The last group of currently enrolled students will become eligible for Advance Registration on Tuesday, April 9th - just one week away! Registering in a timely manner helps you have the best possible selection of courses available to a student of your credit-count standing, and helps keep you on track for your degree.
Shortly after the 9th, General Registration will begin. This allows degree- seeking students who are NOT registered for Spring 2013 - plus all returning non-degree-seeking students - to begin signing up for classes. You may start to see some of those critical or popular courses fill up!
So, what do you do if you have an unpaid bill that's going to prevent you from registering right away, or if you are not sure if you will be coming back to UMBC in the Fall (for whatever reason)?
SEE YOUR ADVISOR ANYWAY!
Your faculty and staff advisors are focused on meeting with you during this time of the semester. If you miss this opportunity to meet with them, and your situation changes in a way that allows you to enroll at UMBC for the Fall, it can be very difficult to catch up with them during the summer months. Take advantage of their attention now!
Meeting with your advisor and getting Registration/Advising Clearance doesn't cost you anything but time, and doesn't obligate you to register. What it CAN do is make the registration process easier if you become able to register on very short notice.
Take some time to check this off your "To Do" list - you may be glad that you did!
