Waitlisting

Each waitlist contains up to 100 slots which can be filled by students attempting to add the full section. When a student enrolled in the section drops the course, is purged, or otherwise changes their schedule, the student in the number one slot on the waitlist will be added into the section. This is done through an automatic batch job that is run throughout the day. Check the Registration Calendar for each semester/term for deadlines regarding joining lists and being moved off of lists and into classes.

Students can join a waitlist for any course they have not scheduled. They may only join one waitlist per course and have a maximum of three waitlists active per semester or term. In addition, students can also request for the system to automatically drop a class if adding a waitlisted course would cause a time conflict in the student’s schedule.

Students are unable to see entire waitlists, but they may check their placement on a list by accessing the Schedule Request link on their myLSU desktop. Also, it is now possible for students to view the number of students on a waitlist before they join the list.

Residential College courses will not be waitlisted because staff manually schedule Residential College courses for Residential College students.

No, waitlisted courses are not used to determine if students have reached their credit hour maxes. In addition, waitlisted courses are not used to assess fees.

If a student has their courses purged for non-payment or for being scholastically dropped, they will be automatically deleted from any waitlist they were on.

Waitlists are available to students throughout the registration process. When a section is full, a waitlist is automatically created and may be joined by students.

Waitlists will be utilized for courses numbered below 6000. In addition, courses numbered 6000 and above can now be waitlisted at the department’s discretion. Waitlists will not be accessible until a section’s enrollment maximum is met. All lecture/lab courses and courses that meet at different class periods are eligible to be waitlisted. In addition to these courses, all held, linked, and permission of department sections cannot be waitlisted. Variable credit courses and those that can be repeated for credit are also unable to be waitlisted.

Students can join a waitlist via the Schedule Request Link on their myLSU desktop. In order to be presented with the option to join a waitlist, students must first attempt to add the desired course to their schedule. When joining a waitlist that conflicts with a previously scheduled class, students will have the option to have the conflicting class automatically dropped to make room for the waitlisted class by selecting the “WD” option.

Students will automatically receive an e-mail message notifying them that they have been moved off a waitlist and into a class. Therefore, students need to check their e-mail regularly.

The waitlist program will skip the student until the student drops a scheduled course. Selecting the “WD” option will not result in the system dropping a non time-conflicting course to make room for the waitlisted course. If a student is skipped three times due to this, or any other issue (such as prerequisite deficiencies or time conflicts), they will be purged from the waitlist.

No, joining a waitlist does not guarantee a seat. If a seat in the class never opens up, they will not be moved off the waitlist and into the section. Students must check their positions on waitlists regularly. If they are not moving up on a waitlist, they need to find alternative courses to schedule. It is up to the student to decide when they can no longer wait for a class and have to schedule an alternative course instead.

Students can remove themselves from a waitlist by visiting the Schedule Request Link on their myLSU desktop. All courses they have waitlisted will appear at the bottom of the page, and they will have the option to remove themselves from any waitlist.