Beginning in the fall semester of 2013, waitlists for class enrollment will remain functioning until the fifth day of the term, the last day students can add classes.
Currently, waitlists are purged 10 days before the start of the term, with the intent of making sure students enroll in enough hours to be full-time.
Faculty requested the change because the process for granting access to students on the waitlist is handled manually by professors after the waitlist is frozen.
Even if they are not on the waitlist, students can gain entrance to a class by appealing directly to the professor.
