Academic Year Important Dates
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Reflects curricular activities & university holidays between July 2023 – June 2024 (earlier dates listed for clarity)
First-Year Students – Class of 2028
July 31 – August 2, 2024: Foundational Phase Orientation & Bootcamp I
August 5, 2024: First Day of Classes – Fall Term
September 2, 2024: Labor Day Holiday
September 23 – October 4, 2024: Block 1 Exams (includes OSCE)
October 14, 2024: Mid-Semester Holiday
November 27 – December 1, 2024: Thanksgiving Break
December 3, 2024: Last Day of Classes – Fall Term
December 3 – 19, 2024: Block 2 Exams (includes OSCE)
December 20, 2024 – January 5, 2025: Winter Holiday
January 6, 2025: First Day of Classes – Spring Term
January 20, 2025: Martin Luther King Jr Holiday
February 17, 2025: Presidents’ Day
March 4 – 21, 2025: Block 3 Exams (includes OSCE)
March 22 – 30, 2025: Spring Break
Date TBD: Golden Apple Awards Gala
April 18 – 20, 2025: Easter Holiday
May 26, 2025: Memorial Day Holiday
May 30, 2025: Last Day of Classes – Spring Term
June 2 – 12, 2025: Block 4 Exams (includes OSCE)
Second-Year Students – Class of 2027
August 5, 2024: Foundational Phase Year 2 Orientation
August 5, 2024: First Day of Classes – Fall Term
September 2, 2024: Labor Day Holiday
September 23 – October 4, 2024: Block 5 Exams (includes OSCE)
October 14, 2024: Mid-Semester Holiday
November 27 – December 1, 2024: Thanksgiving Break
December 6, 2024: Last Day of Classes – Fall Term
December 9 – 18, 2024: Block 6 Exams (includes OSCE)
December 19, 2024 – January 5, 2025: Winter Holiday
January 6 – March 2, 2025: Dedicated USMLE Step 1 Study Time
March 3 – 14, 2025: Journeys I Workshops
March 17 – 21, 2025: Pathophysiology/Ethics Week (students promoted to Core Clinical Phase)
March 24 – 28, 2025: Bootcamp II (Orientation to Clinical Phase)
March 31 – June 20, 2025: Clerkships – Quarter I
Date TBD: Golden Apple Awards Gala
April 18 – 20, 2025: Easter Holiday
June 19, 2025: Juneteenth
June 23 – 27, 2025: Intersession V/MSGR
June 28 – July 6, 2025: Summer Break
Third-Year Students – Class of 2026
March 25 – June 14, 2024: Clerkships – Quarter I
March 29 – 31, 2024: Easter Holiday
June 17 – 21, 2024 (June 19 off): Intersession V/MSGR
June 22 – 30, 2024: Summer Break
July 1 – September 20, 2024: Clerkships – Quarter II
September 23 – December 13, 2024: Clerkships – Quarter III (includes Patient Safety Day)
November 2024: Career Advising/Class Meeting
November 27 (3 p.m.) – December 1, 2024: Thanksgiving Break
December 14, 2024 – January 5, 2025: Winter Holiday
January 6 – March 28, 2025: Clerkships – Quarter IV
March 31 – April 25, 2025: Journeys II (includes Deep Dive, Seminar, OSCE, & Intersession VI)
Date TBD: Golden Apple Awards Gala
April 26 – May 4, 2025: Wellness Break
May 5 – June 1, 2025: Journeys II Protected Time (no curricular sessions; students promoted to Advanced Clinical Phase)
June 2 – 29, 2025: Fourth Year – Block 0 (AY 2025-26 Begins July)
June 19, 2025: Juneteenth
June 30 – July 6, 2025: Summer Break
Fourth-Year Students – Class of 2024
May 28, 2024: First Day of Fourth Year (AY 24-25 Begins July)
June 24 – 30, 2024: Summer Break
September 25, 20241: Deadline to Certify ERAS Application
October 21, 2024 – February 2, 2025: Variable Interview Month (Blocks 5-7)
November 27 (3 p.m.) – December 1, 2024: Thanksgiving Break
December 20241: Military Match
December 16, 2024 – January 5, 2025: Winter Holiday
December 31, 2024: Deadline to sit for Step 2 CK
January 6, 2025: First Day of Spring Term
February 20251: Ophthalmology & Urology Match
March 21, 20251: NRMP Match Day
April 18 – 20, 2025: Easter Holiday
Date TBD: Golden Apple Awards Gala
April 28 – May 2, 2025: Fourth-Year Bootcamp
May 2, 20251: ISP Research Day
May 2, 2025: Last Day of Spring Term
May 18, 2025: GUSOM Graduation
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