Registration & Add/Drop Processes

This page outlines MIT Registration and Add/Drop Processes

Pre-Registration

• Students may pre-register for courses for an upcoming semester once the schedule has been posted by the registrar.
• It is a good idea for our students to pre-register for all required courses as well as any courses they are very interested in taking.
• Students pre-register in May for the summer session and fall term, and in December for IAP and the spring term. Continuing students are required to pre-register, even if for thesis or research only.
• Although the subjects selected during pre-registration will populate a student's initial registration, they are non-binding. Selections must be confirmed during registration.
• Sloan Course Bidding (Course 15) is open to non-Sloan students during fall and spring pre-registration.
  
  Registrar Page on Pre-Registration

Registration

• On Registration Day, students meet with advisors to discuss their term subject selection.
  • Prior to Registration Day (a month or so) collect availability of all advisors and allow students to set their meetings with advisors.
  • We have been using Google Forms to set this up. Once students sign up, share the schedule with the instructor with a link to the registration approval site. 
• Meetings are typically 15 - 20 minutes in length.
• Students & Advisors can begin using the online system when it opens; the Registrar alerts admins to when this date is each semester. Typically this is one or two weeks prior to Registration Day/the First Day of Classes.
• Most Student/Advisor meetings will likely take place on Registration Day each semester.
  • Before meeting with their advisor, students log on to WebSiS: http://websis.mit.edu and select their courses via the "Online Registration"
  • Students select the classes they’d like to take and choose “Save Selections”. This will provide the advisor access to view student selections.
• At Student/Advisor registration meetings:
  • Students/advisors will agree upon enrollment choices for the term
  • The Advisor then approves the selections online
  • Once the advisor approves the student's choices on WebSiS, the student must log back into their registration on WebSiS and click “submit” a final time in order to complete the registration process.
• This last step is the digital version of walking their registration form to the Registrar's office. Without this step, a student is not registered!!!

Add/Drop Processes

• • The add/drop process is the same as the registration process.

    • The online add/drop form can only be utilized after a student's registration has been submitted.

    • Students may make changes after add & drop deadlines, for a fee.

• The Graduate Administrator may act as a proxy approver for advisors for Registration & Add/Drop processes

  • This should be done only when the advisor has granted approval for the admin to do so

  • Log in to the "Advisors & Departmental Adminstrators" page on WebSiS to access these functions.

    • You will need to request authorization to view this site. Please see "Exceptions, Requests, Contacts" for the appropriate person.