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Waitlisting, Adding, Dropping Classes, Non Payment Policy - Admissions & Records

Adding Classes

Students should refer to the appropriate Academic Calendar for important registration dates.

Students are expected to enroll in full-term classes by the date listed in the appropriate Academic Calendar. To add a class after the last day to add without the instructor's signature, students must obtain an Add/Drop Form (PDF) and return the completed form with the instructor's signature to the Office of Admissions & Records on the Fremont campus or the Student Services Center on the Newark campus. Students will not be able to register for full-term classes online via WebAdvisor after the last day to add without the instructor's signature. Adds after the last day to add with the instructor's signature require a special Late Add Form (PDF) with signatures of the instructor and the Division Dean.

Add/Drop Forms are available from the Information Desk in the Building 7 Lobby on the second floor on the Fremont campus, the Office of Admissions & Records on the Fremont campus, the Student Services Center on the Newark campus, and online [Add/Drop Form (PDF)].

Per Title 5 of the California Education Code, under no circumstances will a student be allowed to enroll in a class after the last date to drop the class with a W.

It is the student's responsibility to drop classes!

Dropping or withdrawing from a class is not an automatic process. Students are responsible for dropping classes they are not attending. Students who do not drop a class will be charged for the class. They may also receive an F grade that will remain on the permanent student record.

Withdrawals / Drops

Students should refer to the appropriate Academic Calendar for add and drop deadlines for full-term classes. This Academic Calendar does not apply to self-paced classes, short-term classes, year-long classes, or classes meeting more or less than the full semester. For classes with 10 or fewer meeting times, the drop deadline is before classes begin.

Students may use WebAdvisor to drop a semester-length class through the last day to drop with a W. Students who drop classes after the 20% point of class meetings will receive a W grade. However, a W grade is not punitive.

Students are responsible for the proper revision of their class schedules. Students who stop attending a class are responsible for verifying the drop through WebAdvisor. If this is not done the student may be registered in the class to the end of the semester and receive an F grade, and be charged for the class.

Download an Add/Drop Form (PDF) and return the completed form with the instructor's signature to Admissions & Records on the Fremont campus or the Student Services Center on the Newark campus.

Per Title 5 of the California Education Code, students are restricted in the number of W grades they may receive in the same course. Once a student has earned three W's in the same course at Ohlone College, the student will be restricted from registering for the course again.

The student will need to meet with the appropriate division dean and the Dean of Counseling to request permission to register for the course an additional time. If the division dean and the Dean of Counseling approve the student's request to take the course again, the student may be required to meet with a counselor regularly and/or obtain tutoring.

If the division dean and the Dean of Counseling approve the student's request then the student will need to submit the signed petition form to the Office of Admissions & Records so the Admissions & Records staff can register the student.

If a student is allowed to take a course after receiving four W grades, then Title 5 of the California Education Code requires that the student must earn a letter grade for the fifth (or subsequent) time taking the course. A student may not drop the course with a W after W grades have already been earned; after the fourth W, the student must receive a letter grade (A-F).

Waitlisting

See Waitlisting in WebAdvisor.

My Preferred Classes in WebAdvisor

You can save your classes in WebAdvisor as soon as the Class Schedule is published online or when you receive it in the mail!

Use the online Class Schedule and/or WebAdvisor to find the classes you want, add them to My Preferred Classes, and then you can register during your registration appointment with just a click of your mouse. Using a Preferred List will make registering faster once your registration appointment arrives.