Hi there. I hope this message reaches you all in the best of health.

I am facing a current dilemma in my course selection. I would appreciate any advice or tips. Two courses which I attempted to enroll during my start time did not permit me to do so because “no meeting sections with space are available.”

1. NML110Y1 (Arabic) is a small class (25 total spaces in each meeting section) which is giving priority for NMC majors (I am not one). Currently, I am not allowed to enroll in it. It says I do not “fit in any enrollment category.” Currently, I am lost at what option to excercise. I do not know whether these sections are full or not. Is it possible if you could tell me if that is indeed the case? If so, is there a waiting list or something of that nature which I could rely upon in order to get into this course before or after August 8th?

2. SOC212H1 (Crime and Devience). ROSI tells me that I do not? “fit in any enrollment category.” Currently, I do not know whether the meeting sections for this course is full or not. As far as I am aware, there is no priority enrollment for this course. Is it possible if you could tell me if that is indeed the case? If so, is there a waiting list or something of that nature which I could rely upon in order to get into this course before or after August 8th?

Am I overreacting by thinking that all is done and all my hopes are obliterated or should I be thinking about Plan B already? Any pointers or course of action which I should take would be much appreciated.

All the best.

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Hey hey

So:

1. NML110Y, as you know, is a course that gives priority to certain groups of students. This means that you basically won’t have any access to it at all until August 8.

The only way you can possibly get around this priority is by joining one of these groups: either the major or specialist programs of the Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations (General) — which, luckily for you, are both Type 1 programs.

However, since the enrolment category is P*, that little asterisk means that there’s only a certain number of spaces allotted to each enrolment group.

So what does this mean??If you want to get around the P, hurry up and do it now.

2. ?For SOC212H, no, there is no priority control, so I’m not sure where you’re having difficulty…

You know you can actually check spaces in a course on ROSI right? Provided, of course, that there’s no enrolment control on them. But I looked SOC212H up on my own ROSI and I can assure you that the two F term lecture sections have waitlists. But finding out whether or not a waitlist is available is totally doable through the timetable too.

Anyway, as of right now, July 29, 2013 at 11:20 AM, there’s still room in fall one on Wednesdays.

Now are you overreacting to think “all [your] hopes are obliterated”?

Obliterated is such a strong word.

Can’t get into a course? Meh. Welcome to UofT. But I highly doubt this is your last year of university, so if there’s no hope for right now, then just wait for next year. But these courses seem to have waitlists, so if need be, just join them.

So for now, add SOC212H. That’s something you can do. And then after that, sit tight and wait around for August 8.

Cheers!

aska

Sorry if this isn’t the proper way to ask!

Is there any way to change the start time you’re assigned on ROSI? I was?assigned 4:20 pm, but I’m working and can’t take the afternoon off.

Thanks!

^I forgot to mention this, but I’ve already called the registrar’s office -?they were very unhelpful and I’m hoping you can help me out!!

Thanks!!

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Hey hey

Short answer = Nope.

Long answer = Lol nope.

If changing start times was possible, every damn student would be on that option in a heartbeat sooooo I hope you have a friend you trust to enrol in courses for you. 😉

Cheers!

aska

Good Afternoon Aska,

I was searching for a Time Table planner for the St. George, and Scarborough campus that displays the amount of spaces available in their classes. I go to UTM, and I am interested in enrolling courses at St. George/Scarborough (I already know how the enrolment process works). I know UTM has a time table planner that shows the amount of space available, and I just want to see if I will have any chance at getting into these classes so I can formulate a contingency plan.

Thank You,

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Um.

I THINK you’re asking me for a way to see the number of spots in a course before enrolling in it?

The only way I’m aware of for St. George and UTSC courses is to head onto ROSI and select “View Timetables/Spaces” under manage courses.

So try that to gauge your chances.

Cheers!

aska

Some tips to the second-year enrolling in courses today:

1. If ROSI says you’re not in a proper subject POSt combination, it’s actually because, funnily enough, you’re not in a proper subject POSt combination. Remember guys: one specialist, two majors, or one major and two minors!

2. If ROSI says the class you’re looking for “doesn’t exist,” it’s because you spelled something wrong in the activity code?or section code. Also, not that section codes are F, S, or Y. Don’t be the dummy who writes “H” there for his/her fall course!

3. If ROSI says you don’t belong to the enrolment category, it’s because you probably don’t belong to the enrolment category. Check the timetable to be sure you can get past the priorities and restrictions for specific courses!

Happy course enrolment and, as per usual, may the odds be ever in your favour.

Cheers!

aska

Hi!

I’m a first-year Humanities student, and my start time is 10:25 am. At first, I was somewhat relieved, but I don’t think it’s such a great time any more… I have a seminar that I want to get into, what are my chances? I’ve gotten at least 3-4 back-ups. Am I in trouble for getting the other courses that I want?

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Hey hey

I assume you’re talking about one of the 199Y seminars for first-year students, right?

Eh, even not, I’d say this still applies.

What are your chances? Uh. Good, I guess?

Unfortunately, your question is a liiiiiittle hard to work with considering all the nothing I have in terms of specifics, but seminars are seminars and they’re typically capped at 30 students or so. You can always check that for yourself though on ROSI under the “View Timetable/Spaces” tab of “Course Enrolment.”

Do take a look at the timetable and see if the course has any priorities or restrictions on it. If this seminar IS one of the 199Y ones, then yay you, you’ve officially eliminated any second, third and fourth year students from your own personal Hunger Games. ROSI Game. UofT Games?

Anyhow, I don’t think you should have too much trouble getting into your seminar.

Naturally, make it the first thing you try to sign up for on ROSI come enrolment day, but if that doesn’t fall through… well, you’ve already got your back ups. 🙂

Cheers!

aska

Greetings,

Today I explored ROSI and i am accepted in social sciences however I now?want to be in Life Science. I read through your blog and it looks like its?relatively easy to change program. But the issue is not here.

I looked up the times for BIO120H1F and it said that I am not in the?category of enrollment for any of the lectures but practices yes. Will this?change when the time of actual enrollment comes? Yes I emailed the registrar.

Thank you

Lori

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Lori,

It’s because of the enrolment control put on the course.

If you click that little “see details” button beside the timetable info for BIO120H, you’ll see that it gives priority to first year life science students. Because you’re entering through social sciences, you’ll have to wait until August 8 to enrol in the course.

Cheers!

aska

Hey hey all~

So if you’re lucky, this is the last time you’ll have to deal with ROSI for course enrolment. Yay you.

But the day still looms ahead of us, so here are some tips on how to make Monday’s enrolment at quick and easy as possible.

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TIP 1: Check the mothereffing enrolment indicatiors!

Like I swear to Lucifer, this is everyone’s main problem.

While being an upper year means you’re probably taking courses that give you priority, if you’re a Psych major who suddenly decides she has a fancy for Shakespeare and wants to take ENG220Y, you’re going to find yourself at a bit of a roadblock.

A roadblock that says “please contact your registrar’s office.”

And then your registrar’s office is going to ask you “Well, do you have priority for the course?” with something of a sneer, and then you’re going to feel like a moron. Do you want to feel like a moron? Nah. No one likes that.

So heed the enrolment indicators. Please.

Basically if you’re not in x program, you probably can’t sit with the people that are.

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TIP 2: Realize the university is huge.

Sometimes you won’t get the course you want. I know. I know it really sucks. I waited three years to finally take INI311Y. Like I barely got it for my last year guys.

It’s really, really unfortunate, but sometimes you won’t get the course(s) you want.

But take that as some good preparation for real life.

Sometimes you don’t get the job you want. Or the man you want. Or men. Or woman. Whatever. Sometimes you won’t get a pony or an orca or a panda. All you can do is move forward and make sure you have a back up plan.

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TIP 3: Make sure you have your Subject POSts!?

Now this is mostly a second year student problem, but it applies to anyone with 4.0 FCE or more.

To go through with enrolment, you need to be ACTIVE in one specialist/two majors/one major+two minors.

This means that you have to accept the invitation the program you accepted might have sent you.?This also means that even if you didn’t get into the programs you wanted, you still will need POSts!

So how do you get by even though the Cinema Studies specialist rejected you in the first request period?

First, you cry. Second, you cry a bit more. Then after that, you settle. You join some combination of Type 1 programs and then you enrol.

Now relax, you’re not married to those programs — but you DO need them.

Think of it as a happy compromise.

The best thing you can do in that Type 1 settling for sort of situation is go into a program at least somewhat related to your program of choice, or a program that gives you priority into courses that will also be related to your program of choice.

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TIP 4: Use an order.

You can check how many spots are in a course on ROSI if you go to the “View Timetable/Spaces” tab.

There, note how many spots are in each of the courses you want.

Then rank said courses.

Naturally, enrol in the class that has 25 spots before the one that has 140.

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TIP 5: Enrol in courses YOURSELF.

If you’re getting a parent/friend to enrol for you because you’re off planting trees in the middle of nowhere or something and they botch things up, accept your fate.

That’s on you.

If your account gets locked because they mess up your password, no one is going to fix things for your parent/friend. So if you don’t get the courses you want because we all had to wait for you to come back from your vacation in Neverneverland, again, that’s on you.

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TIP 6: Have a contingency plan.

Always always ALWAYS have a contingency plan.

As I pointed out a few points ago, you won’t always get the courses you want, so make sure you have some other courses in mind!

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And remember…

Cheers!

aska

Hi! You probably get asked a similar question a lot, but I’m going into 2nd?year this Sept, and I’m thinking about switching my major from Sociology to?Economics or International Relations, and for that I’ll need?ECO100Y1/ECO105Y1. But on ROSI when I looked up the courses I got the whole?”You do not fit in any enrolment category” thing, but the courses don’t?have any prereqs that I HAVE to take to enrol anyway.

Will I eventually be able to enrol??

Thanks!
Chara

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Chara the Second Year therefore not a First Year,

Did you check the Enrolment Controls for those courses?

Cuz I sure did. 😉

Cheers!

aska

Hello,

I am second-year student who is doing an English Major, Writing and Rhetoric Minor, and History minor. I have a question regarding a course called PSY201H1F for 2013-2014. I have not yet declared myself, as a psych major but I have done the prerequisite for this course, which is PSY100H1F. Today I viewed the timetable for PSY201H1F, and this message appeared, “You do not fit in any enrolment category.” The course enrollment control for PSY201H1F is “P”. Thus I was wondering, when “P” is removed on August 8th, will this mean that the message disappear, and any students who have completed PSY100H1F can enroll on this course?

Additionally I am intending to declare myself as a psych major in the second round of subject post enrollment. Thank you very much for your help.

Sincerely,
Ken

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Ken,

This is going to be an extremely wordy version of “yes,” so feel free to stop reading here.

But yeah, once August 8 comes along, courses with a “P” indicator become free game, so yes, you’ll be able to enrol in PSY201H if it’s currently barred off to you.

Cheers!

aska

Hi aska,

I have just finished first year and I have made bad decisions throughout?this whole year and I have regretted every decision. A good girl, straight?A’s from high school I apply as a fulltime student with 5 credits however?whenever a class seemed to hard or I messed up on my midterm, I was happy?to solve it by dropping it :)…well that was the biggest mistake of my?life :(. Second semester comes and goes and I have failed 2 of my classes?which leaves me with 2.5 credits and on Rosi it has said that I am?financially cancelled (OSAP) and that I am now part time status. What the?hell am I suppose to do now? I had completely forgot that I needed to?maintain 3 credits and now I have to pay OSAP back for failing to meet 60%?course load so I found a job so i can pay them pay. My question has to do?with my part time status…I know I messed up but I have learned from my?mistakes to not drop a course because it became harder but to seek extra?help, so does that mean when it comes time to enrolling in courses for?september I am going to be regarded as part time? How can I change my?status to full time for 2nd year and so that osap can see that i am?enrolling as fulltime and not part-time? help me please I don’t know who to?contact for this parttime fulltime mess!

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Yo.

Sooooo I suppose you didn’t stay in enough classes to know how to divide things into paragraphs huh?

Anyway, the time you enrol in courses is based on the number of credits you have, not whether you’re “part-time” or “full-time.” Now since you ended the year with only 2.5 FCE, you’ll be enrolling with the first year students (0 to 3.5 credits) on July 30.

Becoming full-time is simple. Just enrol in a full course load. As long as you take anywhere over 3.0 FCE, you’re considered full-time, and as long as you actually do so, OSAP should know you’re full-time when you hand in whatever forms you need to into Enrolment Services.

It’s really as easy as taking the right number of courses.

And, of course, passing them. 😉

Cheers!

aska

Hi Aska,

I need to return for a fifth year because I have not completed all of my degree requirements but I have more than 20 credits. Do you know what the enrolment policy is in my case? Which category do I belong in for enrolment start time, etc.?

I appreciate the help. Your website is great!

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Yo!

So it?s all quite simple actually since you?re just registering the same way you have for the past four years.

Basically you?ll be on the first day of course enrollment ? July 15 ? with the soon-to-be fourth years. And you?ll probably get the super sweet 7AM slot since you have 20 credits already.

And that?s that! Easy, right?

starting the summer early,
aska