Getting Started
Your Mountaineer Timeline
September 15- WVU begins processing applications.
- Visit campus! Take a tour of campus through the Visitors Resource Center or attend a Mountaineer Visitation Day.
- See if you qualify for WVU-administered scholarships.
- If necessary, retake your ACT or SAT.
- WVU begins awarding scholarships.
- Housing starts to accept completed applications. You must pay your academic deposit to receive housing information!
- Pick up your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at your high school guidance office or the WVU Financial Aid Office.
- FAFSA is available online.
- Deadlines today:
- WVU-administered academic scholarship consideration.
- Priority for WVU admission.
- Housing roommate request.
- Housing assignments begin!
- Financial aid deadline for institutional need-based aid.
- West Virginia residents: deadline for PROMISE Scholarship and State Grant application
- Academic deposit priority deadline.
- Financial Aid award letters are mailed to admitted students.
- New Student Orientation information is sent to those who have paid the academic deposit.
- Last day to receive a full refund on your academic deposit.
- Deadline to register for New Student Orientation.
- Attend New Student Orientation.
- Submit final transcripts and/or immunization records.
- Attend the Seamless Transition Program
- Receive electronic bill for tuition, fees, and housing through your WVU MIX account.
Congratulations! You’re now a Mountaineer!
