Waitlisting
The registration waitlist is an electronic list of students waiting to register for a class that has reached its maximum enrollment. The waitlist is open during the fall/spring registration and closes the day before the semester begins. The waitlist is established on a first-come-first-served basis and also has a limit on the amount of students allowed to waitlist per class. If a seat in the class becomes available, the first student on the registration waitlist for that class will be notified through their UH email account and will have a 24-hour window to register for the class. If they do not register within their window, they will be removed from the waitlist and the next person on the waitlist will be notified of the available seat.
Quick Facts
- Once the semester begins, the waitlist feature will no longer be available.
- Not all classes are set up for waitlisting. If the class has that feature and there are waitlist spaces available, STAR will present the waitlist option at the time of registration.
- Although students may be notified of an available seat in the class, they could still encounter an error upon registration. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure they meet all other registration requirements: prerequisites, corequisites, major restrictions, no time conflicts with other registered classes, and/or no health, financial or other holds on their student account.
- While the waitlist feature is available, instructors will not be allowed to provide overrides for students to get into their closed class.
- Students can also opt to forward the email notification as a text message to their mobile phone. (See instructions on Text Notifications)
Questions?
Office of the Registrar
Phone: (808) 689-2900
Email: uhwo.records@hawaii.edu