Undergraduate

Resources for First Year Students

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This section provides important information, links, and resources for first-year undergraduates at McCormick.

Welcome New Students

Freshman checklist; First Year Advisers; Peer Advisers; Dossier; MATLAB; AB/IP/Transfer Credits; and more

Your First Year

First-Year Experience (FYE); Personal Development 396; Academic advising expectations by quarter; McCormick Advising System

Engineering First

Important information about the Engineering Analysis (EA) and Design Thinking & Communication (DTC) course sequence

Registration Information

Information on who to contact if a course is full.