Deposited Graduate Students

For Deposited Students

Additional Forms to Submit and Things to Do

All forms for fall entrance for deposited students only are available in the download box below.

Orientation and Move-In Information (Fall 2013).

Dates of orientation for Fall 2013

•   August 18          Residence Hall move-in for International students
•   August 19 - 23   Mandatory International Check-in and Clearance
•   August 20          Residence Hall move-in for domestic students
•   August 21-22     Graduate student orientation (Manhattan)
•   August 23          Graduate student orientation (Brooklyn)
•   August 26          First day of classes

*International students will only need to attend only ONE "Mandatory Check-in and Clearance.  To sign up, go to the LMS with your OneKey and sign up for International Check-in and Clearance as well as English Placement Exam.

SILS students:  Orientation for Library Science students will be Thursday, August 22 from 3:30 - 8pm room 213 at Pratt Manhattan Campus (144 W. 14th Street, Manhattan).

1. Health Forms: Pratt requires both the immunization form and the health evaluation form. The immunization form (schedule of your vaccines) is due June 15 for fall entrance and is required for registration. You do not need a physical to submit the immunization form. Ask your doctor for the tracker form they keep to record your immunizations, and submit that if you are up to date. The health evaluation form is due at the same time.  New York State requires that the immunization form be submitted before you can attend class. These forms are also available online at the Health and Counseling website.

2. Your final official transcript from your college if you have not already submitted it.   If you will not graduate, please inform us immediately by emailing yhah@pratt.edu.  Your final official transcript as well as all official transcripts from college you attended (if you did not already submit an official copy to admissions) should be mailed to:  Pratt Institute, Office of Graduate Admissions, 200 Willoughby Ave., Brooklyn, NY  11205.
Students whose final official transcripts are not received will be placed on a registration hold for the next semester. Avoid holds by taking care of it now.

3. Health insurance waiver, which is an online process.  You will be able to waive your insurance online.   Students are charged the health insurance fee, which will be waived after the drop/add period and upon proof of your own personal insurance.  If you do not have health insurance, you may take it out on your own or you can apply for Pratt's health insurance at the same website above. Please note: you will be automatically signed up for Pratt's health insurance and will be billed unless you submit a health insurance waiver. If you waive insurance, you will see the charge on your bill until after the add-drop period. Special instructions will be available for MS Architecture students.

5. Pratt Email Address: The Admissions Office mails and emails a letter to all deposited students with their Pratt email address and ID (password).  You may access the Pratt portal at my.pratt.edu.  Make sure you change your password to something you will remember once you sign up for email at my.pratt.edu. You will begin receiving email from Pratt at your Pratt email account and you are responsible for checking that account regularly. You will receive orientation information there as well as other information on billing, etc.  If you change your password and then do not remember it, you must contact the help desk at 718 636-3765.  The admissions office is unable to help you with a lost password unless it is the original one. The help desk cannot help you if you email them so if you must email, email Chris Paisley at cpaisley@pratt.edu, and he will obtain your lost password for you from the helpdesk and email it to you.

International Students Only: English Placement exam will be given in DeKalb Hall, Room 406 . Dates and times will be posted online. Students may be waived from the exam for several reasons.  More information on waivers and the exam are online.

Making Your Visa Appointment:  allow two to three weeks for us to issue the I-20 after we receive all the documents. Students should not make an appointment before the I-20 is issued.
When the I-20 is mailed, a tracking number and the SEVIS number is sent to the student by e-mail. This is the time for the student to make the visa appointment.

Registration:  You will receive a packet of information from the registrar late December.  Please make sure you are familiar with the Add/Drop deadlines. After the add/drop  period is over, you may not add additional courses. (Always add first and drop second so you don't drop below full-time status.)

International Students Only:  You must submit your I-20 before you can register for classes.  If you are waived from the English exam because you had a TOEFL over 600 or attended a US college for four years, the admissions office has notified the Intensive English Office.   

Fall 2013 Billing:
You may view your online bill once you are registered at my.pratt.edu. Regardless of whether you have registered or not, your payment is due by January 1.  Payments received after that are subject to a $75 late fee and a 1.25 percent interest charge monthly. Accounts that are not paid by the deadline or are not on a payment plan will be placed on a bursar hold and students will not be permitted to add or drop courses or register for the next term.
You may pay your bill online at my.pratt.edu.   It is your responsibility to check your account online regularly (monthly) to make sure you do not owe a balance. Read more about billing.

The following are costs for the Fall 2013 semester.

Art, Design, Architecture Students
Full-time (9 credits/semester) Residential Students $23,911. (Deduct ½ of your scholarships and financial aid for the year and submit the balance.)
Full-time (9 credits/semester) Commuter Students $14,154 Part-time (6 credits) Commuter Students $9,351.

Library Science Students
Full-time (9 credits/semester) Residential Students $21,310  (Deduct scholarships and financial aid for semester.)
Full-time (9 credits/semester) Commuter Students $11,553
Part-time (6 credits/semester Commuter Students $7,617

Summer Entrance Architecture MS students: your bill will be online before June 1st so that you can pay your bill before you arrive online.
 
Room Assignments and Meal Plans (Spring and Fall) : Room assignments are mailed out in December for spring entrants and July for fall entrants. You should also have an email at your Pratt account with information on your assignment.  Residential and other students who wish to purchase a meal plan may do so during orientation if they did not already sign up. Note: the meal plan is required in certain residence halls. You may download information on Meal Plans. You will receive an email  at your Pratt account with information on dining options at Pratt.

PrattCard:  Your PrattCard is your Pratt ID card, which you receive at orientation. To find out more about the PrattCard, visit my.pratt.edu (PrattCard is on left side of page) and login.  You may use the site to  add value to your Pratt Bucks or Existing Meal Plan accounts and the funds will be available for immediate use. It is important to recognize that Pratt Bucks may not be used in the dining facilities and Meal Plan points cannot be used in the Bookstore or print labs so choose carefully where you want your money to go.  You will have the ability to grant access to four additional people to add funds to your accounts.

Shipping Items Before You Arrive: You will receive an email containing your campus mailbox and mailing instructions. The mail center will be open on check-in day for you to retrieve your things.

Deferring to another term or withdrawing: If for some reason, you must withdraw from Pratt or wish to request a deferral to the following year, please contact admissions in order that we may stop the early registration process for you and avoid billing you. Send an email to Young Hah at yhah@pratt.edu.