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Web Registration Information
Fall 2008 Registration
Course counts and limits
Course Descriptions and Changes to catalog information for registration
Departmental pages
2008-2009 Catalog
Fall 2008 course listing here!

Rules Explanation:

 

• Your adviser, your graduation class and your major information will be locked in as declared at least 10 days in advance of the first day for seniors to begin each term's registration. If you haven't declared your major, you may not be able to gain entrance into important majors-only courses. If you are in doubt about your own class standing or major declaration(s), please check with the University Registrar's Office prior to May 9 for the Fall 2008 Web Registration.
• Schedule an appointment with your declared academic advisers.  Don't wait until the last minute!
• PreRegistration may be done prior to meeting with your advisers and must be done by Sunday, May 18.  If you have suggestions about course topics or want to express interest in a course in advance of registration, please contact the appropriate department head directly.
• Passwords: You will receive via your W&L e-mail address a new PreRegistration password for each term.  ONLY your advisers can provide your WebRegistration password; if you lose it, check with your advisers again.  Don't wait until the last minute!
• Starting time: Your individual WebRegistration starting time will be sent to you via your W&L e-mail account on Monday, May 19.
• Web Registration is open to you ONLY during the "window" you've been assigned, until the "Clean Up Days" after the rising sophomores have finished their Web Registration period.
• Limits & Course Counts: Departments determine the number of spots being saved for each class year (and majors or non-majors) in each course  (e.g. 15 for juniors, 10 for sophomores, etc.). You can see these limits on the course counts page, along with how many spots have already been taken. Black numbers show what's open; Red numbers indicate that the number of spots for a given category have been exhausted -- the course is closed. (Need help finding open courses?)
• Getting Permission for a Course: WebRegister for your courses BEFORE seeking permission.  Students registering for permission-required courses or placed on a waiting list for a closed course are granted permission by the faculty online. It is your responsibility to check with the faculty member to remind her/him to "click you in" to a course.
• Overload permissions must be granted by a dean (Dobin, Ikeda, Knapp, Peppers, Straughan, Leonard) prior to being able to register for the overload.  You are limited to the regular load (max 14 credits for fall and winter) and four wait lists during Web Registration unless you have special permission. Remember, all degree-seeking students must carry at least 12 credits during the term.

 Rules  | Strategy  |  Calendar


 Registration Strategy:
 

• E-mail and Web Browser: Know how to use your W&L e-mail, including getting to it from off-campus. If you live in non-University housing, contact the University Computing Help Desk (dial HELP on campus or 458-4357 from off campus) to set up a Connect97 account which will allow you to access the World Wide Web from home.
• Practice register from the University Registrar web page.  Especially check out the instructions and help information by clicking on the  icon there. Remember, the courses on each line are related to each other in priority order so putting two courses on one line will always result in your being registered for only one of them! Be careful!
• Check your "My Holds" in WebServices for Students to clear all holds which will prevent WebRegistration. Clear any holds you may have (you'll also see them noted on the PreRegistration screen).

• Meet with your adviser(s) and discuss course choices and some alternatives, including p.e. skills courses.
• Get your WebReg password from one of your formally declared advisers. Don't wait until the last minute!
• PreRegister by Sunday, May 18.
• Understand PE registration, especially the problems which might prevent you from getting a PE during scheduling. Check the PE scheduling statistics.
• Read your W&L e-mail on Monday, May 19th to find out your WebRegistration start time or just start WebRegistration. You won't be able to get in, but the system will tell you when your starting time is and will give you a countdown clock at the bottom of the screen.
• Talk to a dean (Dobin, Ikeda, Knapp, Peppers, Straughan, Leonard) if you are planning an overload.
• Register after your assigned starting time, for a full load (12-14 credits and some p.e. skills courses).

 Rising Seniors: start between 9:30 am and 3 pm EDT Tuesday, 5/20; finish between 12:01 am and 6:00 am EDT Thursday, 5/22

 Rising Juniors: start between 9:30 am and 3 pm EDT Wednesday, 5/21; finish between 12:01 am EDT and 6:00 am EDT Friday, 5/23

 Rising Sophomores: start between 9:30am and 3 pm Thursday, 5/22; finish between 12:01 am and 6:00 am EDT Saturday, 5/24

 Cleanup (all returning classes): start 12:01 am EDT, Saturday, 5/24; finish by 11:59 pm EDT, Monday, 5/26.

 

• Register for alternative courses, if you are waiting for permission or for a wait list to open up.  You should enter a second-choice course on the same line. If that course is also closed, you should enter an open, no-permission course in the "I'm registered" column of the same line as a third-choice course.  Get registered (right-hand column) for something on each line of the WebRegistration screen. The courses on each line are related to each other in priority order so putting two courses on one line will always result in your being registered for only one of them! Be careful!
• Check your e-mail regularly for messages related to permissions granted, conflicts, and prerequisites.
• Revisit your registration anytime during your "window" or during the Clean-up Days or during the summer.
• Clean-up Days: all students may make changes to registration on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, May 24, 25, and 26 until 11:59 pm.
• Late registration: The $25 late registration fee will be assessed if you haven't completed (registered in the right-hand column for at least one course) Web Registration by Monday, May 26 at midnight US Eastern Daylight Time. Please come to the University Registrar's Office if you want to register late and prior to course scheduling in early September.  WebRegistration will reopen later in June and will stay open through Monday, September 1st at 6 pm, after which time you'll need to do a paper drop/add.
• Don't leave WebRegistration without a full schedule in the right-hand ("I'm Registered") column.  If you're waitlisted, find an alternative and get registered for a full course load and contact the appropriate faculty member about getting "clicked in" from the waiting or permission list.

If you have questions about how to use the system, please stop by the office, call us at 8455 (8:30 to 4:30) or ASK!

 

(WebRegistration will reopen later in June and will stay open through Monday, September 1st at 6 pm, after which time you'll need to do a paper drop/add.)

 New students (First Years, transfers, exchange) and returnees will have opportunities to do
PreRegistration in August and WebRegistration in September.

Calendar / Schedule:

• Sunday, May 11 - Web PreRegistration begins (continues through Sunday, May 18)
• Friday, May 9 - deadline for declaring a major or requesting a change in class standing, in order to have the information properly reflected for WebRegistration (may affect your ability to get into certain courses limited by class or major)
• Sunday, May 18 - PreRegistration ends at midnight
• Monday, May 19 - Undergraduates receive WebRegistration starting times via their W&L e-mail addresses
• Tuesday, May 20 - Rising Seniors (Class of 2009) may begin using the WebRegistration after their assigned time (10 am to 3 pm EDT) and for the next 39 hours.
• Wednesday, May 21 - Rising Juniors (Class of 2010) may begin using the WebRegistration after their assigned time (10 am to 3 pm EDT) and for the next 39 hours.
• Thursday, May 22 - Rising Sophomores (Class of 2011) may begin using the WebRegistration after their assigned time (10 am to 3 pm EDT) and for the next 39 hours.
• Saturday, May 24 to Monday May 26 - "Clean-Up Days" - departments may open wait-lists or give permission to any class for unallocated spaces. Registration ends at 11:59 pm  EDT on Monday. Late registrations incur a $25 late fee.

Web Registration Information
Fall 2008 Registration
Course counts and limits
Course Descriptions and Changes to catalog information for registration
Departmental pages
2008-2009 Catalog
Fall 2008 course listing here!

Rules  |  Strategy  |  Calendar
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