grading option
  • February 2-13: Add a course with a fee until February 6. You may withdraw with a grade of with a $25 fee until the end of the 10th academic week (March 27).
  • February 13: LAST DAY for students to submit course work to faculty to remove an Incomplete and to change grading option to Credit/No-credit.
  • February 19: LAST DAY to withdraw, without a grade penalty, from a half-semester course
  • More Important Dates & Times

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Welcome Parents and Guardians of Newly Accepted St. Mary's Students

If you are the parent or guardian of a student who has just made the decision to join the St. Mary’s College community, welcome. This has been a big decision for your student--perhaps the most important one that they have yet had to make. We hope that you will find useful the Parent area of our Web site as you help your student complete the housing forms, look at the schedule of classes, and generally do all of the things they must do to move to St. Mary's.

For First-Year Parents
Your parenting job is not over, it is just changing. You are entering the Launching Phase of parenting. As students enter into adulthood, it's important for parents to begin acting as coaches and advisers, helping their sons an daughters make good decisions without "telling them what to do" or "rescuing" them. Here are some ways you can express your caring and enhance your child's growth into adulthood as well as his or her experience at St. Mary's.

More from the Parent Handbook

Did you know...?
The average GPA for residents is higher than for commuters and residents are typically more involved in campus activities.

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