Wait Lists for Fall 2013

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Wait Lists

During registration and drop/add periods, you may be able to put your name on a computerized wait list if you are eligible to take a course but find it is full. Each department determines if a wait list will be offered for a course and what type of wait list will be used. There are two types of wait lists:

  • Automatic Wait Lists are set up on a first-come, first-served basis. As a vacancy occurs in a class, the person at the top of the list is automatically enrolled.
  • Resequenced Wait Lists use a priority system to determine who enrolls in a course as spaces open up. Priorities are established by the department and are usually based on class standing and/or major.

Web registration informs you if a class you have requested has a wait list, as well as the number of students already on the wait list, and gives you the option of adding your name to the list. Web registration does not tell you what type of wait list is used for the course. Click on the Wait List option and then select Submit and wait for verification.

As wait-list positions constantly change during the registration and drop/add periods, it’s a good idea to check your schedule frequently to find out your position on the wait list. It is especially important to check before the drop deadline, so you can drop the course if you are enrolled but no longer wish to take it.  (See Drop Deadlines)

Important: Placing your name on a wait list does not guarantee that you will be enrolled in that course, even if you’re first on the wait list. When a space opens up for you in a course, you are automatically enrolled in the class from the wait list. If you do not attend a course you have been enrolled in, you will receive an F for that course.

NOTE: Wait-listed hours are included in your credit load limit.

Deadlines for Wait Lists


September 4 (Wed.)

- You may place your name on course wait lists through 11:59 p.m.

- If you are on the wait list for an undergraduate course as of midnight, and you don’t get enrolled in the course, you are eligible to reserve the course the next time it is offered through the Course Reservation Program.
- At 12:01 a.m. one final roll will occur to automatically enroll students from wait lists into any existing course openings. After this, all wait lists are frozen.

September 5 - September 13
(Thurs. - Fri.)

- There is no automatic enrollment from wait lists.

- If you are still on a wait list and have been attending regularly, check with the department offering the course. You must let the department know you are still interested in the course, should an opening occur. If an opening occurs, the department will give you a signed special action form to add the course.

September 13 (Fri.)

- All department wait lists are canceled at 11:59 p.m.
- Deadline to add a course with only an instructor's signature (5:00 p.m.); see Drop/Add Deadlines.