Incoming First-Year Students: Summer Registration Timeline
Matriculate: this is the transition from the admissions process to being an active CU student
- Online Student Experience becomes available
- Make sure to read all email communications from New Student Family Programs (NSFP) in your CU email
- Students are assigned to an advisor in late May.
Note:
- There are no registration advising appointments available until June 15
- Have a general question? Email the advisors, but students should expect to wait for specific advising until June or July
- If you haven’t completed your Online Student Experience, do it now! You will need to complete it in order to be assigned a registration window!
- Explore Buff Portal and start familiarizing yourself with how to access your information and resources.
- Email your final transcripts to CU Boulder's Admissions Office or send by mail:
Regent Administrative Center 125
University of Colorado Boulder
552 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0552
- Select an enrollment window on Buff Portal. Everyone will have equal access to classes, regardless of your enrollment window.
- Plan ahead: Make an appointment with your academic advisor during your enrollment window. Your appointment will be conducted over email, phone or in person, if you are a local student. To find out more about setting up an appointment with your advisor, see your academic advisor’s biography.
- Watch for communications from the college that will tell you more about pre-enrolled courses and CommRAP courses.
- Learn the status of any AP/IB credits and how they transfer for credit into CU Boulder. If you have questions about transfer courses or course credit, contact CU Boulder Registrar's Office.
- Review the online degree audit on Buff Portal. Become familiar with this tool prior to your advising appointment.
- Registration windows for incoming first-year students: Select your enrollment window through Buff Portal after completing your Online Student Experience.
- Week 1: July 6-9
- Week 2: July 13-16
- Week 3: July 20-23
- Week 4: July 27-30
- Use CU Boulder's updated Class Search to add courses to your shopping cart, which are stored on Buff Portal.
- Remember to plan ahead: Make an appointment with your academic advisor during your enrollment window. Your appointment will be conducted over email, phone or in person, if you are a local student. To find out more about setting up an appointment with your advisor, see your academic advisor’s biography.
- Prepare for Fall Welcome: Updates will be provided through NSFP.
- Last enrollment window for incoming first-year students: Aug. 3-6
- Watch for updates from campus housing
- Open enrollment begins on Aug. 19. This is when students can adjust their schedules.
Watch for important upcoming dates and deadlines.
Deadlines: Add, Drop and Withdraw
Transfer Students: Summer Timeline
