Drop and Add and What It Means for AIs

This was just forwarded from Tara Kaufman, our undergraduate advisor. If you are an AI this year, this is important information!

Welcome to another academic year! I hope that you had a relaxing and productive summer and that you are excited about the upcoming semester.

I want to share some information with you about eAdd, which is a feature on Onestart that will (starting in fall 2008) allow all Bloomington students to make online requests to be added to courses after the first week of classes.

First, a bit of information about what happens before the end of the first week of classes. This year, because classes do not meet on Labor Day, the first week of classes runs from Tuesday, September 2^nd through midnight on Monday, September 8^th. During this period, students can make all schedule adjustments on Onestart (adds, drops, section changes, etc.). Students do not need your permission to add a course during the first week of classes. If seats are open in a particular class, they can just go online and enroll in the course.

During the first week of classes (Tuesday, September 2^nd through Monday, September 8^th), the waitlist will be run every night. As students drop classes, waitlisted students will automatically be added. Students may get into your class off the waitlist until the end of the day on Monday the 8^th, when the waitlist will be run for the final time.

Amy and I cannot add or drop students during the first week of classes (or at any other time, for that matter). Students must always add and drop themselves. During the first week, what I can do (an so can Amy and Kathy for graduates) is give them permission to add over the cap set on your class, regardless of their position on the waitlist. The student must then go on Onestart and enroll in the course.

Your class is capped and I will never override the cap unless I have your permission. This means when Susie Student comes to me and says, “Professor A says I can add her class,” I will always tells her to have you send me a note or an e-mail. The caps are usually set for good reason and you should never be afraid to tell a student NO. If they are CMCL majors, Amy or I can help them find other classes and options.

After the first week of classes, the waitlist becomes meaningless. With instructor permission, students can still add classes after this point, but they will not get in off the waitlist and their position on the waitlist is irrelevant. Instead, they will have to submit an eAdd request on Onestart or bring the old late add paper slip to you for the required signature.

Now that classes can be added online using eAdd, I do not think that many students will use the paper add slips this fall. However, the slips are still available should students choose to use them. Sabrina, Amy, Kathy, and I DO NOT have late drop/add slips here in our offices. Any College student who needs to get a slip to add a class must go to the College of Arts and Sciences Recorder’s Office in Kirkwood Hall 001. Any University Division student must see their University Division advisor to get a slip. Students in other schools should see their advisors.