REGISTRATION

SCHEDULES

The first 15 working days of preregistration (dates listed below) the system is open Monday – Friday 24 hours a day (excluding holidays).

Students can view their assigned registration times under 'Registration Times' found on the “Registration Readiness” page in Howdy (available via the 'Registration Readiness' icon). Registration notices are posted approximately mid-to-late March for Summer/Fall registration cycles and mid-October for Spring registration cycles.

Students can check in Howdy (approximately mid-to-late March for Summer/Fall registration OR mid-October for Spring registration) to view their assigned registration times.

Prior to the start of pre-registration, prior to each new registration cycle, students should expect to do the following:

Check for holds by going to your "Registration Readiness" icon
- Contact the offices having placed the registration holds to determine what is needed in order to remove the holds PRIOR to your pre-registration date.
Complete the Location Update for the semester you expect to register (i.e. Summer 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, etc.)
Complete the Terms of Use acknowledgment for the semester you expect to register (i.e. Summer 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, etc.)

Registration Tutorial Videos and Guides are available in Howdy to assist students in preparing for registration.

Log into Howdy > visit the My Record Tab > go to the 'Student Tutorials & FAQs' portlet > Click on 'Registration Tutorials' > click on 'Preparing for Registration', 'Class Search & schedule Planning Help', and 'Registration' to view tutorial videos.

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Spring 2025

PRE-REGISTRATION (OCTOBER 31-NOVEMBER 15, 2024)

Continuing undergraduate students (enrolled Fall 2024) and undergraduate students readmitted for Spring 2025 will be provided registration assignments based priority group and classification.

Classification is based on earned hours at the time registration assignments are made. Students with a change in classification after assignments are made can contact records@tamug.edu to request an updated time assignment (must be before the start of the updated time). Students may not request updated time assignments due to missing their registration time, holds, etc. and will need to wait until open registration to register.

Honors, Sailing and Rowing Teams, Students flagged by the Students with Disabilities Office	Thursday, October 31, 2024
Graduate Students	Friday, November 1, 2024
Seniors and Postbaccalaureate (U5)	Monday, November 4, 2024
Juniors	Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Sophomores	Friday, November 8, 2024
Freshmen	Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Non-Degree Seeking Students	Monday, November 18, 2024

OPEN REGISTRATION (NOVEMBER 18, 2024)

Undergraduates may register for up to 17 hours for the Spring semester during the April preregistration period. Beginning November 18, 2024 undergraduate max hours is raised to permit enrollment up to 19 hours for the spring. An undergraduate student with an overall grade point average of 3.00 or better may register for a course load in excess of 19 hours with the approval of their academic advisor. An undergraduate with an overall grade point average less than 3.00 must obtain approval of their dean before registering for a course load in excess of 19 hours. Approvals from advisors and deans should be sent to registration-admin@tamu.edu.

Open Registration for all eligible, continuing students.	8 a.m., Monday, November 18, 2024  5 p.m., Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Open Registration Temporarily Unavailable	after 5 p.m., Wednesday, December 11, 2024 thru 7:59 a.m., Thursday, December 12, 2024
Students in mini-mester courses should refer to the online alternate Add/Drop Deadlines to review deadlines for dropping and adding courses scheduled during the closure of open registration.
Open Registration Reopens	after 8 a.m., Thursday, December 12, 2024 thru 5 p.m., Monday, December 23, 2024
Open Registration Temporarily Unavailable	after 5 p.m., Monday, December 23, 2024 thru 7:59 a.m., Thursday, January 2, 2025
Open Registration Reopens	8 a.m., Thursday, January 2, 2025 thru 5 p.m., Friday, January 10, 2025

LATE REGISTRATION (AFTER 5PM, JANUARY 10, 2025)

*For students not enrolled as of 5pm, January 10, 2025

Students with zero registered hours who register during Late Registration will be assessed a $100 late registration fee.

Once a student becomes registered during this time they may make changes to their schedule in accordance with Add/Drop registration.

after 5 p.m., Friday, January 10, 2025 thru
11:59 p.m., Friday, January 17, 2025

ADD/DROP REGISTRATION (AFTER 5PM, JANUARY 10, 2025)

*For students enrolled as of 5pm, January 10, 2025

Students enrolled in courses offered in College Station term by the end of Open Registration may make schedule changes during Add/Drop without incurring a late registration fee.	after 5 p.m., Friday, January 10, 2025 thru 11:59 p.m., Friday, January 17, 2025
*Last Day to Drop ALL* Classes for 100% refund. Refer to Student Business Services for the Refund Policy for Withdrawals and Dropped Courses**	Monday, January 13, 2025
Last Day to Add or Drop* a Spring 2025 course. Students will be able to drop courses as long as they remained enrolled. Will NOT be able to drop all classes, see Withdrawal* below.	11:59 p.m., Friday, January 17, 2025

** Students wanting to drop all classes on or after January 13, 2025 must submit a withdrawal request in the Withdrawal channel on My Dashboard tab in Howdy. There is not a 100% refund for withdrawals as of the first day of the Spring term. Refer to Student Business Services for the Refund Policy for Withdrawals and Dropped Courses

NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION

NEW SPRING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT REGISTRATION: NEW SPRING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT REGISTRATION
Students must be admitted for Spring in order to register for Spring courses. Contact Office of Admissions for information about Spring admissions.
 
All newly admitted students must attend their New Student Conference in order to register for classes. See New Student Conference for more information. 
 
Late Registration and Add/Drop Registration period information (posted above) applies for new undergraduate admits.

IMPORTANT

Students with zero registered hours during the first four (4) class days of summer terms or the first five (5) class days of fall/spring semester will be assessed a $100 late registration fee when they register.

Changes to an existing class schedule may result in additional tuition/fees; payment must be made by 5 p.m. in MAIN building, Suite 104 (Student Business Services) or by 5 p.m. online the day the changes are made to avoid a late fee or cancellation of class schedule. For more information regarding tuition and fees please visit http://sbs.tamu.edu/ or call 409-740-4434.

Registration schedule is subject to change.

Students are limited in the number of online registration transactions each semester in order to prevent excessive taxing of our system hardware by users running unsolicited programs to search for available course seats. The majority of students are able to register for classes within this limit.

Users are prohibited from using a "bot," a "script," or other third-party programs to register for classes. Doing so will likely result in exceeding the maximum number of allowed online registration transactions and the loss of registration privileges in Howdy for the term. Students exceeding their limit of online registration transactions will have to conduct any future registration activity for the semester with academic advising staff during open registration.

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