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With announced closure, learn how EC can help.
Grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, Elmira College provides a collaborative and supportive environment that enables students to become active learners, effective leaders, responsible community members, and globally engaged citizens.
The legacy of academic excellence at Elmira College runs deep with a heritage and culture that have been forward-thinking from day one, as the first college for women with a course study equivalent to men's.
At Elmira, you’ll have opportunities that shape your future, raise your sights and equip you with targeted tools and skills to succeed in the professional world. Join a community that’s close-knit, fun-loving, and just the right amount of quirky.
Elmira College makes a private education more affordable than you realize, with a number of ways to get the financial assistance you may need. Our financial aid office can guide you through options, including scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study programs.
Elmira College includes meeting students from around the world, participating in Elmira traditions, completing community service projects, and hopping into a pickup kickball game.
Elmira College provides you with a foundation for future success.
The home of the three-time NCAA National Champion Elmira College Soaring Eagles.
Elmira College alumni stay connected and engaged with the College long after they graduate.
Gifts to Elmira College ensure excellent academic and co-curricular opportunities for generations of EC students.
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With over 35 majors and minor areas of concentration, Elmira College lays the foundation for a diverse, cross discipline education, encouraging you to both specialize and explore.
Looking for a small, close-knit campus filled with incredible, hands-on learning opportunities? Our Admissions Office can help make Elmira College YOUR place.
Looking for registration deadlines, spring break or when grades are due? Our academic calendar has all of the important events for this academic year.
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Here are a few important next steps for you to take once you have enrolled!
Elmira College requires a mathematics placement assessment through ALEKS Placement,Preparation and Learning (ALEKS PPL) to determine readiness for quantitative courses. This online assessment is adaptive, meaning it adjusts the questions to find out what you already know. The assessment can include material from basic arithmetic through Precalculus, and will take approximately 90 minutes to complete.
Choose your courses, learn about our traditions, and meet members of your class. Summer Orientation is led by talented upperclassmen Orientation Leaders (OLs) that have thrived at EC. After you have paid your enrollment deposit, we will send your Summer Orientation information to you. You will be able to request your orientation date preference online and should talk with your family to select the best date as soon as possible. Space is limited for each program and we would hate to see you closed out of your preferred date. You will receive your first course assignments during your Summer Orientation, so plan early and get the best choice of courses.
This four-day program helps new students transition to college life at EC. The Orientation Leaders (OLs) from your Summer Orientation return to campus to support you, including moving you into your residence hall room. You'll get a head start on classes, experience residence hall life, and meet new students. During the Fall Welcome, you'll take part in some of your first traditions at Elmira College, from receiving your first-year beanie to battling the OLs in a tug-of-war. This is also when you will experience the first of two Candlelight Ceremonies during your EC career. On the last night that your class is alone on campus for orientation, you will surround the "puddle" with your candles and celebrate the end of your First-Year Orientation Program. The next time you will experience Candlelight will be the night before Commencement when your class owns the campus again.
Reconnect with your parents and other family members with entertainment, honor society inductions, athletic contests, local tours, and the annual Family Weekend Dance.
Mountain Day, Holiday Banquet and Ball, core classes, Octagon Fair, the Honors and Recognition Banquet, theme dinners, club participation, freshman writing course, athletic success ... by the end of your first year, these and other proud traditions will have become a part of who you are, securing your own place in the legacy of Elmira College.
