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International Student Services

Pre-Arrival Mailings

As an incoming Hamilton student, you can expect to receive the following mailings:

These items are sent in the APRIL mailing:
  • Acceptance letter
  • Financial Aid aware letter
  • Invitation to the Accepted Student Open House
  • "Living at Hamilton" booklet
  • Academic Calendar
  • Invitation to participate in Hamilton's pre-orientation programs, Adirondack Adventure and the Urban Service Experience
  • Honor Code Information
  • Meet your classmates online
  • Acceptance card to return with deposit
  • Hamilton window sticker

Your family will also receive a mailing in APRIL, containing:
  • Letter from the Assistant Controller (pertaining to financial issues)
  • Information about tuition payment plans
  • Information about tuition insurance plans
  • Information about online payment options

Once you have made your deposit, you will receive a follow-up mailing including:
  • Acknowledgement letter from Admissions
  • Final grade report form for your college counselor to fill out
  • New Faces book request for photo and return envelope
  • A Hamilton College logo item

In MAY, the following mailing is sent:
  • Letter from the Dean of Students including information about the campus life online tour with username and password, new student orientation and international student orientation information, information on upcoming mailings.
  • Adirondack Adventure and Urban Service Experience brochures and registration forms.
  • Health Services brochure and forms
  • Admitted student questionnaire
  • Various other

Your family will also receive a mailing in MAY, containing:
  • Letter providing an overview of the enrollment process with information about the parents Web site, upcoming deadline, etc.
  • Academic calendar/list of important phone numbers
  • Orientation and family weekend schedules
  • Information about visiting Hamilton.
  • Family contact form to be returned.
  • Tuition payment plan information

In JUNE, the mailing will include:
  • Letter from the Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • Online Advising Tour information
  • Checklist for students & instructions for placement exams
  • Honor Code booklet
  • Answer sheets for placement exams and envelope to return
  • Placement exams in printed format

The final mailing, in JULY, contains the following information:
  • Letter from the Director of Residential Life detailing roommate assignments, arrival instructions, telephone and technology services, what to bring, shipping to Hamilton.
  • Directions to the college
  • Telephone services flyer.

In addition, a bill for the semester will be sent to your families in JULY. If you do not receive it, or if there are questions concerning how to pay the bill, please contact our Student Account Specialist, Pat Davis, at pdavis@hamilton.edu.

Please be aware that, as international students, you may receive the mailings somewhat late. If you are experiencing a good deal of trouble receiving mail, please contact Carol Drogus, the  International Student Advisor at cdrogus@hamilton.edu. We are happy to send any information that we can via e-mail.