2025-2026 Calendar
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November 1, 2024
All Students
- Complete the 2025-2026 Continuing Student Scholarship Application
- All students can begin completing the 2025-2026 Continuing Student Scholarship Application November 1. The deadline is February 1, 2025.
November 15, 2024
2025 Incoming Freshmen
- Early Action Admission Deadline
- Students must have submitted a complete admissions application by November 15 for priority scholarship consideration.
December 1, 2024
All Students
- Complete the 2025-2026 FAFSA when available
- The 2025-2026 FAFSA is slated to open in early December 2024. Complete it as soon as possible using 2023 tax data.
Upon Applying to OHIO
2025 Incoming Freshmen
- Activate your OHIO ID
- Activate your OHIO ID to access your OHIO e-mail and the housing contract. Your birth date and personal identification (PID) number are all you need to activate your online OHIO access.
January 1, 2025
All Students
- Complete the 2025-2026 FAFSA , if not previously completed.
- Complete the FAFSA beginning in December. FAFSA results should be received by OHIO's first-priority consideration date of February 15.
Early January 2025
2025 Incoming Freshmen
- Submit Housing Contract/Commuter Exemption Form
- Submitting the housing contract or commuter exemption form confirms your intent to enroll at OHIO. The deadline to confirm your intent is May 1.
Early January 2025
All Athens Campus Students
- Choose Dining Plan
- Choose from a variety of dining plan options.
Early January 2025
All Residential Students
- Pay Housing Deposit
- Pay the $200 housing deposit soon to retain any scholarships you have been offered and to secure 2025-2026 residence hall placement.
February 1, 2025
Continuing Students
- Continuing Student Scholarship Application Deadline
- All continuing students must complete the Continuing Student Scholarship application by February 1.
Early-February 2025
2025 Incoming Freshmen
- Register for Bobcat Student Orientation
- Register online beginning in February to attend a session of Bobcat Student Orientation.
February 15, 2025
2025 Incoming Freshmen
- OHIO's 2025-2026 First-Priority FAFSA Consideration Date
- Priority financial aid offers are provided to students whose FAFSA results are received at OHIO by February 15, 2025.
- Updated GPA and/or Test Score Receipt Deadline
- Revised credentials, including GPA and ACT/SAT, if you choose to submit test scores, received by February 15 will be used for scholarship consideration.
Early March, 2025
2025 Incoming Freshmen
- Financial Aid Offers Mailed
- Initial freshmen Financial Aid Offers are mailed to students beginning in early March.
April, 2025
Continuing and Transfer Students
- Upperclass/Graduate/Transfer Financial Aid Notifications
- Continuing undergraduate, new transfer, and all graduate student Aid Offers are expected to be available in April. Check your To Do List to ensure all requirements are met.
May 1, 2025
All Students
- Pay Housing Deposit
- Paying the housing deposit or submitting your commuter exemption form confirms your intent to enroll at OHIO by May 1.
- Review Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog
- All students must review the Undergraduate or Graduate Catalog annually to stay up-to-date on University policies.
- Review Student Code of Conduct
- All students must review the Student Code of Conduct annually.
- Review Financial Aid Resources
- Make sure to review the Consumer Information to be aware of your rights and responsibilities as a student. Student loan borrowers review the Student Loan Code of Conduct.
Mid-May 2025
2025 Incoming Freshmen
- Final High School Transcript Request
- Request final high school transcripts be sent to Undergraduate Admissions .
Mid-May 2025
2025 Incoming Transfer Students
- OHIO's 2025-2026 First Priority FAFSA Consideration Date - Transfer Students
- Incoming transfer students must be admitted and complete the FAFSA by May 15 to be considered for first-priority financial aid.
Mid-May 2025
All Students
- Review Student To-Do List
- All students should review the To-Do List on the OHIO Student Center and complete any requirements listed.
June 2025
2025 Incoming Freshmen
- Attend Bobcat Student Orientation
- 2025 Bobcat Student Orientation is offered in June.
July 2025
All Students
- View Student Financial Account
- Student financial account balances are due August 21. Any unpaid balances after the 21st of each month are charged a 1.5% late fee assessed on remaining balance.
- Enroll in Monthly Payment Plan
- Students wishing to divide the account balance over three equal monthly payments may enroll in the monthly payment plan.
- Complete Alcohol Edu and Review Sexual Assault Education Programs
- Incoming students are required to complete Alcohol Educ and review the sexual assault education materials prior to coming to campus. All students should review this information annually.
August 2025
All Residential Students
- Fall Semester Move-In
- Fall move-in times are scheduled according to class rank and last name.
August 2025
All Students
- Fall Semester Account Balance Due Date
- Student financial account balances are due August 21. Any unpaid balances after the 21st of each month are charged a 1.5% late fee assessed on the remaining balance.
- Fall Semester Opening
- Fall Semester begins Monday, August 25.