Month-by-month checklist for intended 2024 graduates of Washington University School of Medicine
Graduates must register to attend the all-university morning Commencement ceremony. If you receive a “You are not registered with Marching Order” message, please be sure to include your student ID along with a message to commencement@wustl.edu.
November/December
- File Intent to Graduate by Dec. 22 – required to graduate
- Confirm contact information and parent information
December
- Check degree requirements before scheduling spring electives
- Schedule Financial Aid Exit Interview – required for all students who received financial aid
- Order regalia
January
- Fourth-Year Capstone Course (Weeks 41-44) begins
February
- Fourth-Year Capstone Course (Weeks 45-48) begins
March
- Settle university finances
- Submit Hooder Survey by March 15
- Match Day – March 15, 2024
- Verify diploma mailing address
- Submit Regalia Request by March 31
April
May
- Regalia must be returned by May 17
Commencement – Monday, May 13, 2024
- 9 a.m.: University-wide Commencement Ceremony
- 11 a.m.: Commencement Festival
- 3 p.m.: MD Commencement Ceremony