Immunization Requirements
ASAP
Review the immunizations that you are required to receive before arriving on campus. You will not be able to register for classes until your immunization and tuberculosis documents have been received, reviewed, and approved for compliance by Student Health.
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Housing Application
June 15
Vanderbilt offers upper-division students three different types of on-campus housing: residential colleges, living learning communities, and traditional upper-division housing. Typically, transfer students are assigned to traditional double or triple rooms or vacancies in
suites/apartments on the main campus with continuing upper-division students, including resident advisers (RAs). To apply for housing, log into the Housing Portal via the Housing and Residential Experience website with your VUnetID. Once logged in, click on the Applications menu, and complete the Housing Application. Learn more about upper-division housing.
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Roommate Requests
June 15
Transfer students can submit roommate requests on the housing application. Roommate requests are not guaranteed, and only mutual requests are considered. Students will need the full name and VUnetID of their requested roommate in order to submit their request. Students should not finalize plans with their requested roommate until receiving their room assignment on or around August 9.
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Reasonable Housing Accommodation Requests
June 15
If you are seeking accessible housing accommodations due to a physical, psychological, or other disability-related limitation, contact Student Access prior to June 15. Review the information regarding reasonable accommodations and documentation guidelines. Following a decision that a housing accommodation is needed for access, Student Access will notify Housing and Residential Experience. The office will make every effort to find an appropriate and reasonable assignment as recommended by Student Access.
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Log into Your Enrollment Services (YES) Portal to check your progress on several of the critical tasks and input your emergency contact information. Note it takes up to four days for changes in YES to appear within the portal.
Other Action Items
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Honor Code: The Vanderbilt Honor Code serves as a cornerstone for academic integrity, fostering a culture of honesty and accountability within the university community. It entrusts students with the responsibility to complete their academic work independently, without unauthorized assistance. Upholding the Honor Code not only reinforces ethical values but also cultivates an environment conducive to genuine learning and scholarly excellence. Learn more about the Honor Code in the Student Handbook.
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Course Registration: Your Enrollment Services (YES) allows you to explore the class schedule for fall 2024 and to store your class selections in a shopping cart. You will receive a registration packet from your school this summer that will include the exact dates of your registration windows, information on how to match your class choices to the requirements in your school, and how to contact an adviser. Your packet will either be mailed to your home address or sent to your Vanderbilt Gmail address. You may review additional academic resources online.
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Transferring Credits: The External Education Unit will review previous coursework for newly admitted students once official final transcripts from other institution(s) are received. Courses that are already listed in the Transfer Credit Search tool, available through Your Enrollment Services (YES), will be posted to your Vanderbilt record. Learn more about transferring credits.
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Transfer Connect: Transfer Connect, a student organization whose members are Transfer Student Leaders (TSLs), offers support, guidance and community to transfer students throughout their transition to academic and student life at Vanderbilt. Over the summer, you will be assigned a TSL who will serve as your guide at orientation and peer mentor throughout the fall semester. TSLs facilitate transfer group meetings during Transfer Student Orientation, beginning on Transfer Student Move-In on August 16, and host ongoing programming open to all transfer students. Learn more about Transfer Connect.
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Textbooks: The Vanderbilt Bookstore makes it easy for you to get the right books for classes in a wide variety of formats, including new, used, digital (where available), rental and custom books. The bookstore also offers all the technology, school supplies, and Vandy gear you will need to start the year off right.
Note that used books can save you 25% and textbook rental can you students up to 80% off the cost of a new printed textbook.
To order, visit Vanderbilt Bookstore – Textbooks and Course Materials. The Vanderbilt Bookstore accepts the Commodore Card, cash, major credit cards, PayPal, gift cards and Apple Pay. Orders placed online may be picked up at the Vanderbilt Bookstore, located at 2525 West End Avenue.
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The Campus Reading: The Campus Reading for the 2024–25 academic year is I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times by Mónica Guzmán. The book was chosen by a committee of faculty and students and launches community-wide dialogue that begins during orientation and continues throughout the year across campus.
Incoming transfer students are invited to explore themes expressed in the book by participating in the Transfer Student Campus Reading Book Club. This optional experience includes reading the book online prior to Transfer Student Orientation, participating in a discussion dinner with Dean Gresalfi, and attending the Lawson Lecture wherein the author will be the keynote speaker.
To participate in the Transfer Student Campus Reading Book Club, RSVP for the discussion dinner. After you RSVP, you will be emailed instructions to access an online version of the book. For questions, email campus.reading@vanderbilt.edu.
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Welcome Website: Check your Vanderbilt Gmail over the summer for a series of newsletters and important information about life on campus.
Visit the Welcome Website at vanderbilt.edu/welcome to explore important dates, plan your to-do list, check out pre-arrival programs like our summer webinars, and so much more!
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Transfer Student Webinars: Visit the Transfer Student website for additional details regarding the 2024 Transfer Student Webinar Series. Webinars linked below will be offered through Microsoft Teams.
- Welcome from Residential Colleges and Transfer Credit Course Review | June 12, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. CT
Presented by Melissa Gresalfi, Ph.D., Dean of Residential Colleges and Residential Education; Roshaunda Ross-Orta, Director of Upper-Division Engagement, Residential Colleges; Molly Thompson, Senior Associate University Registrar
- Fellowship Opportunities for Transfer Students | June 26, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. CT
Presented by Elizabeth Harrington Lambert, Ph.D., Associate Director, Career Center
- Being YOU at VU: Exploring Your Identity on Campus | July 10, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. CT
Presented by Roshaunda Ross-Orta, Director of Upper-Division Engagement, Residential Colleges; Identity Center Leaders
- What I Wish I Knew as a VU Transfer Student: Tips from TSLs | July 24, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. CT
Presented by Grace Hollis, Program Coordinator, Residential Colleges; Transfer Student Leader Panelists
- Transfer Student Orientation and Transition Programs | August 7, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. CT
Presented by Roshaunda Ross-Orta, Director of Upper-Division Engagement, Residential Colleges; Grace Hollis, Program Coordinator, Residential Colleges
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Virtual Meet & Greets: Get to know your fellow incoming transfer students and connect with current Transfer Student Leaders over Zoom. Attendees will be entered into a prize drawing for attending! Link to join meet and greets. For students only.
- Monday, June 17 at 7:00 p.m. CT
- Tuesday, July 2 at 7:00 p.m. CT
- Wednesday, July 17 at 7:00 p.m. CT
- Thursday, August 1 at 7:00 p.m. CT
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