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.
December
- File Intent to Graduate
- Confirm contact information and parent information
- Check degree requirements before scheduling spring electives
- Schedule Financial Aid Exit Interview – required for all students who received financial aid
January
- Fourth-Year Capstone Course (Weeks 41-44) begins
February
- Fourth-Year Capstone Course (Weeks 45-48) begins
- Submit Hooder Survey by February 14
March
- Settle university finances
- Match Day – March 21, 2025
- Verify diploma mailing address
- Submit Regalia Request
May
- Regalia pick-up
- Regalia return
Commencement – Monday, May 12, 2025
- 9 a.m.: University-wide Commencement Ceremony
- 11 a.m.: Commencement Festival
- 3 p.m.: MD Commencement Ceremony