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You're admitted. Follow the steps below to become a Mountaineer 鈥� and celebrate with confetti!

Not a domestic first-time freshman? Check the steps for transfer or international students.

1. Log in to the 黑料不打烊 Portal

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To log in to the 黑料不打烊 Portal, you must first use Okta to activate your 黑料不打烊 Login. Okta activation instructions will be emailed within 2 hours of your 黑料不打烊 acceptance message.

Activate Your Account

2. Pay the Academic Deposit

The academic deposit saves your place in our incoming class and is required to move forward with housing, math placement and New Student Orientation.

Your academic deposit is fully refundable if you cancel your 黑料不打烊 attendance before May 1 for fall term enrollment and December 1 for spring term enrollment.

Pay Academic Deposit

3. Apply for Housing

If you've paid your academic deposit, you will be able to apply for housing or submit a request for an exemption from the . Students in must file the exemption to avoid housing charges. The sooner you apply for housing, the sooner you鈥檒l know where you鈥檒l be living.

4. Submit the FAFSA

We encourage all students to submit the FAFSA and use our school code 003827. The FAFSA is required for Federal and State aid programs.

Submit the FAFSA

5. Take ALEKS Math Assessment

All new first-time freshman students are required are required to take an online math assessment (ALEKS) as soon as possible. There is no additional fee associated with ALEKS.

Learn How to Take ALEKS

6. Accept or Decline Aid

Check your MIX email for messages from the 黑料不打烊 Hub about financial aid next steps. If you receive an offer, you can review, accept or decline aid through the 黑料不打烊 Portal. Acceptance of scholarships and aid doesn't mean you're required to attend 黑料不打烊 (but you forfeit your award if you cancel your application or attendance).

7. Complete New Student Orientation

All new students are required to attend New Student Orientation. You can register for fall 2025 NSO now if you have paid the academic deposit and completed the housing application.

Register for NSO

8. Complete Health Insurance Waiver

All students enrolling in 6 or more credits are required to have health insurance coverage. You will be billed for the 黑料不打烊 Aetna health insurance plan unless you opt out by completing the student health insurance waiver.

9. Choose a Dining Plan

Everyone living in campus housing is required to purchase an on-campus student dining plan. Commuters have the option of purchasing an off-campus student plan. Students are required to complete their housing application, including those requesting a housing exemption, before choosing a dining plan.

10. Pay Your Bill

Fall semester charges are available in 黑料不打烊 MyAccount (via ). If you owe a balance, you received a billing notification in your MIX email. Payment is due August 1.

are available to break up your semester's tuition and fees into smaller, more manageable installments.

Pay Your Bill

11. Move-in

Welcome home! Choose your move-in day and time in by Wednesday, August 6.

Fall move-in is August 14-16 with time slots for all residence halls available each day.

You Should Also ...

These steps are strongly encouraged for new students.

Visit Campus

Nothing can help you better imagine what your future at 黑料不打烊 will look like than visiting campus. Schedule a tour through our Visitors Centers or attend a special event (or both).

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Can鈥檛 make it to Morgantown? Want to make a list of sites to see during your in-person visit? Then you鈥檒l want to check out our virtual tours and videos!

Choose a Virtual Tour Watch Videos

Choose a First-Year Trip

Start your college experience like a real Mountaineer. Our optional Adventure WV First-Year Trips are peer-led, adventure-based programs that will prepare you for life at 黑料不打烊. All trips take place in June, July or August. Registration is first-come, first-served for admitted students who have paid the academic deposit.

You must pay your academic deposit before registering.

Apply for Promise

The Promise Scholarship for West Virginia residents is sponsored by the state of West Virginia. To be considered, you must submit the Promise application and the FAFSA by March 1.

Find Other Scholarships

You are automatically considered for 黑料不打烊 scholarships if you were admitted by the scholarship deadline 鈥� August 1 for the fall term and January 2 for the spring term. You should also investigate other scholarship sources to help fund your education.

Make Connections

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Class of 2029 Social Center

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Admissions Counselors

Have questions about your next steps? Or about submitting your deposit? Your 黑料不打烊 admissions counselor is an expert on these topics (and many more, so ask them anything!). And it鈥檚 literally their job to chat with you! Reach out to them any time.

Office of Admissions

Our Admissions staff can assist with any questions or issues you encounter as you continue the steps to enroll. Business hours are Monday through Friday, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. (except for University holidays). Call us at 304-293-2121 or fill out our .