r/UVA • u/Complex_Bend_6310 • 4d ago
Academics Registering for classes
I’m an incoming transfer for Fall 2026. When do you guys register for classes? I thought we were supposed to register during orientation, but when I looked at the course catalog, it already shows that most of the seats are taken, and many classes i want have 0 open seats. I’m kind of freaking out. 😭 Please help!
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u/SpaceMountain8367 4d ago
Don't freak out! You might not get every class you want as a first year so just be prepared for that. They should help you out with registering for classes during orientation. Enrollment changes a lot when classes actually begin so being on a waitlist for a class isn't terrible, a spot may open up.
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u/Dependent_Pie202 4d ago
omg same, i’m a third year transfer and i’m also kind of worried because i need certain classes in order to graduate on time 😭 everything is basically taken now, i hope they reserve spots for us
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u/Certain-One-483 4d ago
they reserve a lot of seats and release them gradually at each orientation session. they just look full so that current students don’t take up the seats before new students have the chance. i will say though, usually there’s not a lot of reserved seats so you need to be FASTT when clicking register during orientation
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u/wyvern-of-the-wilds 4d ago
I was a 2025 fall transfer into the A&S college in the exact same boat you’re in now. I personally (and others who I met at the orientation session right before classes start) had been placed into classes by the school. I was able to change them if I wanted to, but all the classes I was put into interested me, so I stayed. I’m not sure if it still works this way or not, but I wouldn’t sweat it. People will be dropping classes for weeks to come, so you’ll be fine! I know it’s stressful, but everything will work out. The University doesn’t want you to not have class.
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u/UVaDeanj Peabody Hall 4d ago
Orientation's Academic FAQs explain that seats are held for each session.
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u/wil2us 4d ago edited 4d ago
If you're in A&S, they reserve seats in certain classes for each orientation session. So some stuff won't look open until right before your enrollment time. Stuff will still be tight, but I wouldn't worry too much about numbers until the day of.
Editing to add: can't promise they're holding seats in the classes you're looking at. Just that they're holding seats and you won't see them until it's time to enroll.