Transfer Students: Start Building Your Colgate Experience Now

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Your Colgate experience isn’t just something that happens to you — it’s something you create.

Log in to your New Student Checklist portal to begin shaping your academic, social, and residential life. This goes beyond just checking boxes; it’s your first step in building a journey that is uniquely yours. Inside your portal, you’ll find the instructions, links, and details you need to get started.

Your New Student Checklist

Start Building Your Colgate Experience

Do This First

  • Confirm your Colgate Email Account, Due 5/27

Add Some Fun

  • Pre-Orientation, Register by 6/8

Your Academic Experience

  • Colgate Academic Preferences and Experiences (CAPE) Form, Due 5/27

Your Residential Experience

  • Housing Preference Form, Due 6/1
  • Disability Services Housing Adjustment Form, if applicable, Due 6/1
  • Submit ’Gate Card Photo, Due 8/1

Your Support System

  • Health Information, Due 7/8
  • Confirm Emergency Alert Information, Due 8/1
  • Family Information Contact Form, 8/1

Your Investment

  • Establish TouchNet (Student Account) Authorized Users, Due 7/8
  • Financial Responsibility Form, Due 8/1

 

If you have any questions, please contact newstudents@colgate.edu.
Go, ’gate!

Warmly,

Tara E.W. Bubble
Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management
Dean of Admission and Financial Aid