Registration Priority for -- Survey of Universities Updated February 2007 Alice Poehls, UNC Chapel Hill Questions were originally asked by Bruce Cunningham, Duke University, to the AAU group in 2000 and then updated by David Lanier, UNC Chapel Hill in 2002 *Schools appearing in multiple categories No Special Priority for (24) Give Special Priority to (45) American Association of Universities (21) (33) Brandeis University Brown University Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Catholic University Cornell University Emory University Harvard University McGill University of Michigan Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Nebraska University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill* University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh Rice University University of Rochester Stanford University Vanderbilt University Washington University Yale UNC System Schools (5) (9) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill* Fayetteville State University University of North Carolina at Pembroke Western Carolina University Winston Salem State University University of Arizona Brown University University of Buffalo University of California - Berkeley University of California - Davis University of California - Irvine University of California - Los Angeles University of California - San Diego University of California - Santa Barbara University of Colorado, Boulder Columbia University Duke University* University of Iowa Iowa State University University of Florida University of Illinois University of Kansas University of Maryland* Michigan State University University of Minnesota University of Missouri Northwestern University Ohio State University University of Oregon Pennsylvania State University Rutgers University University of Southern California Syracuse University Texas A & M Tulane University University of Virginia* University of Washington University of Wisconsin Madison Appalachian State University University of North Carolina at Charlotte East Carolina University Elizabeth City State University North Carolina A&T University North Carolina State University* University of North Carolina at Asheville University of North Carolina at Wilmington University of North Carolina at Greensboro Atlantic Coast Conference Schools (1) (8) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill* Clemson University Duke University* Georgia Institute of Technology Florida State University North Carolina State University*
University of Maryland* Wake Forest University University of Virginia* No Special Priority for Give Special Priority to UNC Chapel Hill Peer Group Members (1) (14) University of Michigan University of Arizona University of California - Berkeley University of California - Los Angeles Duke University University of Iowa University of Florida University of Maryland University of Minnesota University of Missouri Ohio State University Rutgers University University of Virginia University of Washington University of Wisconsin Madison Peer Group no response: Indiana University, University of Texas, Austin Results 64% of all schools responding give special registration priority to athletes. 61% of the AAU schools responding give athletes special priority. 64% of the UNC System schools responding give athletes priority. All the ACC schools except UNC Chapel Hill give athletes priority. All the schools in the UNC peer group that responded except the University of Michigan give athletes priority. Schools that give athletes priority typically give other special groups priority. The most common groups to receive priority are athletes, students with disabilities, and students in honors or scholars programs.
Priority Groups Mentioned School Groups Appalachian State University Early registration "priority" to specified groups--at last count, 1400 plus out of a population of 12,300. One of the "specified groups" is NCAA athletes, of which there are approximately 400 Arizona Brandeis No priorities but having requests about Theater Arts and Music students with afternoon performances Case Western Clemson University selectively, where special assistance justified. Seniors Coop students Student athletes University of Colorado, Boulder, disabled,seniors and students in service to the university Duke, identified by Disability Services East Carolina students with disabilities graduate students honors program students teaching fellows second degree students student athletes Elizabeth City State University disabled students band, athletes, cheerleaders Emory Certain student scholars but not athletes Florida AIM students at risk National Merit Hispanic and Achievement Scholars Florida State Georgia Institute of Technology President's scholars (honor) A very small number of students who work during registration and do campus tours. Illinois Priority order: Honors>Special needs>>band>seniors>then followed by Grad students and others based on total credit hours earned and enrolled
Iowa State Kansas Maryland Michigan Michigan State U. Minnesota Missouri North Carolina A&T University North Carolina State University Northwestern Ohio State Oregon Penn State Southern Cal Syracuse Texas A & M Student athletes - first day of year-in-school group. Note M&W basketball team members have an earlier priority because of limitations related to scheduling the practice facility. Other groups: University honors program students National Merit scholars Hispanic and Achievement Scholars Recipients of University-wide recruitment scholarships Note - Students who are full members of honors program may register first day of seniors. Most other groups register at the beginning of theiryear-in-school class. given early registration appointments National Merit Scholars given assistance to get schedule they prefer Academic Achievement Program Disabled Students Honors Students Residence Hall RAs Residence Hall Minority Aides College Achievement Admissions Program Students Students who represent student body at Board of Regents Scholars, Cheerleaders, disabled students, University honors students junior and above during term of participation University support program (5% admits) Scholars Program Disabled Students Have requests but have not given priority for student senators, for Trustee scholars, renaissance scholars, and honors program students, if competing or practicing Honors Disabled Pre-law, students with disabilities, honor students, and students who are employed Tulane No formal priority but allow up to 45 athletes a maximum of 2 courses each priority, maximum 90 courses for athletes. UC Berkeley
UC Davis UC Irvine UCLA UC San Diego UC Santa Barbara UNC Chapel Hill UNC Charlotte UNC Ashville UNC Greensboro University of Washington UNC Wilmington Winston Salem State University Virginia Wake Forest University Western Carolina University of Wisconsin - Madison Special Action Students, first semester Regents Scholars Honors & Regents' Scholars - if competing or practicing Special programs - a pilot project for retention of at risk students students in academic difficulty/at risk/academic advancement programs scholarship groups athletes honors students (largest group) students with disabilities targeted programs (to encourage continued participation), honors students, students with disabilities College Ambassadors Honors Regents Scholars in their quarter of participation assisted by Disability Services with individual course requests where special assistance is required. Honors Program students given priority in Honors courses only. Admissions Tour Guides Debate Team NC Teaching Scholars Ambassadors and special assistance to disabled students. Disabled Graduating seniors, honors, teaching fellows and handicapped students None Academic Scholars, College of A&S Academic Scholars in Engineering Transition students special admit athletes, athletes in the traditional playing season, students covered by the ADA. within their respective year in school. as determined by our McBurney Disability Resource Center 30 students who test our web enrollment system each term. Note: The Athletic dept sends us a list of priority athletes by year (Fr, SO, JR, SR), we enter these students into priority student groups. The
batch appointment assignment process assigns each respective student group (Priority FR, Priority SO, etc) the earliest appointment times for their year. Each term the priority student groups are purged, lists are re-submitted and students re-entered. Counts by Category Category Count 45 32 Honors and Scholars students 23 Students at academic risk 6 Teaching fellows 2 Graduating seniors 2 Admissions tour guides 2 Coop students 1 Second degree students 1 Band 1 Cheerleaders 1 Student representatives 1 Recruited scholarship students 1 Debate team 1 Graduate students 1 Pre-Law 1 Registrar student employees 1 Students that test the reg system 1 Residence Hall RA's 1 Residence Hall Minority Aides 1 College Acheivement Admissions 1 Program Students