2008-2009 Academic Calendar
2008
August
18
Mon
- HMS MD 1st Year Orientation Begins
25
Mon
- MIT Grad Student Orientation Begins
29
Fri
- HMS MD 1st Yr. Orientation Ends
- HST PhD, MD and SM Student Orientation at MIT
September
1
Mon
- Holiday - Labor Day - No Classes
2
Tues
- MIT Registration Day
- HST MD 1st & 2nd Year Classes Begin
3
Wed
- MD 1st yr Orientation Lunch HMS
- MIT Classes Begin
5
Fri
- Last Day to Register for MIT Fall Term
- MIT February Degree Application Deadline
10
Wed
- Harvard GSAS Registration Day
15
Mon
- Harvard GSAS Classes Begin
25
Thurs
- HST Faculty Poster Session (tentative)
22
Mon
- MIT Student Holiday (no MIT classes)
30
Tues
- Last Day to Sign Up for MIT Family Health
Insurance or Waive Individual Coverage
October
3
Fri
- DEADLINE to ADD Classes at MIT
- MIT Cross-registration Deadline
- MD Intent to Apply for Honors
- LAST DAY to Submit Fall RA, TA, and Fellowship Applications
13
Mon
- Holiday - Columbus Day - No Classes
November
1
Sat
- Deadline for Spring Application to Biomedical Informatics SM Program
10-11
Mon-Tues
- Holiday - Veterans Day Observed - No Classes
14
Fri
- Deadline for Application to GEMS Program
19
Wed
- DEADLINE to DROP MIT Subjects
December
1
Mon
- MIT Spring Term On-Line Pre-registration Starts
8
Mon
- Harvard Biophysics application deadline
15-19
Mon-Fri
- HST/MIT Final Exam Period
15
Mon
- HST PhD/SM Fall Admissions Deadline
- Biomedical Enterprise Application deadline
17
Wed
- Harvard GSAS Winter Recess Begins
20
Sat
- HST/MIT Winter Recess begins
30
Tues
- Deadline for MIT Spring Pre-Registration
($40 late fee after this date)
2009
January
2
Fri
- Harvard GSAS Reading Period Begins
- Harvard SEAS application deadline
4
Sun
- HST/MIT Winter Recess Ends
5
Mon
- HST January Classes Begin
- MIT Independent Activities Period (IAP) begins
12
Mon
- PhD Thesis Due for Feb MIT Degree
- Harvard Fall Term Reading Period Ends
15
Thurs
- Deadline for MIT Spring Pre-Registration
($75 late fee after this date)
- HMS Soma Weiss Assembly (tentative)
16
Fri
- Last Day to Go Off MIT Feb Degree List
19
Mon
- Holiday - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No Classes
28
Wed
- Harvard GSAS Spring Term Classes Begin
30
Fri
- HST January Classes End
- Last Day of MIT Independent Activities Period
February
2
Mon
- MIT Registration Day
- HST MD Spring Classes Begin
- HST MD Thesis DUE
6
Fri
- Last Day to Register: MIT Spring Term
- MIT June Degree Application Deadline
16
Mon
- Holiday - Presidents' Day - No Classes
17
Tues
- MIT Follows Monday Schedule of Classes
27
Fri
- Last Day to Sign Up for MIT Family Health
March
6
Fri
- Last Day to ADD MIT Subjects
- LAST DAY to submit Spring Term RA, TA, and Fellowship Applications
- Cross-Registration Deadline
23-27
Mon-Fri
- MIT/GSAS Spring Vacation (HST MD courses held)
April
3
Fri
- Last day to submit/change thesis title ($75 late fee)
20
Mon
- Holiday - Patriot's Day- No Classes at MIT (HMS COURSES MEET)
21
Tue
- No MIT Classes (ALL HST MD COURSES MEET)
23
Thurs
- MIT DROP DATE - Last Day to Drop Classes
- HST Forum (tentative)
May
1
Fri
- MIT Summer and Fall Term Pre-registration begins
- PhD Thesis Due for June MIT Degree
- Harvard GSAS Classes End
18-22
Mon-Fri
- HST Final Exam Period
- MIT Final Exam Period
28
Thurs
- MIT Fall Pre-registration Deadline
($40 late fee after this date)
June
5
Fri
- MIT Commencement
- LAST DAY to submit Summer RA, TA, and Fellowship Applications
