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Get your 51吃瓜网Student ID Card听
All students require a 51吃瓜网ID card to access practice rooms, libraries, residences and many more student services offered to 51吃瓜网students. You will need to register for at least one course before you can obtain the 51吃瓜网ID card.听听
How to get a new student ID card听
You can also benefit from a reduced fare rate from Montreal鈥檚 public transit system by obtaining a Reduced-Fare OPUS card if you are a full-time student for the entire academic year.听听
To obtain a Reduced-Fare OPUS card听
51吃瓜网Email & IT Services
Set up your 51吃瓜网email if you have not yet done so.听 51吃瓜网email is the official means of communication between faculties and students.听听
Familiarize yourself with IT services for Students.听听
Get ready for classes by paying close attention to these key dates between May and September:
April
1-30:
- If you are an international student, you must now apply for a Certificate of Acceptance of Quebec (CAQ, a provincial government study permit) and a Study Permit (a federal government study permit) once you have accepted the admission offer to attend McGill. Valid immigration documents are required to remain听registered in a program.
- Explore on-campus and off-campus housing options if you are looking for a place to live.鈥疞earn more about campus housing.
- Set up 51吃瓜网email: official communication is only via your 51吃瓜网email account. Access your 51吃瓜网email from Outlook by logging in鈥�. Contact鈥�51吃瓜网IT鈥痜or assistance if you have trouble accessing your 51吃瓜网email.
- Canadian or US students may apply for financial-need based government aid, or 51吃瓜网loans and bursaries. Info at: Scholarships and Student Aid Office.
May
Early May:
- Legal status: Confirm your legal status in Canada, even if you are born in Quebec. Tuition fee rates vary by legal status. Visit Legal Documents to determine which documents you need to provide for fee assessments. The tuition rates based on residency status are found on the Student Accounts website.
- Confirm your tuition rates as based on residency: Student Accounts鈥�
15: Deadline to choose your practical instruction (also known as private lessons) teacher
- Submit a practical instruction request (You may list up to three teachers of preference on this form.)
20 - 23:
- Attend "Intro to Course Registration鈥� info session info session听
June
4:鈥� 鈥淲hat to Register鈥� Info Session鈥痜or鈥疌EGEP and Transfer (U1) students
6:鈥� 鈥淲hat to Register鈥� Info Session鈥痜or鈥疕igh School (U0) Students
9: Registration opens for new students
- 厂别别鈥�Registration Dates to determine when you can begin to register for courses.
*May 26 鈥� June 23: Music鈥�Placement Exams
- Theory, Musicianship, and Keyboard Proficiency
20: Deadline to apply for鈥�51吃瓜网Residence
July
3rd and 4th week: Students should receive placement test and transfer credits results via a personalized Program Audit (PA).
August
1st week:
- Pick up your鈥�51吃瓜网ID card鈥痜rom Service Point if you have not yet done so.
- Register with鈥�Student Accessibility & Achievement (SAA)鈥痓efore the academic year starts if you have documented disabilities, mental health conditions, chronic health conditions, or other impairments.
7:鈥�Post Placement Test and Transfer Credits Registration Info Session
- Which courses to register for based on placement test results and transfer credits
14:鈥疍eadline to register for at least one course to avoid registration penalties
- B.Mus. and L.Mus. students typically finalize the year鈥檚 registration before September鈥檚鈥�痑fter having received the placement test results, and/or a summary of transfer credits and ensemble placements following auditions in the first week of September. If you need to register full-time before mid-September, use the sample first-year course plan for your program as a guideline then make changes to your course registration once you have received the ensemble placements and placement test results. Students have until鈥�Tuesday, September 10鈥痶o make changes to fall registration without incurring a course change fee penalty.
25:鈥�Welcome Orientation Day 1鈥�& Discover McGill
26:鈥�Welcome Orientation Day 2鈥痠n small groups
TBC:鈥疢eet and Greet with Program Coordinators
27:鈥� Classes begin
30:鈥�痠f you do not plan on studying at 51吃瓜网 this fall.
TBC:鈥�Ensemble Auditions
With the exception of percussion ensemble ((MUEN 598), guitar ensemble (MUEN 562) and Intro to Ensemble Play for Pianist (MUEN 581), all students must audition to seek placement in a small or large ensemble.
September
1: Labour Day (No class) and offices are closed.
9: Add/Drop deadline for fall courses; must finalize fall registration on this date.
16: Course Withdrawal WITH REFUND deadline
Write Theory, Musicianship and/or Jazz Placement Exams
Students may seek exemption from first-year core theory, theory and/or jazz courses by passing a placement exam. See Placement Exams for detail.
Registration
New students may register for courses starting early June. See Registration Guide for details.
Practice Rooms, Ensemble Room Bookings and Locker Rentals
As a Schulich School of Music student, you can use multiple facilities in the two buildings dedicated to music students: Strathcona Music Building and . Instructions on how to access a practice room, book an ensemble room and reserve a locker are found in Building Resources.
