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Applications and Deadlines

2024-2025 Calendar

WhenWho?What?
November 1, 2023All Students
November 15, 20232024 Incoming Freshmen
December 2023All Students
Upon Applying to OHIO2024 Incoming Freshmen
  • Activate your OHIO ID
  • Activate your OHIO ID to access your OHIO e-mail and the housing contract. Your birth date and personal identification (PID) number are all you need to activate your online OHIO access.
January 1, 2024All Students
  • Complete the 2024-2025 FAFSA, if not previously completed.
  • Complete the FAFSA beginning in December. FAFSA results should be received by OHIO's first-priority consideration date of April 1.
Early January 20242024 Incoming Freshmen
Early January 2024All Athens Campus Students
Early January 2024All Residential Students
  • Pay Housing Deposit
  • Pay the $200 housing deposit soon to retain any scholarships you have been offered and to secure 2024-2025 residence hall placement.
February 1, 2024Continuing Students
Early-February 20242024 Incoming Freshmen
April 15, 20242024 Incoming Freshmen
  • OHIO's 2024-2025 First-Priority FAFSA Consideration Date
    • Priority financial aid offers are provided to students whose FAFSA results are received at OHIO by April 15.
  • Updated GPA and/or Test Score Receipt Deadline
    • Revised credentials, including GPA and ACT/SAT, if you choose to submit test scores, will be used for scholarship consideration if received by April 15.
April 20242024 Incoming Freshmen
  • Financial Aid Offers Mailed
  • Initial freshmen Financial Aid Offers are mailed to students beginning in April.
May 2024Continuing and Transfer Students
May 15, 2024All Residential Students
  • Pay Housing Deposit
  • Paying the housing deposit or submitting your commuter exemption form confirms your intent to enroll at OHIO. 
Mid-May 20242024 Incoming Freshmen
Mid-May 20242024 Incoming Transfer Students
  • OHIO's 2024-2025 First Priority FAFSA Consideration Date - Transfer Students
  • Incoming transfer students must be admitted and complete the FAFSA by May 15 to be considered for first-priority financial aid.
Mid-May 2024All Students
  • Review Student To-Do List
  • All students should review the To-Do List on the OHIO Student Center and complete any requirements listed.
June 2024All Students
  • Review Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog
  • All students must review the Undergraduate or Graduate Catalog annually to stay up-to-date on University policies.
  • Review Student Code of Conduct
  • All students must review the Student Code of Conduct annually.
  • Review Financial Aid Resources
  • Make sure to review the Consumer Information to be aware of your rights and responsibilities as a student. Student loan borrowers review the Student Loan Code of Conduct.
June 20242024 Incoming Freshmen
July 2024All Students
August 2024All Residential Students
August 2024All Students
  • Fall Semester Account Balance Due Date
  • Student financial account balances are due August 21. Any unpaid balances are charged a 1.5% late fee assessed on the balance remaining each month after the 21st.
  • Fall Semester Opening
  • Fall Semester begins Monday, August 26.