CLICK HERE for step by step visual instructions.

Log into SIS > Student Menu > CHECK REGISTRATION STATUS. This will show you the specific time your registration window begins, and you can view your account for any holds that might prevent you from registering!

• You can see your Holds in SIS > Student Menu > View Registration Status > scroll down past your Time Ticket > VIEW HOLDS or Holds will appear in your DegreeWorks profile at the top of the page
• Your SAM hold must be removed by your assigned Advisor. In your first-year you are assigned an SoE Hub Advisor. 

• For more information CLICK HERE. 

  

• Some courses have restrictions to certain majors or class year. See image below on how to find if a course is restricted.
• NOTE: INQR-1XXX courses are for Freshmen only. You will not be allowed to register for an INQR-1XXX course after your first two semesters.

Picture above courtesy of the School of Science.

• Courses that have the number scheme of #96# are special topics courses and are being piloted.  There will not be a description of the course in the catalog but there might be one on the registrar website

 https://info.rpi.edu/registrar/academic-planning.  HASS has some of their topics course descriptions here: https://hass.rpi.edu/advising/hass-topics-courses/fall-2024-hass-topics-courses   Contact the instructor listed for a syllabus if there is no description or pathway information for the course.

• If an override is needed for a closed course, missing, pre-reqs, or due to course restrictions such as major restricted courses, an override form should be completed and sent to the primary instructor.  The primary instructor will have a “P” after their name. If/when the instructor lets you know the override is done, go onto SIS and under the Check Registration Status to verify the reason and the CRN.  Register using Register/Add/Drop and enter the CRN in the first empty box and then press “Submit Changes”. Do not try to register using Class Search as this program is not flexible enough to recognize the override.

• If you have a course conflict with another class, find another section that does not conflict.
• Or download form the Authorization Form on the Registrar site https://info.rpi.edu/registrar/registration/#RegistrarForms Select the “Schedule Conflict”   box on the form and complete sections A and B of the form with your personal and course info. Section C will need to be completed by the instructors for both conflicting classes to approve the override.  This same form will be used for credit overloads which need both the advisor and ALAC signoff.

• If you completed or currently taking a pilot course (such as MANE-1960 Mechanics I in replace of ENGR-1100 Intro to Engineering Analysis), you will require an override for any course that requires ENGR-1100 as a prerequisite.
• You can request the override by emailing the instructor with this form.

• If you need to adjust your schedule, do not drop any courses that you were overridden into, as this is specific to a CRN, and you would need to submit the form to get another override and risk not getting in if the course is full.

• Select WAITLIST in the drop down registration window.
• Be aware of electronic waitlists. When you try to register for a course that is “full” but has a waitlist you are given the option to register for the waitlist. Once on a waitlist do not adjust your schedule for that course as you risk losing your position and having to re-register for the waitlist.  Note for MANE prefix courses waitlist requests are made here:  https://linktr.ee/rpimanedept 

When you register for a waitlist you can see your position number on your weekly schedule (not the grid format).  As seats open an email is automatically sent out to the first person(s) on the list letting students know that they can register for the course.  Because this is an auto generated message it can get caught in spam/junk filters so it may be missed.

• Check your position number at least once a day and if you are position 1 or 2 it may be good to check it once in the morning and once in the afternoon.  When you see that you are position 0 you "should" receive an email and then you have 48 hours to register for the course, after that it moves to the next person on the list.  Try to register for the course using Register/Add/Drop and if this does not work submit a help ticket with the registrar (https://rpi-registrar.zendesk.com/hc/en-us) to let them know you are position zero on the course (include the CRN) but have not received the alert email.
• You can waitlist for more than one section of a course, so if you get into a section, please do your fellow students a kindness and drop yourself from the other waitlisted sections giving them a chance to get in.
• If you need to adjust your schedule do not touch any courses that you got into via waitlist.  This may cause you to have to re-register for the waitlist and you may not get back in the course. 
• To register go into Register/Add/Drop on SIS and from the drop down for the waitlisted section choose drop via Web then type the correct CRN into the first box at the bottom.
• If you are swapping sections to the waitlisted section, you will also need to drop the currently registered section before clicking Submit Changes.

Once the semester begins LMS updates every night through the first week of classes so you will not be able to access the course on LMS until the next day. 

If you plan on taking a course in the summer, you must have the Transfer Credit Approval form signed by the appropriate office AND your Hub advisor BEFORE you register for the summer course.

We advise students to submit your Transfer Credit Approval Forms to the appropriate offices as soon as possible to assist your future semester planning.

• Ex: BIOL-1010 + BIOL-1015 and BIOL-2120 + BIOL-2125 are corequisite courses, meaning you MUST register for both CRNs at the same time. 
• You will register by putting one CRN per box at the bottom of your registration screen. BIOL-1010 CRN in one box and BIOL-1015 in another.

• Each college/institution is different. We recommend you contact the school directly for the best answer. Typically, you will apply as a visiting or non-matriculated student.
• We advise students to use the Transfer Course Guide as a guide.
• Please refer to "How do I Transfer in College Credits After Starting at RPI" drop down for additional information.

CLICK HERE for the curriculum prerequisite flow charts.