Waitlists

Waitlist Registration & Expiration

A waitlist may be available for any class unless the department turns the waitlist off. Full sections with students in the waitlist will display how long the waitlist is for that class.

• If you would like to add yourself to the waitlist for a class, you will still click the "Select" button and select "Add."
  
  • If the class does not offer a waitlist: Upon selecting "Add," you will receive an error message stating that the registration failed because the section is full.
  • If the class does offer a waitlist: A pop-up will appear with the waitlist terms and conditions (see next section below). After reviewing the terms, select "Join Waitlist" to be added to the queue.
• If you are not eligible to add a particular class based on class limitations (e.g. majors only) or registration holds, the system will not add you to the waitlist. Upon trying to add yourself to the waitlist, you will receive an error message stating why you aren't eligible to do so.
• You cannot waitlist envelopes.
• You can check your position or remove yourself from a waitlist at any time in MyMAP.

Waitlists expire the evening of the fourth calendar day of the semester or term, or when a department requires permission-to-add codes for a class.

Waitlist Terms

• When a seat becomes available and you are first on the waitlist, you will be automatically added to the class.
• If you no longer want the class, you must remove yourself from the waitlist via the Register tab in MyMAP.
• If you are already registered for another section of the same class, that section will be dropped if you are added from the waitlist.
  
  • This does not apply with R-suffix classes.
• You can only waitlist one section of the same class (except R-suffix classes).
• Being on the waitlist does not guarantee that you will get a seat in the class.
• You will be skipped in the waitlist if:
  
  • You have registration holds.
  • Adding the class would exceed your maximum credit hour limit (e.g. undergrad: 18.0 during fall/winter).
  • You do not meet other class limitations (e.g. majors only, etc.).
• Waitlisted classes may be added even if there is a time conflict with another class in your schedule.
• If you are added to a waitlisted class, you will receive an email notification.

The only way to bypass the waitlist is to request a permission-to-add code from the instructor. It is the instructor’s decision on whether to grant this code or not. No faculty or staff members can move students up on the waitlist.

Waitlist Information for Faculty

• Faculty can view the waitlist for any section they have access to via the class roll.
• The waitlist queue shows a time stamp of when each student joined.
• There is an option to send a message to selected students on the waitlist.
• If the department increases the number of seats in a class, students on the waitlist will be added first.

If the waitlist is long, the department may consider creating an additional section of the class. If this happens, the department would need to inform students of the newly created section.