Member onboarding

Build your Third Cup profile.

Start with your account, reading interests, and DC-area meetup preferences. Online participation stays locked until your first verified in-person discussion.

Private

First name, last name, birth year, and accessibility notes stay private.

Purpose

These fields help shape reading selections, timing, and neighborhood choices.

Preview

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Account

Create your account

Profile

Introduce yourself

Preferences

Shape your meetup experience

Preferred meetup times
Optional. Choose one or more standard time slots.
Select preferred meetup times
Academic interests
Choose broad areas that best match your interests.
Select academic interests
Discussion medium preferences
Choose the kinds of reading you most want to discuss.
Select discussion media
Preferred locations
Choose as many as you want. Selecting All expands to every DC-area option.
Select preferred locations

This first pass creates your account and profile, but online discussion remains locked until your first verified meetup.