Here is how to enroll at MSM if you are a new accepted student assigned to attend MSM Summer English Study (SES).
After you confirm your attendance to MSM on your Application Status Page, please follow the steps below to complete the Enrollment process.
Learn about MSM’s Summer English Study (SES) program!
Please use this checklist to complete each step by the deadline.
Housing Application Opens
Last day to confirm your attendance decision to MSM and SES.
Housing Application Deadline.
Starting in April 2026, students who have officially confirmed their enrollment at MSM will receive a welcome email containing:
Once a student confirms their enrollment, they should receive this email within one week.
Freshman SES Students must live on campus for the entire academic year. These students must submit:
For questions about housing, please contact Residence Life at residencelife@msmnyc.edu
Billing date for SES students.
Deadline to confirm financial aid award through MSM Student Portal (NetPartner).
Deadline to submit your MSM Immunization History form.
Deadline to complete Student Visa Interview.
Required MSM placement exams for take place online via Canvas and Zoom.
MSM SES Tuition and Housing Payment Deadline.
Deadline to submit:
Health Insurance Coverage begins for SES students.
Deadline to submit official transcripts, and proof of degree or diploma.
Move-in day for SES students into Andersen Residence Hall.
SES Orientation: Day 1
SES Orientation: Day 2
First day of in-person classes for Summer English Study (SES).
Disabilities Services Request Form (recommended submission date)
Deadline to sign up for Orientation Week events.
Final exams for SES.
Last day of SES classes.
Students without fall housing must move out of Andersen Hall by 12PM.
Deadline to complete your MSM Title IX Training, Hazing Training, and Drugs & Alcohol Training – Mandatory for all students Class will be launched in Canvas, you will be notified via MSM email.
All other new MSM students move into Andersen Hall.
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Orientation.
First day of fall semester classes.
View the 2026-27 Academic Calendar →
Deadline to pay MSM Fall Tuition or set up a payment plan.
For Students enrolling in:
Please use this checklist of what action you’ll need to take, by which date.
This is the last day to confirm your attendance decision to MSM and to SES.
Completed SEVIS I-20 Application Due – Submit in the Admissions Portal.
Deadline to submit SES Housing Application.
Billing date for SES Students.
1. Deadline to confirm financial aid award through MSM Student Portal (NetPartner). If this applies to you, you will receive instructions by email.
2. Deadline to submit your MSM Immunization history form.
Deadline to complete Student Visa interview.
Required MSM placement exams take place online via Canvas and Zoom.
SES Tuition and Housing Payment deadline.
Deadline to submit the following forms:
SES Orientation and Welcome Event.
Move out deadline for non-Andersen Hall residents.
Fall Orientation.
Michael Lockhart, Director of ISS iss@msmnyc.edu
Your New Mailing Address:
Mr./Ms./Mx. FULL NAME 136 Claremont Avenue, Room #_____ New York, NY 10027
Learn more about Housing & Residence Life here.
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*All students on an F-1 Student Visa must purchase the MSM Student Health Insurance Plan.*
Please note: The College rates and fees – tuition, general student, double occupancy room, and gold meal plan – the School uses to calculate and publish its Cost of Attendance otherwise known as CoA will be acted upon by the Board of Trustees on March 28th. Please check back in early April to see those four approved rates and fees which will be effective for fall 2026. The School’s remaining academic year 2026 rates and fees will be confirmed later in April, so please check back for those.
Students are required to submit a non-refundable deposit of $600 upon notice of their acceptance to SES, this non-refundable deposit counts toward tuition.
* Please note that the Gold meal plan is the largest and highest cost meal plan. Explore Silver and Bronze meal plans here.
All full-time Manhattan School of Music students are required to have health insurance that meets the minimum essential coverage requirements set by the U.S. Affordable Care Act. The MSM Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) is mandatory for all F-1 visa holders.* International health insurance plans are not accepted.
* Cost of the 2025-2026 MSM Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) was $3,128.00. Exact 2026-2027 rates to be determined.
IMPORTANT: All charges are cited for only one semester at a time.
The Registrar’s Office will register students throughout the summer, based on the degree requirements and placement exam results. Schedules will be available online in the MSM Student Portal on or around August 15. An email will be sent to all new incoming students when schedules are finalized. Please be sure to check your MSM email.
Doctoral students will be contacted by Dr. Lisa Yui in mid-August to review the courses they will need to register for in the Fall. Please be sure to check your MSM email.
Questions? 917-493-4478 registrar@msmnyc.edu
Required placement exams will take place online via Canvas and Zoom June 8-21, 2026.
Placement exams are used to determine the level of each student’s abilities in music history, music theory, aural skills and other subjects related to specific majors. A new student can place out of remedial courses and/or required courses by excelling in these exams. Placing out of a course will allow greater flexibility in their coursework. An email will be sent to all new incoming students with detailed information by mid-May. Please be sure to check your MSM email.
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