Veteran and Military-Connected New Student Admissions Checklist

New Student Registration Session: Provides an overview of the college and students receive assistance with registering for classes. Visit the Academic and Transfer Advising website to sign up for a virtual session or an in-person Express Registration session.

Online Certification Request: After registering for classes, new students to the college seeking to use veteran or military education benefits will need to complete the following steps:

Visit the Veteran Advising and click on “Complete the Certification Request Form”
Fill in all applicable fields
At the bottom of the form, upload a PDF, JPEG or PNG of your Certificate of Eligibility/Summary of Education Benefits and DD-214. Veterans Readiness and Employment beneficiaries will need to have their Vocation Rehabilitation Counselor submit a purchase order to VetCert@middlesex.mass.edu in lieu of a CoE.
Click submit

For more information about your benefits, please visit the VRC’s Educational Benefit Information website.

Note: For future semesters, you will only need to fill out and submit the online certification form after registering for classes by visiting the Veteran Advising website.

Changes to academic schedule: After certification, a hold is placed on your account after your initial registration to prevent potential financial and/or academic ramifications. Please contact your SCO immediately if you want to make any changes to your class schedule. This includes adding courses, dropping courses, withdrawing, degree major changes or receiving incomplete grades.

Tuition waiver and Tuition Assistance: The Student Accounts Oﬃce on campus requires veterans to ﬁle your Veteran Tuition Waiver or for National Guard students to complete a National Guard Tuition and Fees Waiver once every academic year. You can provide the completed form to studentaccounts@middlesex.mass.edu or drop by a Student Accounts Office located in the Enrollment Center, Second Floor on the Bedford campus or the Cowan Center, Room 317 on the Lowell campus.

For Reserves students using tuition assistance, please visit the VRC’s Tuition Assistance website.

Health insurance waiver: If you are taking 9 or more credits, you are also required to ﬁle a health insurance waiver, otherwise you will be billed for health insurance. The waiver can be found in your MyMCC portal.

Health immunization information: The college requires students to submit proof of immunizations. For more information about what vaccinations are required and how to submit proof, please visit the Required Immunizations website. If taking on-campus courses, proof of COVID vaccination must be provided prior to registration.

Student Access & Support Services: For more information about classroom accommodations, visit the Student Access & Support Services website. SASS may be reached at (781) 280-3630.

Veteran and Military-Connected Resources Session: All new veteran and military-connected students are encouraged to attend this informative session before the beginning of every semester. You will meet Student Services and a member of our VITAL program. Resources will also be shared to assist in transitioning to college. This session also provides the opportunity to meet other new students.