Greetings from the Citadel Success Institute staff!

We are eagerly anticipating your arrival for CSI this summer! In preparation for CSI, we ask that you print out the CSI Handbook, review it carefully, and bring a copy of the handbook with you to CSI. Please note you will receive your course assignments during check-in for CSI and will have the opportunity to buy your text books at the campus bookstore on Sunday as well as Monday before classes begin. Please come prepared with a way to pay for your textbooks. Estimate price ranges for textbooks are included in the following link, -the prices provided are only estimates and are subject to change.

To prepare for arrival, review the “Preparing for CSI” tab on our website for the most up to date information, .If you are flying to Charleston, please let us know your flight information as soon as you can, so we can arrange to have you picked up at the airport. Someone will also take you back to the airport at the conclusion of CSI at noon, Friday, 26 June 2017.

You will find arrival procedures on page 24 of the CSIHandbook. However, below is an important arrival checklist:

  • Check in begins at 10:00 a.m. and ends at 1:00 p.m.
  • Please review your packing list to ensure that you have all the required items you need to bring, none of the items on the unacceptable list, and that all your clothes meet the dress code requirements.
  • If you will need a parking pass, you will let us know at check-in, and one will be issued at that time.
  • If you will need transportation to/from The Citadel campus from the Charleston airport, train/bus station, or hotel, please email with your arrival location, time, and travel itinerary so that we may accommodate your transportation needs. Please include flight information so we can check your arrival times. We will need this information by Wednesday, June 28th
  • Please anticipate a 12:00 P.M. dismissal on the last day of CSI.Some students may finish earlier depending on when they finish their exam; however, all classes will end by 12:00 P.M.
  • If you will be a minor (under 18) on the day you report for CSI, please have your parents/legal guardian complete and sign the following legal waivers and documents.Please bring these with you when you check-in for CSI.

Image consent & risk releaseFERPA releaseLiability release form

Your parents/legal guardians may also sign these documents upon arrival if they are present with you at check-in.

A note on payment:Students must have completed the CSI Registration form to pay their bill. Bills may be viewedand paid in Lesesne Gateway. Payment instructions are available at the following link,.

Payment is due in full by 31 May 2017.

Assessments and Placement Exams

Assessments are open for freshman 1 June 2017 and are due 30 June 2017. Please complete the following assessments*:

  • Students who chose Math 119 as their first or second choice course during CSI should take the Math Placement Exam by 15 June 2017. Information on assessments available at the following link,
  • Students attending CSI should plan to read the summer reading assignment, A Few Good Men, by 30 June 2017 as the LDRS 101 course will have assignments that pertain to the book. The writing sample must be completed by 30 June 2017.
  • Students attending CSI should complete the Career Assessment, SIGI, by 30 June 2017 as the LDRS 101 course will include activities based on the students’ results on this assessment.

Again, we look forward to your arrival! If you should have any questions or concerns before then, please do not hesitate to email with any questions, .

Sincerely,

The CSI Staff

*Because no foreign language is offered during CSI, students have an additional month to complete the foreign language assessments (except for engineering students who do not take a foreign language). This assessment will be due 1 August 2017:

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