What is the waitlist?

When a class becomes full, students may choose to be placed on the waitlist. Most waitlists hold a maximum of 20 students.

There are limits on the number of units that can be waitlisted district-wide. The maximum number for Fall and Spring semesters is 12 units and 5 units for Summer session.

If you are on the waitlist for a class, you cannot enroll or waitlist in another section of the same class.

Waitlists are not available after the first day instruction begins for that session.

Monitoring waitlist status

Even if you are on the waitlist, there is still an opportunity to get into the class you want. What can you do in order to increase your chances of getting into your class? Here are some helpful tips and information about waitlists:

- - Your waitlist status may change throughout the enrollment period so monitor your status on a regular basis!
  - Log into your eServices account and select "Student Center," click "My Class Schedule," select the "term and college," and view your "Waitlist Position" number.
  - Email your professor to ask if you can add the course (see example email below)
  - If other students drop the class, you may be automatically enrolled in the class.
  - If you are added to a class from the waitlist, you must pay your enrollment fees immediately or you will be dropped from the class.
  - If you no longer want a class, please remove yourself from the waitlist in order to avoid being enrolled in a class automatically.

Dropping Classes

If you are enrolled automatically into a class from the waitlist and you decide to not take the class, log into your eServices account and drop the class immediately. It is the student's responsibility to drop a class prior to the drop deadlines. Students should not expect that an instructor will drop them from a class

Paying for waitlisted classes

Students do not pay for waitlisted classes (you only pay for a class once you are enrolled in the class). If you are added to a class from the waitlist, you must pay your enrollment fees immediately or you will be dropped from the class.

Students receiving the California Promise Grant will not be auto-dropped for non-payment. It is critical for these students to monitor their class schedule and drop classes they no longer want.

After the semester/term begins

If you are still on the waitlist for a class you want when the semester begins, you must attend the first class meeting to see if the instructor will give you a permission number to add the class. Many instructors will add students based on the number of students who do not show up on the first day of class. Others may ask you to return to the next class meeting before making decisions about allowing other students to add.

Permission number

A permission number is required after the first day of instruction for the following reasons:

- You are currently on the waitlist
- The class is full
- The class requires the Instructor's Consent

How to add a class when you are on the waitlist

If you are on the waitlist and you receive a permission number to add the class, you must:

1. Drop from the course from the waitlist (delete the class from your schedule)
2. Re-enroll by entering the course number
3. Add the permission number in the appropriate spaces.

Permission numbers must be used by 11pm the DAY YOU RECEIVE THE PERMISSION NUMBER.

Pay your enrollment fees immediately.

Registration assistance

Students needing assistance with enrollment can review the links below or call the CRC Welcome Center at 916-691-7344.

More Helpful Tips

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