Waitlisting
When a course reaches its enrollment capacity and the course is set up to allow waitlisting, the status for the course in Orion will change to wait list.
If the course has reached its enrollment capacity and the status of the course in Orion is closed.
Then the class does not allow for waitlisting.
- Placing yourself on the waitlist for a course does not guarantee registration in the course.
- If an opening in the course becomes available:
- As long as there are students on the waitlist, the course will remain closed and all enrollment in the course will come from the waitlist.
- Orion will automatically register the student at the top of the waitlist as long as there are no holds or registration blocks.
- Students already registered in another section of the same course will not move from the waitlist to registered, unless utilizing the swap feature.
- If the registration will cause the student to exceed their maximum hours for the term, that student will not be moved from the waitlist to registered in the waitlisted course.
- If the registration will cause a time conflict with other courses already enrolled by the student, that student will not be moved from the waitlist to registered into the waitlisted course.
- An email will be sent out to the student if registration was successful.
- An email will be sent out to the student if the waitlist process attempted to register the student, but encountered an error.
- Students may receive emails letting them know if a time conflict, max unit hours, etc. will prevent registration in a waitlisted course.
- About a week before the end of waitlisting, an email will be sent out to students letting them know when the waitlist will be closing.
- If a student is on the waitlist for one section of a class and then successfully registers into another section of that class, they are automatically removed from the waitlist for the previous section.
- Each academic unit may set their own limits on the number of hours that can be enrolled and waitlisted. Please contact your advisor if you have questions regarding your limits.
- How to waitlist for a course (pdf)
- How to remove yourself from a waitlist (pdf)
- How to find your position on a waitlist (pdf)
Swapping
The swap function can be used if a student wants to swap out an enrolled course for a more desirable course if/when a seat becomes available. When waitlisting for a course, a student can designate which enrolled course to swap with if/when a student is enrolled from the waitlist.
Swapping the related section only on a multiple component course
The edit function can be used if a student wants to remain enrolled in the enrolled section of a class (such as the lecture) and change the related section (such as the lab or problem section). Instructions are in the video below.
