Registration

Fall 2025

April 16 – April 23

• Sophomore Advising

  Incoming Sophomores

  You can view your advisor information by following these instructions

  • Meet with your academic advisor.
  • Review Early Concentration Rules.

April 16 – April 23

• Junior and Senior Advising

  Incoming Juniors

  • Meet with an advisor in your department.
  • Declare a major (or add a concentration) by Wednesday, April 30.

  Incoming Seniors

  • Meet with an advisor in your department.

April 23 – May 2

• Pre-Registration/Course Preference for Continuing Students

  Pre-registration is a course preference process—it does not guarantee you a seat in the courses you select.

  After pre-registration you may be dropped from any course that over-enrolls (see "enrollment preferences" in the catalog). Have alternative course options in mind if you are dropped.

  Williams Student Records will be open from:

  Wednesday, April 23 @ 7:00 pm - Friday, May 2 @ 11:59 pm

  1. Use your APR to review your progress toward completion of distribution and degree requirements as well as major/concentration requirements: Main Menu > Self Service > Academic Records > My APR/Internal Transcript > Email me my APR
  2. Pre-register for four courses (at this point there are no enrollment caps or consent flags set).
  3. Check your schedule in Williams Student Records to confirm you have completed the registration process.

  Coming Up...

  Enrollment caps and consent flags have not been set. After pre-registration ends and faculty review enrollments, you may be dropped from a course with an enrollment cap or assigned to a different section of a multi-sectioned course (including labs or conferences):

  • Students dropped from a course will be notified.
  • Students assigned to a different section of a multi-sectioned course will not be notified—so it's important to check your schedule before drop/add.

July 28 – August 4

• Incoming First-Year and Transfer Students Advising

  Students can view their advisor information by following these instructions.

  • Meet with your academic advisor.
  • Review Early Concentration Rules.

August 4 – August 8

• Incoming First-Year and Transfer Students Pre-Registration/Course Preference

  Pre-registration is a course preference process—it does not guarantee you a seat in the courses you select.

  After pre-registration you may be dropped from any course that over-enrolls (see "enrollment preferences" in the catalog). Have alternative course options in mind if you are dropped.

  Williams Student Records will be open from:

  Monday, August 4 @ 7:00 pm - Friday, August 8 @ 11:59 pm

  1. Pre-register for four courses (at this point there are no enrollment caps or consent flags set).
  2. Check your schedule in Williams Student Records to confirm you have completed the registration process.

August 18 – August 25

• Registration

  Williams Student Records will open for students who have been dropped from a pre-registered course on Monday, August 18. Appointments will be scheduled by Class Year:

  Class of 26 - 7:00 pm

  Class of 27 - 8:00 pm

  Class of 28 - 9:00 pm

  Class of 29 - 10:00pm

  Registration for all other students will open Tuesday, August 19 @ 7:00 pm.

  Registration will close for all students on Monday, August 25 @ 11:59 pm.

  Check the catalog for courses that are still open, making note of courses that may require instructor or department consent.

  Enrollment caps and consent flags have been set, and multi-sectioned courses will continue to be balanced.

  Students assigned to a different section of a multi-sectioned course will not be notified—so it's important to check your schedule before drop/add.

September 2 – September 12

• Drop/Add

  Before Drop/Add opens, check Williams Student Records for:

  • Holds and resolve as soon as possible (see task tile).
  • Schedule changes—if you enrolled in a multi-sectioned course you may have been assigned to a different section—you will not be notified of section changes.

  Williams Student Records will be open from:

  Tuesday, September 2 @ 7:00 PM  - Friday, September 12 @ 11:59 PM 

  Tutorial drop deadline is September 3.

  At this point you may add an extra-graded fifth course.

  First Class Meetings

  It's important to attend first class or organizational meetings:

  • If you do not attend the first class or organizational meeting, the instructor may drop you and give your space to another student.
  • Instructors may refuse consent to add a course if you have not attended the first class or organizational meeting.
  • After first class meetings, all classes require instructor consent to add, whether instructor consent is flagged or not. Always check with the instructor if you would like to add a class after the first meeting.