Student Affairs

2005 - 2006
ACADEMIC CALENDAR

2005
June 19 Sunday. Second Year Teamworx Class of 2007 (mandatory attendance).
20 Monday. Second year classes resume for Class of 2007.
24 Friday. The Student Clinician's Ceremony for the Class of 2007
(2nd to 3rd year transition ceremony).
26 Sunday. Deadline to have completed USMLE I, Class of 2007.
27 Monday. Class of 2007 reports to MCY hospital rotations.
30 Thursday. Awarding of June degrees.
July 1 Friday. Class of 2006 reports to fourth year electives.
4 Monday. Independence Day Holiday observed for third and fourth year students.
August 22-26 Monday - Friday. Orientation for first year students, Class of 2009.
25 Thursday. Registration for first year students.
26 Friday. White Coat Ceremony for first year students, Class of 2009.
29 Monday. Academic year begins for first and second year students.
September 5 Monday. Labor Day. Holiday for first, second and third year students.
October 19 Wednesday. Awarding of October degrees.
November 24 Thursday. Thanksgiving holiday for third year students.
  24-25 Thursday, Friday. Thanksgiving holiday for first and second year students.
  30 Wednesday. Deadline to have completed USMLE II, CK and CS,Class of 2006.
December 16 Friday. Last "first semester" exam for first year students.
17-1/1 Saturday - Sunday, January 1, vacation for first and third year students.
16 Monday. Deadline to have repeated USMLE Step I, Class of 2007.
  21 Wednesday. Last "first semester" exam for second year students.
  22-1/2 Thursday - Sunday, January 1, vacation for second year students.
2006
January 2 Monday, January 2. Resumption of classes for first and second year students.
Resumption of clerkships for third year students.
  16 Monday. Martin Luther King's Birthday (observed). Holiday for first and second year students
  31 Tuesday. Deadline to have repeated USMLE Step II, CK and CS, Class of 2006.
February 8 Wednesday. Awarding of February degrees.
  20 Monday. President's Day (observed).
Holiday for first and second year students.
March 4-12 Saturday - Sunday. Spring vacation for second year students.
16 Thursday. NRMP - Match Day.
25-4/2 Saturday - Sunday, April 2. Spring vacation for first year students.
May 8 Monday. Last exam for second year students.
  10 Wednesday. Dean's Day for Medical Student Research.
  16 Tuesday. Class Day, 3pm CUMC Garden.
  Last day of classes for first year students.
  17 Wednesday. Columbia University Commencement and Convocation of the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
  26 Friday. Last exam for first year students. End of first year.
  29 Monday. Memorial Day holiday for first, second and third year students.
 June 19-23 Second year classes resume for Class of 2008.
23 Friday. Major Clinical Year concludes for Class of 2007.
Deadline to have completed USMLE I, Class of 2008.
The Student Clinician's Ceremony for the Class of 2008 (2nd to 3rd year transition ceremony).
Official end of second year
  26 Monday. Major Clinical Year begins for Class of 2008.
  30 Friday. Awarding of June degrees.
July 1 Saturday day. Class of 2007 reports to fourth year electives.
  4 Tuesday. Independence Day holiday observed for third and fourth year students.
Holidays not specified on this calendar are decided by Course Directors in each course in first and second years, and by Course Directors in each course in each teaching hospital in third and fourth years.


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