Waitlisting is a registration feature that allows students to join a queue for enrollment—a waitlist— for a course that has reached its maximum enrollment. Not all courses are set up with the waitlist option.
Waitlisting is only an option during the registration period (Note: Waitlisting is not availabe during first-year registration). Waitlists are removed after registration closes and are not an option during add/drop period.
- Log into Yale Course Search.
- Search for and select the desired course and then click ADD TO REGISTRATION WORKSHEET.
- If the class is full and there is a waitlist option, there will be an ADD TO WAITLIST IF CLASS IS FULL option in the dropdown menu in the Registration Options section. Select Yes and then click SAVE CHANGES.
- The course will show in the Worksheet Contents section. The hourglass icon indicates that you are on the waitlist for the course.
Checking your Place in the Waitlist
- Refresh the Yale Course Search page.
- Open your registration worksheet.
- Select the waitlisted course. The course details screen will display your position on the waitlist.
Claiming Your Seat in the Course
You will receive an email when a seat becomes available in a waitlisted course. When you receive the email, you have 24 hours to claim your seat.
- You will not be added to a course off of the waitlist if adding the course puts you over 5.5 credits. You will need to remedy this by dropping enough credits to be added to the course.
- Log into Yale Course Search.
- Open your registration worksheet. The act of logging into Yale Course Search and opening your registration worksheet is the only way to claim your seat in the course.
- You will see the waitlisted course’s hourglass icon has changed to a checkmark, indicating you are registered in the course. There is nothing else you need to do to claim your seat.
- For waitlisting on multi-section courses, you can only be enrolled, or on a waitlist, not both. The system does not allow you to be enrolled in one section and on the waitlist for a different section of the same course.
- Notifications to students to add themselves to a course off of the waitlist end 24 hours before the registration periods close. This allows notified students a 24-hour window before registration closes to claim their seat off of the waitlist.
Removing Yourself from the Waitlist
- Log into Yale Course Search.
- Open your registration worksheet.
- Select the target waitlisted course.
- Click the REMOVE FROM WAITLIST button in the course details screen.
- Then click the SUBMIT REGISTRATION button.