IMPORTANT DATES

Summer 2012 Program Dates

June 25-July 20
(Housing check-in, June 24. See below for more details.)

Priority Application Deadline

Postmarked March 16
Applications postmarked on or before March 16 will receive first consideration for program selection and housing. Every effort will be made to place you in your first (or second) studio selection; meeting the priority deadline, however, does not guarantee placement due to class size limitations and the popularity of some studios.
Note: After March 16, 2012, rolling admissions begins, which means applications are considered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Scholarship Application Deadline

Postmarked March 16
(Applications postmarked after March 16 will not be considered for scholarships.)

Notification

April 20
For all applicants who met the March 16 deadline, notification of admission, studio selection, housing and scholarship decisions will be mailed.

Tuition Balance Due

Postmarked May 4
You must submit a $125 tuition deposit with your application. The remaining balance of $2,575 is due by May 4 or two weeks after your acceptance date, whichever is later. All necessary supplies are included in the price of tuition.

You may pay by check (payable to California College of the Arts), Visa, American Express, Discover or MasterCard. Failure to pay your tuition in full by the deadline could lead to forfeiture of your studio selection and possibly your place in the program. A late fee of $100 will be charged if the $2,625 balance is not received by the deadline.

Housing Balance Due

Postmarked May 4
You must submit an additional $100 housing deposit if you wish to apply for housing. The housing fee balance of $775 and the $150 damage deposit are due by May 4 or two weeks after your acceptance date, whichever is later.

You may pay by check (payable to California College of the Arts), Visa, American Express, Discover or MasterCard. Failure to pay the housing fee in full by the deadline will lead to the forfeiture of your housing reservation.

Check-in Housing

June 24
Check in time is from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 24, 2012 at the Clifton Hall Patio on CCA’s Oakland campus. Clifton Hall is located at 5276 Broadway, Oakland CA 94618. Forms in your admissions packet will provide directions to campus and transportation to campus. All residents are expected to arrive during these hours or make necessary arrangements with the Office of Residential Life. Parents are strongly encouraged to attend a Parent Orientation in Nahl Hall from 4 p.m. until 5 p.m. Parent good-byes are at 5:30 p.m. and a mandatory Orientation Session/Welcome Dinner for all residential students starts at 6 p.m.

First Day Orientation (all students)

June 25
Check-in for the first day of class is Monday, June 25 at 8:15 a.m. Orientation begins at 8:30 a.m. All Pre-College classes are held on our Oakland campus. Signs and staff will direct you to the check-in area.

Check-out Housing

July 20
Clifton Hall and the Irwin Hall will close at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 20, 2012. The mandatory Pre-College Closing Ceremony takes place earlier that evening at 4:15 p.m. Parents are encouraged to attend the final ceremony, as well as view the open galleries of student work beginning at 3:30 p.m. In order to ensure student participation in this important event, the residence halls will be closed to all residents and visitors between the hours of 3:30 p.m. and 5:00 pm. Please make arrangements to leave campus sometime between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Exceptions to the departure policy above will only be considered for students living east of the Mississippi River or outside the US and Canada who are unable to schedule adequate flight arrangements.

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