Action Items for Newly-Admitted Yale College Students
Congratulations on your acceptance to Yale Summer Session! We’re thrilled to welcome you to campus this summer. This page outlines key steps you need to take before arriving. Be sure to regularly check the email address you used for your application for important updates and next steps. If you're not receiving emails from our office after admission, please contact us.
Pay Your Tuition and Other Fees
Once you are admitted to Yale Summer Session, an invoice for your tuition, housing, etc. is automatically generated. See how to pay your tuition and fees, our payment deadlines and more information on our Payment and Refunds page.
Contact Student Accessibility Services as Needed
Yale University is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities in order to provide equitable and inclusive learning environments. If you are a student with a disability and would like to request disability-related accommodations, the first step is to register with Yale Student Accessibility Services, where you can include information about your situation and upload supporting documentation. If you’ve previously been approved for accommodations at Yale, you simply need to renew accommodations for the summer term. Accommodations require early and quick planning in Yale Summer Session and are not provided retroactively, so please make contact as soon as possible.
Residential Accommodations
A student who requires a disability-related housing accommodation must complete the Student Accessibility Services (SAS) Accommodation Request form. Additionally, a Student Accessibility Services Housing form must be completed by the student's treating medical provider and submitted to SAS as supporting documentation. Information from medical documentation will only be shared with the appropriate Yale administrators when indicated for health and safety reasons.
A timely response is important. Once a room assignment has been made, it will not be possible to change it.
[cal] Request a Housing Accommodation
Session A: Monday, April 20, 2026
Session B: Monday, May 18, 2026
Many physicians have busy practices, and it can take time before they complete and return the required Student Accessibility Services Housing form. It is important that you contact your treatment provider well in advance of the deadline so that you can submit your request for housing accommodations with the appropriate documentation.
Food Allergies/Medically Prescribed Dietary Plan
Yale Summer Session students who live on campus will dine in one of Yale's dining halls. When you are dining with us, we take your food allergies seriously and want to be considerate of your dietary needs. Students with food allergies must notify the University, through the Student Accessibility Services (SAS) so that plans can be made for necessary dietary considerations in dining halls.
Complete the Student Accessibility Services (SAS) Accommodation Request form to begin the process of establishing a dietary plan and provide supporting documentation outlining your needs to SAS when you submit the Accommodation Request form. If you have religious dietary needs, please email hospitalitynutrition@yale.edu.
Meet the Immunization Requirement
To live on campus and attend in-person courses, you must be compliant with your immunization requirements. Any delay in providing this information may cause you to have to switch to online courses (if available), or withdraw from Yale Summer Session.
Yale University requires all students who enroll at Yale and attending in-person to provide proof of immunizations. As soon as your NetID is activated, please see our immunization requirements and upload your required documents. Because this process can take some time, we recommend you start this as soon as your NetID is active.
[point] The immunization deadlines for Yale Summer Session are earlier than the deadlines for Yale College.
Provide a Photo for Your Yale Student ID Card
Your Yale Student ID card allows you to access Yale's libraries and buildings, and, if living on campus, your residential college, entryway, dining hall, and so much more. Once you have activated your Yale NetID, you can upload a photo for your Yale ID card on the Yale ID Center website. If your photo is not uploaded before the photo upload deadline, you may be delayed in receiving your ID card and will have difficulty accessing campus buildings at the beginning of your time at Yale Summer Session.
Photo Upload Deadlines
Session A: May 14, 2025*
Session B: June 18, 2025*
*These are the dates for Summer 2025. Updates will be made for 2026 in the weeks leading up to the opening of the application.
Check Your Email Regularly
We'll be sending you email newsletters and announcements before your arrival. Please read these emails for important updates.
Arrange Your Travel Plans to New Haven
See our travel information to learn how to get to the Yale campus, located in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. Make sure you check program dates and housing check in dates before you make your plans. You may not arrive early or stay late in our on campus housing.
Pack Your Bags
June is usually sunny and warm, and July and August are generally hotter and more humid months. Check the weather forecast for what the weather will be like when you are here. Students usually dress casually and comfortably. Bring a light sweater or light jacket for cool evenings. You may want to bring something nice for a special event or night out.
If you are living on campus, your room will have a bed, a desk, a chair, and a light. Bring a fan, towels, pillow, blanket and sheets (twin, extra-long) or buy them when you get here.
[note] Please note that Yale's residential colleges are not air conditioned.