Waitlist gotcha

Occasionally, students who are enrolled in one section of a lab or discussion place themselves on the waitlist for a different, preferred lab or discussion, which auto-enrolls into the same lecture section they are already registered for.

Due to system limitations, students who waitlist for an additional section which shares a component can never be auto-enrolled off of the waitlist. This is confusing for the students, because they wonder why they are not moved from the waitlist into the class, even if they are at the top of the list.

To proactively assist students that may be affected by this, schedulers may use the UM Manage Waitlist page’s “Other Sections” tab and the “Also Enrolled in Other Sections” column to identify students already registered for another section of the lab or discussion and advise them accordingly.