First-year Student Check List
STEP 1
SECURE YOUR PLACE AT WSU (SUBMIT DEPOSIT)
We can't wait to welcome you to the WSU community. Your first step in getting here is to send in your deposit. Your acceptance letter informs you of when your deposit is due. After you send in your deposit, you can continue with Step 2. Contact Admissions at
508-929-8040 if you have any questions.
STEP 2
APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AID
Financial Aid website :: Administration Building, 1st Floor
COMPLETE YOUR MATH SIMULATIONS
Call Academic Success at 508-929-8111
ACCUPLACER PLACEMENT TESTING
Schedule your appointment to complete Accuplacer
placement testing and register for Fall 2010 classes.
Call Academic Success at 508-929-8111
What is the Accuplacer?RSVP and ATTEND ORIENTATION
SUBMIT YOUR FINAL TRANSCRIPTS
Tell your guidance office that you've been accepted and are coming to WSU so they can get all your official documents in- AP scores, CLEP tests, college transcripts for high-school sponsored college coursework.
HEALTH FORMS
Turn in all required Health forms (must be in before resident
students can move in; commuters before the start of classes).
STUDENT ID and PARKING PASS
Get your OneCard (student ID) and Parking Pass (Commuters
get both at the OneCard Office; Resident freshmen are not
eligible for a parking pass).
OneCard website :: Administration Building, 1st Floor
PAY YOUR BILL
Pay your bill at the Bursar's Office.
Administration Building, 1st Floor :: Ph: 508-929-8051
Bursar Office website
BUY YOUR LAPTOP
A laptop is required of all new students. Buy your laptop before the start of classes. Order through WSU
BOOKS
Buy your books (save money, buy early to get used books).
Bookstore website :: Student Center, 1st Floor
MEAL PLAN
WABASH ASSESSMENT
WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU...
GET INVOLVED
Athletics, Intramurals, Student Activities, work study jobs,
and non-work study part-time jobs. Work study jobs are posted outside of the Financial Aid office. Non-work study part-time jobs can be found in Academic and Administrative offices.
Athletics website :: Student Activities website
MAKE NOTE OF ACADEMIC CALENDAR DATES
SIGN UP TO GET EMERGENCY/WEATHER ALERTS
We strongly encourage all students to register your cell/home information in this system so that you receive important information in a timely fashion via your preferred method. (Even parents can register their contact information.) Your WSU email address is automatically registered for this free WSU Alert service, but the text-message option keeps you informed when you're on the go. Visit the emergency notification registration web page for more details.
PROVIDE YOUR EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION
We also strongly encourage all students to register your emergency contact information on WebAdvisor. This information is accessible to key staff at WSU, including Residence Life, University Police, Health Services and Human Resources, should you encounter a personal emergency situation such as needing immediate medical care.
GET READY TO MOVE IN (RESIDENTS)
LEARN WSU BUZZ WORDSBe familiar with important college words/terms (Buzz Words).
FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH OUR STUDENT PORTAL
Our student portal is called the community system and can be accessed by typing community.worcester.edu into your browser's url bar or by clicking the community button located at the bottom of WSU's website home page. There you will find Blackboard course material posted by your professors, WebAdvisor (schedules, registration, advising and grading), another entry point to your WSU Gmail account, as well as other, just-in-time resources. Important alerts from WSU's alert/emergency notification system are posted in full on the main community page.