You tried to register for a course and it's full. What happens next? You may waitlist through your myOkanagan account for a course. View the videos below for How-to Join a Waitlist or How-to Register for a Waitlisted Course. You can also view the Step-By-Step Online Registration Guide for additional instructions.
How-to Join a Waitlist How-to Register for a Waitlisted Course
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I am waitlisted for my course. What does that mean?
You are not registered in the course.
You are not charged for the course.
Your name will not be on the class list.
Attendance in class is not permitted.
I am on the waitlist. How do I get into my class?
Waitlist dates will be set by the Registrar’s Office.
Winter 2012
Starting Dec. 1, 2011
Check your waitlist status in myOkanagan. If a seat is available it will be indicated by “Wait Seat Available” and you may register. This is your responsibility to check your status. You have 48 hours to register if you have been offerered a waitlisted seat. After 48 hours unclaimed seats will be offered to the next students on the waitlist.
Starting Jan. 4, 2012
Check your waitlist status in myOkanagan. If a seat is available, it will be indicated by “Wait Seat Available” and you may register. This is your responsibility. You have 48 hours to register if you have been offerered a waitlisted seat. After 48 hours unclaimed seats will be offered to the next students on the waitlist.
Jan. 11, 2012 (noon)
Deadline to notify your Dean if a course for which you are waitlisted is required for you to graduate. Waitlists are dissolved.
Jan. 11, 2012 (midnight)
Anyone can register online for the remaining available seats on a first-come, first-served basis. In-person registration available Jan 12, 2012 at 8 a.m.
What else do I need to know?
Waitlist seats will not be made available until November 30, 2011 (Winter 2012).
"Wait List" indicates you are waitlisted for the course. "Wait Seat Available" indicates that a seat is being held for you for 48 hours.
Students are encouraged on a regular basis to login to myOkanagan and check the status of their waitlisted courses (at least once a day during the waitlist period).
Telephone inquiries regarding your waitlists will not be accepted.
Arts/Science students may register and/or waitlist in a combined total of courses not exceeding 18 credits.
You cannot be registered in one section of a course and waitlisted in another section of the same course.
