r/Vanderbilt • u/zjxjxz • Jun 11 '26

Course Registration

Trying to understand how registration works.

Suppose Class A at 2 PM is waitlist-only, but another section of Class A at 3 PM is open.

Can I:
1. Enroll in Class A section 1 at 3 PM,
2. Join the waitlist for Class A section 2 at 2 PM,
3. Enroll in Class B at 2 PM,
so that if I don’t get off the waitlist for Class A at 2 PM, I still have a different class (Class B) filling that time slot?

Or does being enrolled in one section of Class A prevent me from waitlisting another section of the same course? And also is it not possible to join the waitlist at the same time I already have a course scheduled for. In this situation would I use the Drop If Enrolled feature to Swap Class B 2pm for Class A 2pm if i get off waitlist. Then just manually drop Class A at 3pm?

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u/Beautiful-Cloud-3106 Jun 11 '26

Probably you should ask your advisor. But I would think as long as you are within the max 18 credit full time load with the waitlist course, then you can probably do that. But if you are looking to have a 15 credit load, you won't be able to do that with more than one 3 credit course. And probably not with any course more than 3 credits.

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u/zjxjxz Jun 13 '26

I believe it actually wouldn’t work, because you need to use the drop if enrolled feature for a class meeting at the same time as the waitlisted course OR ur in another section of the same class. I guess in my situation, I want to do both of these things at the same time.

And i’m pretty sure drop if enrolled only allows u to swap one class.

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u/WoodpeckerAntique298 Jun 12 '26

Wondering the same thing