First-Year Updates, Events & Resources

Information & Resources for Current First-Year Students

• Current first-year students are invited to review complete resources and recent announcements in the First Year Hub on Quercus (contact the First Year Office if you do not have access)
• First-year FAQs (Updated September 5, 2024)
• Guided Engineering Academic Review Sessions (GEARS)
• Grades Assessment Chart (PDF) (Note: a similar editable spreadsheet template is also available in the First Year Hub on Quercus)
• First Year News Feed archive
• Summer research FAQs
• These helpful tip sheets were created by upper-year students:
  • Increasing grades through learning how to learn (PDF).
  • What to do when stress is affecting your studies — by students, for students (PDF)
• Guide to First Year