Waitlisting

Waitlisting may provide many advantages to students, instructors, and administrators. The biggest advantage to students is that they will be notified when a seat becomes available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Waitlisting will be advantageous to instructors by removing the need for them to manually sign students into a class. Waitlisting will also be helpful to administrators by allowing them to track the demand for certain courses and better manage curriculum offerings.

The following are some frequently asked questions regarding waitlisting:

Please scroll down for answers to these questions. Snow College has prepared tutorials for faculty and students.

How does Waitlisting work?

Students who attempt to register for a class that is full may put themselves on a waitlist on a first-come, first-served basis. When an open seat becomes available, a notification will be sent to the students.snow.edu e-mail address of the student at the top of the waitlist. The student will have *24 hours to go online and add the class.

The open seat will be reserved for that student and no other student may login and register for that seat during that *24-hour time period.

If the student does not register for the course, the next student on the list will be notified and have *24 hours to register.

*The weekend before the first day of the regularly scheduled semester begins, waitlist notifications will transition from a 24 hour response time to a 12 hour response time. This means that once a student receives an opening notification, their seat will only be reserved for 12 hours before the seat is given to the next student on the waitlist.

Prerequisite for Waitlisting

Waitlisting notifications will be sent to the students.snow.edu e-mail address. Students must meet all of the course prerequisites and requirements in order to sign up for a wait list.

Is there a way for me to see how close I am to the top of a waiting list?

Sort of. Academic Advisors and the Registration Office staff can view the waitlist order. Please contact them for this information.

What happens if I don’t register for a course within 24 hours after receiving an e-mail notification?

If you do not register within 12/24 hours from the time the e-mail was sent, you will automatically be dropped from the waitlist. The next student on the waitlist will move to the top of the list. For this reason, it is highly recommended that you check your students.snow.edu e-mail at least twice a day, especially if you know that you are close to the top of a waitlist.

What if I am a sophomore? Shouldn’t I get priority over a freshman?

Only during Priority Registration. Priority registration occurs only once at the beginning of the registration period. After the initial few days of registration, all other registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.

May I get on the waitlist for more than one section of the same course?

Yes. Although you may not register for two or more sections of the same class, you may add yourself to the waitlists of more than one section of a course. For example, you may be registered for a course, but you would like to take the course at a different time. The system will allow you to stay in your current section and also get on the waitlist for additional sections of the course. If you are notified via e-mail that a seat is now available in a different section, you must first drop the class for which you are registered, and then you may register for the section in which you were previously waitlisted. As a common courtesy to other students, it is expected that you will drop yourself from any classes or waitlists that you do not intend to take.

May I get on the waitlist for a class that has a time conflict with another course?

Yes. Although you many not register for courses with time conflicts, you may add yourself to the waitlists of courses that have time conflicts with courses for which you are registered or with other courses that you have waitlisted. If you are notified via e-mail that a seat is now available for a waitlisted class, you must first drop any course that has a time conflict before you may register for the waitlisted course.

At what point does a waitlist go away?

All waitlists will be discontinued at end of day (11:59 pm) on the day before the semester begins and no new notifications will be sent after 12:00pm (noon) that same day. After the waitlist is discontinued, instructors are notified of any students that had still been on a waitlist for their class(es). At their prerogative, they can allow students to be overenrolled into their course through a signed add card or email permission. All requests to be added into a full section should be initiated by the student. Once permission is granted the add card should be brought to the registration windows in the Greenwood Student Center, or the email with instructor permission should be forwarded to registrar@snow.edu. Students who had previously been on the waitlist will be given priority. Add cards and instructor permission emails will not be accepted during the time in which the waitlist is active. Permission should be obtained AFTER the waitlist is purged and any signed add cards or email permissions should be submitted to the Registration Office as soon as possible. Delays of more than 1-2 days could negate the permission.

Students may still add or drop classes in the My Snow Student Portal through the first 5 meeting days of the semester if space is available. After that, an instructor’s signature is required to add a course and can only be processed by the Registration Office.

What about classes that are co-requisite?

Classes and labs that have co-requisites must both be added at the time of registration. If space is not available in one or both of the co-requisites, you will need to be waitlisted for co-requisite classes and/or labs at the time of registration.

I received a waitlist e-mail, but when I tried to register I couldn’t because of a hold. What’s wrong?

All financial holds must be cleared prior to any registration activity (this includes waitlisted classes). Students who are on Academic Probation can only add or drop classes through the Advising Office, even if they receive an waitlist email notification.

I accidentally dropped my waitlisted class. How do I get back in?

As long as you are still within the 24 hour window (or 12 hour window) you can add the class by going to the "Registration" link in the My Snow Student Portal and follow the directions there to add yourself back onto a waitlist.