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 2027
August 2 – 4, 2023: Foundational Phase Orientation & Bootcamp I
August 7, 2023: First Day of Classes – Fall Term
September 4, 2023: Labor Day Holiday
September 25 – October 6, 2023: Block 1 Exams (includes OSCE)
October 9, 2023: Mid-Semester Holiday
November 22 – 26, 2023: Thanksgiving Break
December 4, 2023: Last Day of Classes – Fall Term
December 4 – 20, 2023: Block 2 Exams (includes OSCE)
December 21, 2023 – January 2, 2024: Winter Holiday
January 3, 2024: First Day of Classes – Spring Term
January 15, 2024: Martin Luther King Jr Holiday
February 19, 2024: Presidents’ Day
February 28 – March 15, 2024: Block 3 Exams (includes OSCE)
March 16 – 24, 2024: Spring Break
April 6, 20241: Golden Apple Awards Gala
March 29 – 31, 2024: Easter Holiday
May 24, 2024: Last Day of Classes – Spring Term
May 27, 2024: Memorial Day Holiday
May 28 – June 6, 2024: Block 4 Exams (includes OSCE)
1 Subject to Change
Second-Year Students – Class of 2026
August 7, 2023: Foundational Phase Year 2 Orientation
August 7, 2023: First Day of Classes – Fall Term
September 4, 2023: Labor Day Holiday
September 25 – October 4, 2023: Block 5 Exams (includes OSCE)
October 9, 2023: Mid-Semester Holiday
November 22 – 26, 2023: Thanksgiving Break
December 8, 2023: Last Day of Classes – Fall Term
December 11 – 20, 2023: Block 6 Exams (includes OSCE)
December 21, 2023 – January 1, 2024: Winter Holiday
January 2 – February 25, 2024: Dedicated USMLE Step 1 Study Time
February 26 – March 8, 2024: Journeys I Workshops
March 11 – 15, 2024: Pathophysiology/Ethics Week (students promoted to Core Clinical Phase)
March 18 – 22, 2024: Bootcamp II (Orientation to Clinical Phase)
March 25 – June 14, 2024: Clerkships – Quarter I
April 6, 20241: Golden Apple Awards Gala
March 29 – 31, 2024: Easter Holiday
June 17 – 21, 2024 (June 19 off): Intersession V/MSGR
June 24 – 30, 2024: Summer Break
1 Subject to Change
Third-Year Students – Class of 2025
March 27 – June 16, 2023: Clerkships – Quarter I
April 7 – 9, 2023: Easter Holiday
June 20 – 23, 2023: Intersession V/MSGR
June 24 – July 2, 2023: Summer Break
July 3 – September 22, 2023: Clerkships – Quarter II
September 25 – December 15, 2023: Clerkships – Quarter III (includes Patient Safety Day)
November 2023: Career Advising/Class Meeting
November 22 (5 p.m.) – 26, 2023: Thanksgiving Break
December 16, 2023 – January 1, 2024: Winter Holiday
January 2 – March 22, 2024: Clerkships – Quarter IV
March 25 – May 26, 2024: Journeys II (includes Deep Dive, Seminar, OSCE, & Intersession VI)
April 6, 20241: Golden Apple Awards Gala
April 20 – 28, 2024: Wellness Break
April 29 – May 26, 2024: Journeys II Protected Time (no curricular sessions; students promoted to Advanced Clinical Phase)
May 28 – June 23, 2024: Fourth Year – Block 0 (AY 2024-25 Begins July)
June 24 – 30, 2024: Summer Break
Fourth-Year Students – Class of 2024
May 30, 2023: First Day of Fourth Year (AY 23-24 Begins July)
June 26 – July 7, 2023: Summer Break
September 27, 20231: Deadline to Certify ERAS Application
October 23, 2023 – January 28, 2024: Variable Interview Month (Blocks 5-7)
November 22 (5 p.m.) – 26, 2023: Thanksgiving Break
December 20231: Military Match
December 18, 2023 – January 1, 2024: Winter Holiday
December 31, 2023: Deadline to sit for Step 2 CK
January 2, 2024: First Day of Spring Term
February 20241: Ophthalmology & Urology Match
March 15, 20241, 2: NRMP Match Day
March 29 – 31, 2024: Easter Holiday
April 6, 20241: Golden Apple Awards Gala
April 22 – 26, 2024: Fourth-Year Bootcamp
April 26, 20241: ISP Research Day
April 26, 2024: Last Day of Spring Term
May 19, 2024: GUSOM Graduation
1 Subject to Change
2 Fourth-Year Students excused from clinical duties 3/14 (7 p.m.) – 3/17 (7 a.m.)