Deadlines
Fall Term 2024
August 26 – December 21, 2024
April 1 - August 30, Monday–Friday: Enrollment for fall 2024 continuing students for all undergraduates and for graduates in Dedman College, Lyle, Meadows and Simmons.
May - August: Virtual Orientation experiences for new first-year and transfer undergraduate students. Moreinformationabout Virtual Orientation isavailablefrom the Office of the Student Experience, Student Affairs,214-768-4560,/studentaffairs/newstudent.
August 25, Sunday: Opening Convocation, McFarlin Auditorium.
August 25, Sunday: Last day to submit a request for cancellation/withdrawal from all courses with no tuition charges. (Undergraduate students visit smu.edu/leaverequest. Graduate students contact academic school of record.) This deadline applies to ALL courses scheduled in the term regardless of the start date.
August 26, Monday: First day of classes.
August 30, Friday: Last day to enroll, add a course, or drop a course without tuition billing while remaining enrolled for the term.
September 2, Monday: Labor Day. University offices closed.
September 9, Monday: Last day to drop a course without academic record (tuition charges apply). Last day to withdraw from the university without academic record (withdrawal refund schedule applies). See Bursar’s website for more information.
September 11, Wednesday: Last day to declare no-credit grading option for a course (see UG catalog for specific information). Last day to request an excused absence for the observance of a religious holiday. Last day to file for graduation in December. (Fall Census Date)
September 27-28, Friday-Saturday: Family Weekend.
October 1, Tuesday: Degree Planner completion required for undergraduate students.
October 1, Tuesday: Early intervention grades due for undergraduate students.
October 2, Wednesday: Last day for continuing undergraduate students to change their majors before November enrollment.
October 7-8, Monday-Tuesday: Fall Break
October 28, Monday: Midterm grades due for undergraduate students.
November 1-2, Friday - Saturday: Homecoming Weekend.
November 4, Monday: 60 percent point of the term that federal financial aid has been earned if a student officially withdraws from SMU; prior to this date a partial calculated return to federal programs will be required.
November 4-22, Monday–Friday: Enrollment for spring 2025 continuing students for all undergraduates and graduates in Dedman College, Lyle, Meadows and Simmons.
November 14, Thursday: Last day for December graduation candidates to change grades of Incomplete, and to obtain a final grade for a grade of X or a missing grade from a previous term.
November 18, Monday: Students may begin applying for May graduation. The deadline to apply for graduation is February 5, 2025.
November 26, Tuesday: Last day to: declare a course pass/fail (see UG catalog for specific information), drop a course (grade of W), and withdraw from the University (grades of W). (This date does not apply to courses in which the last class meeting and final exam have occurred.)
November 27, Wednesday: No classes.
November 28-29, Thursday–Friday: Thanksgiving holiday. University offices closed.
December 4-9, Wednesday-Monday: No final examinations or unscheduled tests and papers.
December 5, Thursday: Last day for oral/written examinations for December graduate degree candidates.
December 9, Monday: Last day of classes.
December 10-11, Tuesday-Wednesday: Reading day.
December 12-18, Thursday-Wednesday: Examinations. (No examinations scheduled for Sunday).
December 20, Friday: December Rotunda Recessional.
December 21, Saturday: December Commencement. Official close of term and conferral of degrees.
December 23 - January 1, Monday-Wednesday: University closed.
December 25, Wednesday: Christmas Day.