Q39: How can I waitlist a subject?

Q39: How can I waitlist a subject?

During the Subject Registration Period, the Adjustment before Semester Commencement Period and the Add/Drop Period, you can select subject(s) which you intend to take. When a class enrolment is full and it is available for waitlisting (as indicated by the ‘Waitlist available if no vacancy’ column as shown below in Step 1), you will be placed on a waitlist for the subject concerned automatically when you confirm to proceed with your subject selection. The detailed steps are as follows:

Step 1: Search a subject and press ‘+’ button


Step 2: Select subject component(s) and press ‘Add to Cart’


Step 3: Check your subject selection(s) in ‘My Subject Shopping Cart’, repeat Steps 1-2 to add more subjects and then press ‘Proceed to Preview’




Step 4: Check your subject selection(s) carefully and ‘Confirm’



Step 5: Successfully-enrolled
subject(s) will be shown under ‘Registered Subject(s)’ section while waitlisted subject(s) will be shown under ‘Subject(s) on Waitlist’ section


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