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Enroll as a
First-time Freshman 🎉

You're admitted. Follow the steps below to become a Mountaineer — and celebrate with confetti!

Not a domestic first-time freshman? Check the steps for transfer or international students.

Log in to the WVU Portal

The WVU Portal is your gateway to online resources at WVU, including many required to complete your enrollment steps.

To log in to the WVU Portal, you must first claim your account.

Claim Your Account

Pay the Academic Deposit

The academic deposit saves your place in our incoming class and allows you to continue the admissions process. Paying your academic deposit unlocks important next steps like housing!

Your academic deposit is fully refundable if you formally cancel your WVU attendance by December 1 for spring term enrollment and **May 1 for fall term enrollment.

**Due to the late release of the 2024-2025 FAFSA, we have extended the deadline to June 1 for academic and housing deposit refunds for first-time students. You must cancel your WVU application or attendance using the cancellation form by June 1 for a full refund of the academic deposit and/or a partial refund of the housing deposit. Deposits are forfeited if cancelling after June 1.

Pay Academic Deposit

Apply for Housing

After paying the academic deposit, apply for housing. WVU has a First-Year Live On Requirement. The sooner you apply for housing, the sooner you’ll know where you’ll be living.

Apply for Housing Explore Residence Halls Try Living-Learning Communities

Submit the FAFSA

We encourage all students to fill out the FAFSA as soon as possible. Use our school code 003827 and submit the FAFSA prior to our **March 1 priority deadline. The FAFSA is required for Federal and State aid programs, and to qualify for the Promise scholarship for West Virginia residents.

**The 2024-2025 priority deadline has been extended to April 1 due to the delayed FAFSA launch.

Submit the FAFSA

Take ALEKS Math Assessment

All new first-time freshman students are required are required to take an online math assessment (ALEKS). You must have an ALEKS placement score before registering for New Student Orientation. There is no additional fee associated with ALEKS.

Learn How to Take ALEKS

Accept or Decline Aid

WVU expects to start receiving 2024-2025 FAFSA applications from the Federal Student Aid system in early to mid-March. Due to the delayed FAFSA release and the changes to the financial aid process by the Department of Education, we do not have an estimated time for when full financial aid offers will begin.

Learn About Aid Offers

Complete New Student Orientation

All new students are required to attend New Student Orientation. You can register for NSO now if you have paid the academic deposit and completed the housing application for fall 2024.

Reminder: You need to complete the ALEKS math assessment before registering for NSO.

Register for NSO

Complete Health Insurance Waiver

All students enrolling in 6 or more credits are required to have health insurance coverage. You will be billed for the WVU Aetna health insurance plan unless you opt out by completing the student health insurance waiver. The fall 2024 insurance waiver opens June 1.

Learn About Student Health Insurance

Choose a Dining Plan

Everyone living in campus housing is required to purchase a resident dining plan. Commuters have the option of purchasing a non-resident plan.

Reminder: You need to complete your housing application before choosing a dining plan.

Choose a Dining Plan

Pay Your Bill

By the end of the first week of July, fall semester charges will be available in WVU MyAccount, which you can access through the WVU Portal. You will receive a billing notification in your MIX email if you owe a balance. Payment is due August 1.

Tip: Tuition payment plans are available to break up your semester's tuition and fees into smaller, more manageable installments.

You won’t receive a bill if you have paid your fees, have established a payment plan that covers your balance, have a sponsor paying your fees or have enough aid to cover your charges.

Move-in

Welcome home! If you’re living in a residence hall for fall 2024, you’ll sign up for a specific time slot to move in. Details will be sent to your WVU MIX email in early June.

You Should Also ...

These steps are strongly encouraged for new students.

Visit Campus

Nothing can help you better imagine what your future at WVU will look like than visiting campus. Schedule a tour through our Visitors Centers or attend a special event (or both).

Experience WVU Special Events

Explore WVU Virtually

Can’t make it to Morgantown? Want to make a list of sites to see during your in-person visit? Then you’ll want to check out our virtual tours and videos!

Choose a Virtual Tour Watch Videos

Choose a First-Year Trip

Start your college experience like a real Mountaineer. Our optional Adventure WV First-Year Trips are peer-led, adventure-based programs that will prepare you for life at WVU. All trips take place in June, July or August. Registration is first-come, first-served for admitted students who have paid the academic deposit.

You must pay your academic deposit before registering for an Adventure WV trip.

Choose an Adventure

Apply for Promise

Deadline extended to May 1.

The Promise Scholarship for West Virginia residents is sponsored by the state of West Virginia. To be considered, you must complete the Promise application and submit the FAFSA. The usual deadline is March 1. The Class of 2024 deadline has been extended to May 1 due to the delayed FAFSA launch.

Learn About Promise

Find Other Scholarships

You are automatically considered for WVU scholarships if you are admitted by the scholarship deadline — June 1. You should also investigate other scholarship sources to help fund your education.

Find Scholarships

Make Connections

Join us on your favorite social media platforms for a real glimpse of WVU campus life and start getting to know your fellow Mountaineers!

Connect With WVU

You Have Questions.

We have answers.

Connect with Your Classmates and WVU

Immerse yourself in our one-of-a-kind Mountaineer community.

Two students in the forest at Coopers Rock. One is holding a WVU Let's Go flag.

Class of 2028 Social Center

You’re a proud Mountaineer now, so head over to our social center for WVU-themed wallpapers and downloads, a #WVUbound playlist and lots more. Make friends early by joining the Class of 2028 on Instagram or Discord. Plus, we have some digital swag for you!

Class of 2028 Social Center

Need help?

We're here to help every step of the way.

Admissions Counselors

Have questions about your next steps? Or about submitting your deposit? Your WVU admissions counselor is an expert on these topics (and many more, so ask them anything!). And it’s literally their job to chat with you! Reach out to them any time.

Contact Your Counselor

Student Call Center

No one knows us like our students! Our student ambassadors have been in your shoes. They know what it’s like starting this gold-and-blue journey packed with possibilities. Talk with them about whatever you’d like — student life, living on campus, getting involved, making friends, Mountaineer traditions, etc.

Schedule Student Ambassador Call

Office of Admissions

Our Admissions staff can assist with any questions or issues you encounter as you continue the steps to enroll. Business hours are Monday through Friday, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. (except for University holidays). Call us at 304-293-2121 or fill out our contact form.

Contact Admissions