2024-2025 Academic Calendar (subject to change)
FALL SEMESTER 2024
| Arrival of New students | SAT AUG 17 |
| Registration & drop/add | TUE AUG 20 |
| Classes Begin | WED AUG 21 |
| Last Day to add and drop (no grade) courses | TUE AUG 27 |
| Drop with grade of 'W' begins | WED AUG 28 |
| Labor Day- no classes | MON SEP 2 |
| Follows a Monday Schedule | WED SEP 4 |
| Last day to make a grading change | WED SEP 18 |
| Autumn Recess | SAT OCT 5 - TUE OCT 8 |
| Classes Resume at 8:00 am | WED OCT 9 |
| Mid-Term | FRI OCT 11 |
| Progress Reports due at NOON | MON OCT 14 |
| Spring 2025 Pre-registration begins | THU OCT 24 |
| Last Day to withdraw, request LOA or drop a class with grade of 'W' | WED NOV 6 |
| Election Day (no classes) | TUE NOV 5 |
| Thanksgiving Recess | WED NOV 27 - SUN DEC 1 |
| Classes Resume at 8:00 am | MON DEC 2 |
| Last day of classes | WED DEC 4 |
| Reading Day | THU DEC 5 |
| Final Examinations | FRI DEC 6 - FRI DEC 13 |
| Last Day of Fall 2024 | FRI DEC 13 |
| Grades Due | MON DEC 16 |
SPRING SEMESTER 2025
| Registration and drop/add | TUE JAN 7 |
| Classes begin | WED JAN 8 |
| Last Day to add and drop (no grade) courses | TUE JAN 14 |
| Drop with a grade of "W' begins | WED JAN 15 |
| Holiday-Martin Luther King Day | MON JAN 20 |
| Follows a Monday Schedule | WED JAN 22 |
| Last day to make a grading change | WED FEB 5 |
| Mid-Term | WED FEB 26 |
| Progress Reports due at NOON | FRI FEB 28 |
| Spring Recess | MON MAR 10-SUN MAR 16 |
| All Offices closed for spring break | FRI MAR 14 |
| Classes resume at 8:00 a.m. | MON MAR 17 |
| Last day to withdraw, request LOA or drop a class with a grade of 'W' | FRI MAR 28 |
| Fall 2025 Pre-registration begins | THU MAR 27 |
| Celebrating Student Achievement (no classes) | THU APR 10 |
| Easter Recess | FRI APR 18 - SUN APR 20 |
| Classes resume at 8:00 am | MON APR 21 |
| Last day of classes | FRI APR 25 |
| Reading Days | SAT APR 26, WED APR 30 |
| Final Examinations | MON APR 28 - TUE MAY 6 |
| Last Day of Spring 2025 | TUE MAY 6 |
| Commencement | SAT MAY 10 |
| Grades due for all students at NOON | MON MAY 12 |
SUMMER SEMESTER 2025
Classes will not meet Monday, May 26; Thursday, June 19; or Friday, July 4.
| First five-week session | 5/19 – 6/20* | Final grades due 6/23 |
| Second five-week session | 6/23 – 7/25 | Final grades due 7/28 |
| First three-week session | 5/19 – 6/06 | Final grades due 6/9 |
| Second three-week session | 6/09 – 6/27 | Final grades due 6/30 |
| Third three-week session | 6/30 – 7/18 | Final grades due 7/21 |
| Full Summer session | 5/19 – 7/25 | Final grades due 7/28 |
*First five-week courses, which run M-TH, hold class on Friday, June 13.
This calendar is subject to periodic review and change. Such changes will be distributed to the Meredith community and will be available in the Registrar’s Office.