Where and when to drop off your sample
The daily deadline for dropping off your saliva sample to a drop box is 10:00 a.m., Monday through Friday. Samples dropped Sunday will be picked up Monday. Samples submitted after that time will not be picked up and taken to the Lab that day.
If you miss the 10:00 a.m. drop box deadline on Friday, you can bring your sample in person to the testing clinic until 12pm. However, if you drop a sample after 12pm on Friday, even in person at the testing clinic, it will not be processed until the following Monday.
Required testing frequency has changed as of July 6, 2021. Please see this page for definitions of "fully vaccinated" and "unvaccinated."
- Students, employees, and affiliates who are fully vaccinated drop one sample per week.
- Students, employees, and affiliates who are not vaccinated drop two samples per week.
To jump to frequency for graduate students, employees, eligible dependents, and affiliates, click here.
To jump to frequency for all those required to test twice weekly, click here.
Undergraduates
After completing testing upon arrival to campus, undergraduates are asked to drop off their regular samples based on the residential colleges they were assigned to when they joined Princeton (regardless of where they currently live).
If you will miss one of your designated testing dates because you are ill or are on travel away from campus, please use the Testing Absence Form.
If you miss your designated day, please drop a sample on the next testing day. Samples can be dropped in drop boxes from Sunday at 10a.m. through Friday at 10a.m. Samples dropped at the testing clinic after 12pm on Friday will not be processed until the following Monday.
| Undergraduates Testing Once Weekly | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler College and Forbes College | Rockefeller College | Whitman College | Mathey College | First College |
|
Sunday (any time on Sunday until midnight) |
Monday (before 10am) |
Tuesday (before 10am) |
Wednesday (before 10am) |
Thursday (before 10am) |
If you are an undergraduate who will be testing twice weekly, see the table below.
Graduate Students, Employees, Eligible Dependents, Affiliates
If you have been participating in testing over the last year, please feel free to continue the day(s) that work for you. If you are new to testing, we ask that you follow this schedule so that we can spread testing out across the week. As noted below, if you are only on campus intermittently, drop your sample on the day(s) you are usually on campus. For everyone else, we'd appreciate it if you could drop samples on the days assigned to you by last name.
If you will miss one of your designated testing dates for any reason (vacation, illness, not being on campus, etc.), please use the Testing Absence Form.
| Graduate Students, Employees, Affiliates, Eligible Dependents Testing Once Weekly | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Last names A - E | Last names F - K | Last names L - R | Last names S - Z |
|
Monday (before 10am) |
Tuesday (before 10am) |
Wednesday (before 10am) |
Thursday (before 10am) |
If Friday is the only day you can supply a sample, and you miss the 10am courier pickup, you can bring your sample in person to the testing clinic until 12pm. However, if you drop a sample after 12pm on Friday, even in person at the testing clinic, it will not be processed until the following Monday.
*If Friday is the only day you can supply a sample, and you miss the 10am courier pickup from drop boxes, you can bring your sample in person to the testing clinic until 12pm. However, if you drop a sample after 12pm on Friday, even in person at the testing clinic, it will not be processed until the following Monday.
If You Are On Campus Intermittently
Many faculty, staff, researchers, and affiliates that are eligible for testing are not on campus every week. If your presence on campus varies from week to week, only come for testing during the weeks when you will already be on campus.
You can also time your testing for when you will already be on campus. If your schedule is that you are on campus on Mondays, you can come for testing on Mondays.
For more information on if you should be tested during a week you are on campus, see this Eligibility Guide.
Students Residing Off Campus — Parking Guide
Students residing off campus do not need a permit for the drop-and-go parking locations listed below. Parking in any numbered lot or garage on campus, including visitor Lot 23, is restricted, and will result in a parking citation. In addition to free short term parking (note time restrictions per lot) for students residing off campus, there are also metered spaces on University Place and Prospect Ave that students may utilize for testing drop off.
For drop-off at these locations, use free 1-hour spaces in Lot 8 or metered parking on University Place
- Dod Hall, Entry 2 – lobby
- Little Hall, Entry 17 near the circle
- U-Store, vestibule
- Blair Hall, Entry A inside archway
- Mathey Hall, vestibule to Common Room - Entry 5 of Hamilton Hall
For drop-off at these locations, use free College Road 2-hour spaces or metered parking on University Place
- Bloomberg Hall, lobby entry 170W
- Class of 1981 Hall, lobby near Community Hall entrance
- Yoseloff Hall, Entry 2
- Henry Hall, Entry 1
- Wilcox Hall, 2nd Floor lobby near Julian Street Library
228 Alexander, rear entrance. Pull around to rear of building for drop-and-go only, no parking
Drop Box Locations
Below are the drop box locations for Fall 2021, updated as of 9/10/21.
|
Building |
Drop Box Location |
|---|---|
| Blair Hall | Entry A inside archway |
| Bloomberg Hall | Lobby entry 170W |
| Class of 1981 Hall | Lobby Near Community Hall Entrance |
| Dillon Gym | Main Lobby |
| Dod Hall | Entry 2 — Lobby |
| East Pyne/Chancellor Green | Lobby |
| E-Quad | Joint Entry to A,C,E |
| Firestone Library | B-floor by Core Bathrooms and Elevator (for PUL staff only) |
| Fisher Hall | Prospect Street Entrance |
| Forbes College | Main Lobby entry 109 |
| Frick Chemistry Building | Atrium |
| Friend Center | Lobby by Olden St. Entrance |
|
Frist Campus Center |
100 Level, by ATMs |
| Graduate College | Old Grad Common Room |
| Henry Hall | Entry 1 |
| Jadwin Gym | Lobby |
| Lawrence Apartments | Building 1 Lobby |
| Lewis Thomas Lab | North Entrance |
| Little Hall | Entry 17 near the circle |
| MacMillan Building | South Entrance Near Garage |
| Mathey Hall | Vestibule to Common Room — Entry 5 of Hamilton Hall |
| McCosh Health Center | Foyer (Available 24 hours a day/7 days per week) |
| Princeton Neuroscience Institute | South entrance near Lot 15 |
| ReCAP (400 Forrestal Road) | Entry vestibule |
| Stadium, Northeast Corner, Booth 4 | Testing Clinic (as of 9/13/21) |
| U-Store | Vestibule (Available 24 hours a day/7 days per week) |
| Wilcox Hall | 2nd Floor Lobby, Near Julian Street Library |
|
Yoseloff Hall |
Inside Entry #2 (For Undergraduates Only) |
|
200 Elm Drive |
Lobby (For Staff and Faculty Use Only) |
|
200 Lakeside Apartments |
Administrative Office |
| 228 Alexander | Rear Entrance |
| 300 Washington | Construction Trailer |
|
693 Alexander St. |
1st Floor Elevator Lobby |
| 701 Carnegie | Lobby |