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Visiting Campus
Admitted students and families are invited to see Puget Sound up close and personal. Whether it's a return visit or your first time to Tacoma, there's always something new and interesting to discover.
Class Registration and Academic Advising
Academic Advising is a service through which faculty members help students select, plan, and complete academic programs and explore graduate, professional, and career options for their lives after college.
You will be registered for your fall semester classes based on your responses to the Advising Placement Questionnaire available on myPugetSound in the spring.
Transfer Credit Policies
University of Puget Sound may grant lower division credit for a student's results on an Advanced Placement (AP) Examination or 1 unit of lower division credit for a student's results on each International Baccalaureate (IB) Higher Level Examination passed with a score of 5, 6, or 7. Additionally, if a student has earned the IB Diploma, 1 unit of lower division elective credit will be allowed for the Theory of Knowledge. Students will be allowed up to a total of 6 units based on IB results. Students with both IB and Advanced Placement (AP) examination results will be allowed a combined maximum of 16 units to apply as electives, toward a major/minor, and/or university core requirements. College credits earned prior to high school graduation may transfer if such credits appear on the transcript of a regionally-accredited college or university. This includes coursework complete through concurrent enrollment programs, such as Washington's Running Start and College in the High School programs.
Housing
The Puget Sound campus living environment provides abundant resources and support for academic, social, civic, and community life. First-year students typically live in a coed residence hall with single gender community bathrooms. Students live in rooms designed to accommodate one, two, or three roommates. Residence halls feature common areas with kitchen facilities, televisions, piano lounges, study and recreational areas. Rooms include extended length twin-sized beds, chest of drawers, bookcase, and a closet or wardrobe.
Housing Application Instructions
Dining
Students who live in residence halls are required to purchase a dining plan each semester. Meals are served in The Diner, located in the Wheelock Student Center. Food service is not available during Thanksgiving or winter holidays, and hours are reduced during spring break. Kosher options are available and Dining and Conference Services created a series of icons to identify allergens and they are available to assist individual students with specific dietary needs.
In addition The Cellar, a popular student-run pizzeria, and Diversions Café are located in Wheelock Student Center and serve food items from midmorning until late evening. Oppenheimer Café, in Brown Family Courtyard between Harned and Thompson halls, offers coffees, teas, pastries, salads, and wraps from early morning to midday and Lillis Café, located at the entrance to the new Athletics & Aquatics Center, has made to order smoothies and coffee.
Visa Information for International Students
Once you have confirmed your enrollment with your $500 USD Advance Tuition Payment, the Office of International Programs will begin to work on your I-20 or DS-2019 packet. More information and instructions are available on the Office of International Programs website.
Billing and Tuition
Your first bill will be due on August 15, 2020. Student Financial Services uses TouchNet’s online Bill + Payment system to view monthly bills, account activity and make online payments via e-check.
Did you receive a scholarship from outside of Puget Sound? Go here to learn about how to report it.
Looking for information on special circumstances applying to financial aid? Please go here to learn more.
Banking
If you wish to open a bank account before arriving on campus, the following banks are in close proximity to campus. Often banks offer special banking rates for Puget Sound students.
Bank of America
3408 S. 23rd St., Suite 1
253.305.3000
Umpqua Bank
2525 N. Proctor St.
253.926.4040
Columbia Bank
1959 S. Union Ave.
253.627.6909
Wells Fargo Bank
3607 6th Ave.
253.752.2340
Wheelock Student Center (ATM only)
Key Bank
3501 S. 19th St.
253.593.3817
or
3917 N. 26th St.
253.593.3745
America's Credit Union
2602 N Proctor St. Suite 103
253.964.3113
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