Class of 2025
Welcome to Bucknell University, Class of 2025! We're excited to have you join our community of explorers, artists and innovators who, like you, are driven to reshape the world.
Our students, faculty and staff look forward to supporting you as you engage inside and outside of the classroom, challenge long-standing assumptions and take bold steps in learning.
So what comes next? You'll receive information from various campus offices to guide you through the process of becoming a Bucknellian, including information on how to set up your new Bucknell email address. Once you have your @bucknell.edu account, be sure to check it regularly for more important updates as fall approaches.
Below, we've collected even more of the information you'll need as your Bucknell journey nears.
Congratulations, Bucknell Class of 2025! Here’s Your Welcome Video
Join B2B: Bison to Bison
We're proud to introduce B2B: Bison to Bison, our online community open to students admitted into the Class of 2025 and their families.
Log in here or using the unique link we sent to you by email or found on your application status page. From there, you can join one or more of our communities, where you'll find friendly and welcoming Bucknellians ready to answer questions, say hi and share their stories.
Academic Information
Course advising and registration for fall 2021 will start in late spring, so please watch for more information in the months ahead. In the meantime, if you have questions related to academics, we invite you to head over to Bison to Bison, where you can connect with faculty members and academic deans from all three of our colleges.
Orientation Dates
Our on-campus Orientation programs, held in August, focus on academic and social expectations, learning University traditions and providing opportunities for students to meet their new classmates.
Orientation begins Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021.
Pre-Orientation
"Pre-O" is a great way to settle into the University community, connect with classmates and enhance your leadership skills in a program of activities designed to jump-start your Bucknell experience. Whether you explore the arts, the outdoors, or any of our other themes, you’ll expand your mind, discover valuable Bucknell resources, and have a lot of fun as you settle into college life.
Final dates for pre-O programs will be announced soon.
Other Key Dates
Aug. 22, 2021: Convocation and Candlelighting
Aug. 23, 2021: Classes begin
Sept. 17–19, 2021: Family Weekend
Dec. 7, 2021: Classes end
Curious about future semesters? Explore the Academic & Planning Calendar
Visit Options for Admitted Students
As you continue preparations to arrive at Bucknell, we invite you to explore virtual and in-person visit options and browse our Virtual Welcome Center.
Explore Your Opportunities
Residential Colleges
Living-learning Experience
Sign up for a Residential College at the same time you choose your first-semester courses.
Residential Colleges are living-learning communities for first-year students.They are open to all students — it doesn't matter what you plan to major in. Whether you want to be an engineer, an artist, a business leader, a writer, a physician — or anything else — you can sign up to join whichever Residential College interests you.
The Residential Colleges are tied to a first-semester class, so you'll get to live and learn with students who share your interests. Students who have participated in them say they have been among the best experiences of their Bucknell education.
Global & Off-campus Education
Study Abroad
There's no substitute for the experience of exploring new places, meeting new people and the learning that happens through those encounters.
At Bucknell, we give our students countless opportunities to learn about the world on and off campus with their own eyes and ears.
Through our "Bucknell In" programs, exchanges and more than 450 partner programs, students can travel and explore the world around them while keeping their graduation requirements on track.
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