Class Sign-Up
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In order to sign up for classes, you will need a valid HOL Login. When you registered for HOL, you were automatically assigned your HOL ID and HOL Password. Once logged in to the Entrance Hall, you will see an area in the middle that says, "Exciting Classes." Click that and it will take you to the Class sign-up page. This page is NOT open all year-round. Once class sign-up has started (in the fall and spring, respectively), you'll be able to click on HOL Classes. After you've clicked on that, you will see a list of available classes - the name of the class, the professor, and the type of class (one-term or full-year). You have ONE CHANCE to choose classes, so please think about which class you'd like to sign up for and THEN click! You cannot undo the classes you have chosen once you've been accepted into class. You may choose up to five classes at any given time (i.e. you can take max. five full-year courses or ten one-term courses spread out throughout the term).
The professor will either confirm or delete your choice. If you drop out of a class during the term, or if the professor has to remove you from his or her list, you will be able to sign up for another class if you wish.
Sign-Up Rules and Tips
Please read this carefully, it answers most if not all questions related to class sign-ups. Without an HOL Login with your HOL-ID and password, you will not be able to sign-up for ANY classes.
Most, if not all, classes will be oversubscribed. The professors, and only the professors, decide who will be accepted in their class at their own discretion. Some may go for an even mix of houses, others may want specific years years, or some may only want people with an 'x' in their HOL-Name. If you are accepted in the class you have signed up for, you will find "Class Member" next to it in your student file. If confirmation is pending it will say "unconfirmed"; if you are not accepted it will say "Dropped Out" for too many sign-ups.
No one has a RIGHT to be in a particular class. Professors get to pick and choose.
We will try to ensure that everyone is accepted in at least one class.
Make sure you visit the classroom sites before you sign up for a class. Read their course outlines and make sure the subject matter interests you. Also, some classes have special requirements - it would be bad if you can't participate in a class later because you can't meet the requirements. Some classes are advanced classes, that might be available for second or third years only. Do NOT email or PM the professor, asking to join their class. This will MOST LIKELY result in annoying the professor who will NOT confirm you in his or her class. SPAM emails can be super-irritating for the professors.
Sign-up for almost all classes will be open for at least two weeks. It does NOT matter who signs up first; the day of your sign-up is not visible to anyone, and the profs get the sign-ups in alphabetical order.
Make sure you have read the pinned topics in the Announcement board and in this Handbook (I like repeating this over and over again, I know *g*)
If you have more questions regarding sign-ups not answered in the Handbook, check the Ask A Prefect board. You may post questions there or ask one of your house prefects. Do NOT ask the Headmaster or random professors.
