First year and sophomore international students arriving on campus for the first time will participate in International Student Orientation (ISO). ISO participants include F-1 visa holders and U.S. citizens living abroad. ISO is independent of Customs Week and will not conflict with those events.

ISO is scheduled for August 20-25, 2021. ISO move-in dates will be August 20-21. ISO participants should complete the ISO Registration form to confirm their attendance and move-in date. Students are strongly discouraged from making travel plans before they receive their F-1 visa.

The ISSO office will regularly communicate with all students invited to participate in ISO throughout the summer and leading up to their arrival on campus. All logistical information and instructions will be emailed directly to participants.

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Special permission may be granted to arrive on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, if a student is flying alone and directly to Philadelphia either from the West Coast or from abroad. To request permission to arrive on August 24, please email Dean Elias at melias [at] haverford.edu before 4 p.m. on July 23, 2021.

If you have not been pre-approved to arrive early, please arrive on Wednesday, August 25, 2021. Regardless of arrival date, all First-Year students are required to go through New Student Check-In on Wednesday, August 25, 2021.

We strongly encourage all students to arrive during the registration hours on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, however, if you must arrive after registration closes, please notify the Office of Residential Life (610-896-1298 or hc-reslife [at] haverford.edu) before 4 p.m. on August 25, 2021, so that arrangements can be made to leave the student’s room key at Campus Safety and to notify their Customs group to expect a late arrival.

Unexpected Delay

If a last minute emergency creates an unexpected delay on arrival day, please notify the Office of Residential Life (hc-reslife [at] haverford.edu or 610-896-1298). After 4 p.m., please leave a message with Campus Safety at (610) 896-1111.

For students traveling alone, it is helpful to have a print out of the Haverford Campus Map. Taxi fare from Philadelphia airport to Haverford College is approximately $45, and the trip takes about 30 minutes. The service is available through the Information Desk at the airport near the baggage claim area from 6 a.m. until 11 p.m. Train service to a station near Haverford's campus is also available through SEPTA.

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Meal service for first-year students does not begin until lunch on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, but students who have permission to arrive early may pay cash for meals until then. Meals will be provided without charge for students attending pre-customs programs.

Meal Prices & Hours

Any changes in hours will be posted in the Dining Center.

• Full Breakfast
  7:30–10:30 a.m. $8.95
• Continental Breakfast
  10:30–11:00 a.m. $7.00
• Lunch/Brunch
  11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. $11.95
• Dinner
  5:00–8:00 p.m. $14.95

New students and their parents, as well as any accompanying family members, are invited to lunch as guests of the College on Wednesday, August 25, 2021. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Dining Center. Free tickets will be available at New Student Check-In.

Parents, join Haverford College for Family Orientation Week, taking place July 19-23, 2021 via email. The program is an opportunity for all families in the Class of 2025 to interface with the College over the summer, virtually meet community members, and learn more about the services that will be available for your student while attending Haverford. You will soon be able to view more information about Family Orientation Week at our Family and Friends webpage.

Customs is Haverford College's First-Year Experience program, which includes a five-day orientation immediately preceding the fall semester. This orientation week, called ‘Customs Week’, is a great opportunity to get to know your hall-mates and start building a community in your new home. But it doesn’t end there! The Customs experience is designed to give first years the resources needed to thrive at Haverford. This includes helping them become acclimated to Haverford resources, becoming more aware of their own identity and the different identities that are represented at Haverford, as well as helping them to understand the community values at Haverford and in the Honor Code. To help in this process, each group of first years is assigned two Residential Student Liaisons / Customs People that will guide them throughout the first year.

Customs Week begins Wednesday, August 25, 2021 and continues through Monday, August 30th, 2021. First-Years are expected to participate in all aspects of the Customs Program throughout the week.

When you arrive on campus, you can connect to the Wireless network "eduroam." Unlike other Haverford services, the username for this network is your full email address: username [at] haverford.edu. For further details and troubleshooting, visit the Instructional & Information Technology Services (IITS) website.

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