Fall First-Year Student Guide

Take a moment to enjoy this incredible milestone in your life – you’re going to college! We can’t wait to celebrate with you. Join us for an Accepted Student Day event on March 29 or April 27, or an Accepted Student Tour offered most weekdays. Learn more at easternct.edu/visit.

Using the credentials and link on your acceptance letter or email, log in to your Eastern portal. Throughout the admission and enrollment process, your portal will continue to be updated with event registrations and other important information.

Be sure to complete your FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) as soon as possible to ensure a timely financial aid offer. Once your aid offer is available, we’ll mail you a copy and you may view your offer online by following steps 1-10 on this page: www.easternct.edu/accept-aid.

Your Office 365 e-mail account is the primary source of communication between you and Eastern. Your credentials are in your Admissions Portal, and account activation/deposit submission instructions are in your portal and linked here.

Commit to being a Warrior! Deposits must be submitted to reserve courses and residence hall space by
May 1. To submit your deposit, refer to these instructions; call us at (860) 465-5286 with any questions.

Students living on-campus: $450 non-refundable tuition and housing deposit
Students living off-campus: $200 non-refundable tuition deposit

Visit Housing & Residential Life's website for detailed application instructions after submitting the deposits in Step 5. On the housing application, you may rank your top three residence halls. Want a refresher of the different options available for first-year students? Click here for a brief overview.

Building assignments begin in April and will be determined in a first-come, first-served manner based on the date your housing deposit is paid and the application is submitted. Roommate assignments are made in early June.

SOAR (Student Orientation, Advising and Registration) is an overnight orientation program in the
summer designed to introduce all new first-year students to life on campus. You’ll meet other new
students, student leaders, faculty and staff, become acclimated to campus and finalize your class
schedule.

In-Person Orientation Dates: June 16-17, June 22-23, June 26-27, or June 30-31.

New first-year students must also complete our Orientation Online program by August 15.

To register for in-person SOAR and to access Orientation Online, visit
www.easternct.edu/orientation.

 

Please go to Health Services for the required health forms. Be sure to review the “Five Things You Need to Read” form.

After you have submitted your deposit(s), you will receive information from the Advising Center
regarding fall course registration. If applicable, you will also receive instructions about English and/or
Mathematics placement assessments.

The Advising Center will use your survey responses and placement testing to register you for your fall classes; you do not need to register yourself.

Please see this page for more information about advising and registration.

Make sure your final high school transcript as well as any Advanced Placement exam scores and transcripts for college-level courses are submitted to the Office of Admissions as soon as possible.

Please follow the steps on this page to accept or decline any federal student loans that you were offered: www.easternct.edu/accept-aid. You will also need to complete your Entrance Counseling Exam and Master Promissory Note, which are linked on that page. If you were offered a merit scholarship or grant(s), those will be automatically accepted for you.