Updated July 2020
Wait List: a record of time-stamped entries indicating interest in an already-full course.
No need to look beyond the registration form to get on a wait list.
You also have the ability to add/drop courses from your waitlist after you have completed registration!
Just use the two icons just under “Enrollments”.
Q: What are my chances of getting off a waiting list?
A: In the words of a famous genealogist, it depends. Sometimes we are able to add seats to a course; sometimes there is movement from course to course. The most changes occur near the course cancellation deadline. Some even occur the day we begin. Miracles happen … and sometimes they don’t.
To protect the integrity of the waitlist process, we cannot tell you your placement; nor can we move you up the list for any good reason. We can’t let you swap courses with a friend who can no longer attend, as that seat should go to the next person on the waitlist. Sounds downright depressing, doesn’t it?
The good news is, we are often able to work through quite a few names on our waitlists, depending on circumstances. We recommend that you register for your second choice course while you wait – but only if it is truly a course you will enjoy as there are no guarantees. While we would love to help each and every one of you get that first-choice selection, seating is, by necessity, limited, even when virtual.
Q: I haven’t registered yet, and the only courses in which I have an interest are full. How do I get on the waitlist?
A: Click on “Register Now” and on the first page, select “Wait List Only,” then “Next.”
When you get to the next page, the only courses that will be listed in dark text are those for which a waitlist is available. Select one or more, and again, click “Next.”
- The sooner you get on a waitlist, the higher the probability of success. Don’t sign up in November and expect an immediate response.
- Do register for your second choice so you can make plans to attend while the airline prices are reasonable and there is still lodging available. Then, if an opening comes up in the final days just before SLIG, or even on the day of, your chances of being able to take that seat are greater than those on the list ahead of you who are still in Virginia Beach. Just sayin’. Not that we won’t call down the list in order, but the odds of having someone purchase a last-minute flight to SLC are naturally slim (although it has happened).
- Be realistic. If the Advanced Methodology course filled in less than one minute, and you waitlisted the course two days later, consider that you might be a way down the list. Please take a good hard look at other options – there are some absolutely amazing courses always available.
