Registrars Office, Student Services, First Floor Mitchell Building

The waitlist is a roster of students who are waiting for a seat to become available in a closed course. The waitlist stores names in order of request, on a first come, first served basis, to allow access to seats as drops are processed. Note that most, but not all departments offer waitlists for their courses. Students can waitlist courses when they register on testudo or in person at Registrations.

 Waitlisting in Person:

Complete a Schedule Request/Adjustment form for the course you want to add. If the course is closed and a waitlist is available you will be offered the option of being placed on a waitlist. You may waitlist up to six sections of a course. Be sure to read waitlist information below for important details on how the waitlist works.

After being placed on the waitlist you will receive a copy of your Schedule Request/Adjustment form. Mandatory Check-In and Regular Check-In dates will be noted on this form. Students are required to check-in before the first day of classes, and then daily to remain on the waitlist Testudo web site, or in person.

Waitlisting Using Testudo

Drop/Add on Testudo will offer the waitlist option if a course is closed and a waitlist is available. You can be placed on the waitlist for the closed section plus five additional sections. Also use Drop/Add for adding and dropping courses from the waitlist.

 WAITLIST INFORMATION

1. You must check-in once a day, either through Testudo or in-person, during the specified period, to remain on the waitlist. Students that do not check-in will be removed from the waitlist. If a section has already been assigned, the section will be given to the next eligible student.

 2. Not all departments offer waitlists for their courses. It is the decision of the department whether or not to offer a waitlist. Some departments have two waitlists - one for eligible majors and one for special populations determined by the department. In those departments where two waitlists are kept, be aware that eligible majors have priority.

 3. It is recommended that you complete your schedule with alternative course choices. Being placed on a Waitlist does not guarantee that you will be sectioned into your desired course.

4. To be eligible for the waitlist/hold file you cannot be registered for any other section of the desired course. If you are currently registered for any other section of the course, you must drop that section before you can be placed on the waitlist. If you remain registered for another section of the same course at the time you waitlist, you will be removed from the waitlists.

 5. You may select up to six (6) sections of a course. The first section to become available will be assigned to you by the computer. Since you will now be registered for a section, your name will be removed from the waitlist for that course. If you subsequently refuse the assigned section, that section will be given to the next person waiting for it. You may, at that time, request to be PLACED AT THE END OF THE WAITING LIST FOR ANOTHER SECTION.

 6. Once you have been placed on a waitlist for a specific course you cannot add any additional sections to the waitlist for that course at the same position. If you later decide to add additional sections they can be added to the end of the waitlist.

 7. Students stand a better chance of receiving a course by waitlisting as many sections as possible. However, when waitlisting multiple sections of a course, you should be sure each section fits your schedule unless you plan to drop the course that conflicts with the waitlist section at the time the section is received.

 8. Problems resulting from courses received from the waitlist that conflict with a student's schedule must be resolved. After a course is received from the waitlist time conflicts cannot remain on a student's schedule without permission from the student's college. If the course is received and confirmed, students must adjust their schedule in accordance with University policy by 4:30 p.m. of the following workday. If the schedule is not adjusted, a drop will be processed on the received waitlist course.

 9. If new sections are opened with exact meeting times to those sections selected, you will be scheduled for the new section by the waitlist processor.

 10. Waitlist activity will end the last day of the Schedule Adjustment Period.

 11. Students who receive courses from the waitlist prior to the beginning of the semester may receive information from the Registrations Office regarding phone-in procedures. Students eligible to use Testudo are encouraged to use this services for waitlist check-in.