Important Dates and Next Steps

Immediate Next Steps

• Register for your VUnetID and enroll in DUO Multi-Factor Authentication. (After you pay your matriculation fee, you will receive an email from the Office of the University Registrar with instructions.) Click here for detailed instructions.

• Check your Vanderbilt email over the summer for a series of newsletters and important information about life on campus.

• Log in to your YES Portal to ensure you complete your checklist before arriving on campus. Note it takes up to four days for changes in YES to appear within the portal.

• Apply for housing. (2025-26 Housing Application will be available in April.)

• Submit an official copy of your final high school or college transcript to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. The transcript should be submitted through the application platform through which you applied or via email to admissions@vanderbilt.edu.

• Complete the Guarantor Authorization and Debt Repayment Agreement.

• International transfer students: Determine if you will attend International Student Orientation. If so, email residentialcolleges@vanderbilt.edu to be placed in an international orientation group.

• International students: Check the email you used to apply for Vanderbilt admission and your Vanderbilt email frequently for important updates regarding visas, and travel arrangements.

• Families: Submit your email address on the Parents and Family Programs website to receive their newsletters.