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Turn Tartan Admitted Student Events
In the spring semester, we will offer various in-person and virtual events specifically designed for admitted students. Learn more about these events below, and pay attention to your email for an announcement when registration is open.
Visit Days
Turn Tartan Visit Days will be held throughout March and April, offering opportunities to explore campus facilities, meet current students and connect with your academic program and campus organizations. Below are highlights of some of these events.
- A student-led campus tour
- A presentation from your academic school or program*
- A student panel to hear about life on campus
- Lunch on campus
- An admitted student information session
- A financial aid presentation
- A resource fair to meet the offices across campus that will support you
*Please note that academic schools and programs do not have sessions on every Visit Day. Once available, be sure to check each day's schedule to determine the Visit Days in which your program of choice will be participating.
Virtual Events
Can’t make it to campus? There will be a variety of online Turn Tartan events for admitted students during the spring semester, including information sessions from academic departments and other campus partners, live virtual campus tours, chats with current Tartans and plenty of other ways to find out what it means to be a student at Carnegie Mellon.
- Virtual Tartan Talks, hosted by a panel of Tartan Ambassadors to share insights on topics around student life.
- Virtual Campus Tours and Residence Hall Tours, hosted now through April by Tartan Ambassadors to show you around campus.
- Academic Webinars, hosted in March and April by the academic schools and programs to share more about what to expect as a first-year student in their curriculum.
Virtual Introduction to Tartan Life
Jan. 29, 2026, 6:30 to 8 p.m. EST
Join your fellow admitted Tartans for a webinar that will include welcome remarks from campus leaders, presentations from offices across campus, and a chance to ask questions and meet other members of the incoming Carnegie Mellon class!
Admitted Student Events Calendar
Join us for webinars beginning in January through March to learn more about CMU! Closer to April, registration for the on-campus Turn Tartan Days will be open, and additional webinars will be added. Be sure to check back then.