New Student Information

CONFIRM YOUR ENROLLMENT BY SUBMITTING YOUR ENROLLMENT DEPOSIT.

After you receive your letter of admission, you will also get your personalized financial aid offer in the mail. This mailing includes your Financial Aid offer, which details all scholarships, awards, grants, and other funding you are eligible for. Review and sign this to accept your financial aid, then upload the signed financial aid offer as a scanned document or clearly lit photo through your portal (under the "Upload Materials" section). You can also send it to the Financial Aid Office by postal mail. Remember to keep a copy for your records!

We encourage all students to submit a completed FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, regardless of financial need. Your FAFSA helps us determine additional financial aid and scholarships you may be eligible for. Send your FAFSA to Wells to uncover more funding opportunities!

After you receive your letter of admission, you will also get your personalized financial aid offer in the mail. This mailing includes your financial aid offer, which details all scholarships, awards, grants, and other funding you are eligible for. Review and sign this letter to accept your financial aid, then upload the signed Award Letter as a scanned document or clearly lit photo through your portal (under the "Upload Materials" section). You can also send it to the Admissions Office by postal mail, or take a photo of it and email it to us. Remember to keep a copy for your records!

one-on-one financial advising

If you have questions or need further assistance, contact the Financial Aid Office through email or call 315-364-3289.

Get to know professors, staff, and current students, ask questions, and learn more about what makes a Wells education special! You can see videos of past events and a list of upcoming virtual events here.

COMPLETE REQUIRED PAPERWORK.

These forms and documents help us prepare for your arrival on campus. See the following tutorial to learn how to submit these forms on your portal.

Want to print these forms? Download them here:

1. Important Contact Information Form
2. Housing Preference Form
   If you intend to live off campus: Housing Exemption Form
   If you require living accommodations: Housing Accommodation Request Form
3. Housing Roommate Questionnaire
4. Health Report (please see this Notice on Meningococcal Disease from the Community Medical Center at Wells College)
5. Proof of Health Insurance: Students who are United States citizens or permanent residents must upload a photocopy of the front and back of their health insurance card
6. FERPA Release Form (once signed, you can upload this form directly from your portal)
7. Optional: Disabilities Disclosure Form

Students who are United States citizens or permanent residents must submit proof of health insurance. Upload a photocopy of your health insurance card on your portal.

The Globe at Wells is a convenient portal where you can access student-only information from the College and also take important action, such as signing up for classes and seeing your housing assignment. You will receive log-in credentials in an email shortly after you submit your deposit. 

Once you receive your unique student ID number you can use it to log into the Globe, the central information portal for current students at Wells. You will use the Globe to register for your first semester of Wells classes! Watch your email for more details and an invitation to schedule a session with an academic advisor to select courses for your first semester. Once you register for classes, your personal wells.edu email account will be generated. To schedule an academic advising appointment, please contact Kate Cooper in the Academic Advising Office at kcooper@wells.edu. 

Review the following information to help you register for classes: 

• Overview of General Education Requirements at Wells
• List of Recommened Courses for First-Year Students 

Early Class Registration tutorial video

After you register for courses, you will receive an email with details about how to access your new Wells student email account. 

Watch your email for dates and additional details about campus housing registration. Housing is assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis depending on the date you enrolled. The housing assignment process typically begins in early June for incoming students.

Once you've submitted the Housing Preference Form and the Roommate Questionnaire, check your email inbox for a notification. Your housing and roommate assignment will be available on the Globe. If you have concerns once you receive your assignment, don't panic! Plenty of things shift around during the summer and requests for housing changes are typically granted before move-in day.

If you want to room with a specific person, please note that roommate requests require both students to ask for each other as the roommate.

Please review the important dates below. You can also download the Roadmap to Wells.
June 1: Housing forms due. Complete the Housing Preference Form and the Roommate Questionnaire in your portal.
Mid-June: Housing/Roommate assignments announced. Log in to the Globe to see your housing/roommate assignment!
July 1: Financial aid documents due. Submit your FAFSA (Step 2), sign and return your financial aid offer (Step 3), complete loan entrance counseling & sign the Master Promissory Note at studentaid.gov.
July 8: Semester bill mailed. Check and pay your bill on the Globe.
July 15: FERPA Release Form & Copy of Health Insurance Card (front and back) due. 
Early August: Apply for on-campus student employment.
August 1: Health Report and Important Contact Information Form due.
August 9: Semester bill payment due. (Full payment or first installment of payment plan). Pay your bill on the Globe.
August 16: Fall student-athlete Move-In Day
August 23: International Student Move-In Day
August 26: Move-In Day
August 26-29: New Student Orientation
August 30: First Day of Classes