Waitlists
Waitlists allow you to be placed in a queue for a class that is full.
Waitlist Registration & Expiration
A waitlist may be available for any class unless the department turns the waitlist off.
- If a full class is offering a waitlist, a “WL” will appear next to the class in MyMAP.
- You can add yourself to a waitlist by clicking on the “WL” and accepting the terms.
- If you are not eligible to add a particular class based on class limitations (e.g. majors only) or registration holds, you will not see the waitlist option.
- You cannot waitlist an envelope.
- 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
- Once 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 (from the Register tab in MyMAP).
- If you are registered for another section of the same class, it will be dropped if the waitlisted section is added.
- This doesn’t happen with R-suffix classes.
- You can only waitlist one section of the same class (except R-suffix classes).
- Waitlisting 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 will cause you to go over the 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 will be added even if there is a time conflict with another class in your schedule.
- If the system adds you to a waitlisted class, you will be notified by email.
The only way to override the waitlist is to ask your instructor for a permission-to-add code. It is your instructor’s decision on whether to give you a code or not. There is no other way for faculty or staff to move students up on the waitlist.
Waitlist Information for Faculty
- Faculty are able to see the waitlist for any section they can access via the class roll.
- The waitlist queue will indicate a time stamp of when the student was added to the waitlist.
- There is an option to send a message to selected students on the waitlist.
- If the department adds more seats to the class, students on the waitlist will be added first.
If there is a long waitlist, the department may decide they would like to add another section of the class. If this happens, they would need to inform students of the newly created section.