Get Ready for Classes!Your first semester at NYU will introduce you to important works of the ancient world, through the Arts & Cultures and Global Works & Society classes. You will also hone your essay writing skills in Writing as Exploration, and select an elective in a field of interest or to meet a requirement for your intended major. The classes you take will build upon these themes and prepare you to finish the core requirements as a sophomore.
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Spring 2026 Registration Guide:
We have created a comprehensive document with everything you need to know about how and where to register! Please review carefully as it was designed to answer most, if not all, of your questions including how to use Albert, which courses are required, suggestions for a fourth course and University resources.
Click here for the Spring 2026 Registration Guide - please read it carefully before you attend a Registration Webinar or meet with your advisor! Course listings for the spring semester will go live on October 20th, but again, please make sure you read the Registration Guide FIRST before you start searching for classes.
Prehealth Students and Science majors: Pay special attention to pages 13 through 15.
Spring 2026 Class Registration Webinar:Register for and attend one of our live Class Registration Webinars (schedule below) to hear about key steps for choosing and enrolling in your spring classes. Be sure to register and save the date for the correct webinar based on your academic advisor and advising group. A list of the dates and times for the webinars follows. If needed, you can check your academic advisor in NYU Connect. Lacey Campbell's Webinar (New York Fern & New York Ironweed) Thursday, October 30: 10am, EST, Zoom registration link
Danny Velardo's Webinar (Eastern Grey Squirrel & Winter Owl) Wednesday, October 29: 6pm EST, Zoom registration link
Also mark your calendar for other important dates listed below as your prepare for your arrival at NYU!
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- RSVP for the Registration webinar above, and be sure to attend!
- Obtain and begin reading the assigned book for NYU Reads, Orbital, by Samantha Harvey, to be discussed at orientation. Click on the link above to learn how you can access a free digital copy of the book through the NYU Library.
- Apply for housing on 10/15! Access to the housing application on the NYU Home Housing Forms card begins October 15th. You should complete the application and submit the $1000 housing reservation payment by November 15th. Housing assignment notices will be distributed beginning in mid-January, which will include all check-in details.
- Review the pre-requisite and placement policies for math (additional details are included in the Registration Guide).
- Remember to accept any financial aid awards on NYU Albert via the Accept/Decline Financial Aid link and follow the instructions.
- Remember to submit proof of high school graduation to NYU Admissions.
- Register for services & academic accommodations if needed with the NYU Moses Center for Student Accessibility.
- Review the Dates & Deadlines page.
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Spring 2026 BrightspaceBrightspace is the platform that your NYU professors will use to post course information and assigments. To get you accustomed to using Brightspace, we've created the LS Spring 2026 Brightspace page! Make sure to complete the modules that go over using NYU Albert, class registration, and more! There are also four themed discussion forums open for you to chat with other LS Spring 2026 students. You'll receive notifications and reminders from the LS Spring Brightspace as well over the rest of your gap semester.
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November:- Read the November newsletter, to be sent Friday, November 7.
- Sign up for the Wasserman Career Workshop: Tips & Tricks Searching for On-Campus Jobs that will be held on Zoom on Tuesday November 11th from 10AM-11AM EST (RSVP links forthcoming)
- Submit any advanced standing credit you earned in high school. You can confirm whether NYU has received it by checking your Albert Student Center, clicking on "Grades and Transcripts" and "Test Scores."
- Register for classes on Thursday, November 20th (Time to be announced).
December:- Receive and review your Spring 2026 tuition invoice - contact the Bursar if you have any questions!
- If you took a class over the gap semester, be sure to have an official transcript sent directly to your academic advisor once you've received a grade in the course(s).
- Look out for information regarding move-in and Spring 2026 Orientation!
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Spring Start SpotlightEach month during your gap semester, we will feature one of our outstanding students who began LS as a Spring Start. This month, we are featuring another of our amazing LS Student Leaders, Itzel Trinidad-Vidal. Read Itzel's thoughts below:
Hi all! I am Itzel Trinidad Vidal, a junior from Puerto Rico studying Psychology on a Pre-Medical Track and minoring in Chemistry. I was once a Spring Start just like you two years ago. Now, I am more than halfway done with my undergraduate degree.
The first thing I want to say is: it gets better. I know it feels like an eternity before you get to come to NYU, but trust me, your gap semester will fly by. I am not lying when I say my gap semester was one of the best times of my life. I stayed home, got ahead on credits at a local university, and worked as a barista. My days consisted of maybe 2-3 hours of classes and studying, then 4-hour shifts at my local coffee shop, and then straight to the gym. After that, I would go to the beach or catch up with a friend or two. I spent so much time with my family, but most importantly, I spent a lot of time with myself.
My gap semester was a much-needed break after trying so hard in high school to get into college, but guess what…You are already in. You made it. The hard part is done. Enjoy yourself. A gap semester is a unique experience that not everyone has the privilege of having. Do not let your friends who started in the fall make you feel any less because you are starting in the spring. Anyway, who cares? You are still graduating with them, but in a cooler way because you get to do a summer semester in NYC. Nothing, and I mean nothing, compares to summer in the city.
Please, contact me if you have any questions or just want an upperclassman's perspective. P.S. for all the pre-meds out there. No, being a Spring Start is not going to affect you negatively, but contact me if you have any worries or need any advice. Okay bye!
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