ADDING A SUBJECT

The deadlines for adding a subject to your registration are as follows:

• Add Date is the last day to add regular subjects and half-term subjects given in the first half of the term to your registration.

• Drop Date is the last day to add time-arranged subjects that start after beginning of the term, such as UROP, thesis, special topics and individual study. It is also the last day to add half-term subjects given in the second half of the term to your registration.

If you would like

• to add a subject to your current registration after the Institute deadline has passed or

• to retroactively add a subject taken during a prior term to your academic record,

you will need to petition the CAP. If you were previously on financial hold and must now register for the term late, then you should petition to register following a financial hold.

To Petition to Add a Subject Late

• Review our petition process, which includes information about signatures and
  statements, extenuating circumstances, petition deadlines and petition review.

• Download a Late Add form, explain your request in a brief statement, obtain appropriate signatures and statements from Institute personnel, and submit your request to the CAP Office.

Late Add of a UROP

In the absence of compelling, extraordinary circumstances, the CAP will not approve petitions to late add UROP subjects, effective January 31, 2005. You can add UROP subjects to your registration up until Drop Date each term. 

Instructions on proper registration procedures for UROP subjects:

• Appear in UROP Guidelines each term along with the applicable registration deadlines.  Registration deadlines are also provided on the UROP coversheet. 
  
  
• Are verbally communicated to students by the UROP staff

• Are e-mailed to students who have credit paperwork on file with UROP on three occasions between Registration Day and Drop Date.

If you have any questions about how to register your credit or are unsure about the subject number for which you should register, please contact UROP staff immediately.  See http://mit.edu/urop/howto.html#credit for additional details.

In view of the several opportunities afforded students in UROP registration, the CAP will deny UROP late add petitions (unless the student presents evidence that failure to register in a timely fashion was due to events beyond his/her control). 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the CAP.

Comments and questions to cap-help@mit.edu

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