New Student Checklist

Sign up for one of the ARCH sessions before June 1. ARCH will be offered both in person and virtually in June.

The Mathematics Placement Exam, Reading Plus Assessment, and the Student Success Inventory are mandatory and must be completed prior to June 1. Other placement exams may be required or recommended based on your academic interests and past course work. Please visit our Placement Exams page to learn more about and take the placement exams.

Complete your Housing Application. Please visit this page for step by step instructions. Housing placement and roommate information will be sent out to new students via their College of Wooster email address. If you have questions about living on campus, please visit Residence Life.

Every Wooster students needs to have a laptop computer. Chrome books or other tablet computers will not work. Please review all of the recommendations found here.

You will receive an email from the Financial Aid Office when it is time to finalize your financial aid. Please check your Wooster email regularly.

Please submit an ID photo using the link below.  Your submission must be a head and neck photo with a plain background. Hats, sunglasses, objects and friends are not permitted in the photo. Please use a JPEG formatted picture with proper lighting and do not add a filter.

If you have questions, email Becky Frybarger at rfrybarger@wooster.edu.

Please complete the online FERPA release form. The Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records, both financial and academic. For the student’s protection, FERPA limits release of student record information without the student’s explicit written consent; however, it also gives the student’s parent(s)/guardian the right to review those records if the parent(s)/guardian claim the student as a dependent on their federal income tax return.

The Academic Resource Center will begin review of all disability support accommodation requests in June. Housing and dining applications are due June 1. Academic accommodation requests are accepted on a rolling basis, and for timely review should be submitted before August 1.

The Academic Resource center will hold informational meetings during in-person ARCH sessions for students and families interested in learning about our Disability Support Services. Individual appointments via Microsoft Teams, phone, and/or email are available as needed. Please use this booking link to schedule an appointment.

Please watch for emails about important information just for International and Global Nomad students. Check your Wooster email often.

The RAVE Guardian app allows you to connect directly with Campus Safety and allows you to receive emergency alerts.

The information requested on the Office of Marketing and Communication Questionnaire will be used in the production of media releases about your activities and accomplishments during the next four years at The College of Wooster. If you prefer that no releases be sent, you may indicate that on the form.

Please follow the directions to submit contact information including your cell phone number, non-Wooster email, home phone, and alternative emergency contact, such as a parent or other family member. This information will NOT be used for general announcements, only for emergency notifications.