Winter Session registration opens Wednesday, November 13, 2024,
and closes Friday, December 13, at noon.

Students may take a maximum of 1 credit in Winter Session.

HOW TO REGISTER 

Non-Wesleyan students: please send email to winter@wesleyan.edu and ask for information about how to take a winter course.

Wesleyan Students:

To register for Winter Session:

1. Plan ahead: Discuss Winter Session with your advisor now.
2. Request a course: Fill out the registration request form in Portal (link available starting Wednesday, November 13).
   1. Once you fill out the Registration form, your advisor will receive an email from our office asking them to approve or deny your course choice and alternate course choice. (Registrations are processed on a first come, first-served basis; therefore, we encourage students to choose an alternate should their first choice be unavailable.)
3. Pay for your course: Payment in full is required for registration. Students will be notified of balance due by email from winter@wesleyan.edu when we have received both the request to register and advisor approval. Payment is due within 2 business days of the date the notice was emailed; the request will be finalized if payment is completed in a timely manner. Please email glsbursar@wesleyan.edu with any questions regarding payment.
   
   1. E-Check
      1. Students can use the $ icon in the toolbar of their Portal
      2. Authorized payers should use the same login as fall/spring and make a one-time payment
   2. 529 Plan
      1. If you currently pay with a 529 plan and have sufficient funds in the Plan, select this option on the registration form
   3. Loans and Aid
      1. If you intend to use student loans to pay for Winter Session, please send your Winter Session award email to Financial Aid for them to verify your loan availability and to confirm your intention to borrow.
      2. Email the signed letter to the Winter Session Office, winter@wesleyan.edu.

Once we have your registration request, approval from your advisor, and payment in full, we will process your registration and email you a confirmation of registration. Completed registrations are processed in the order they are received.

Please visit the Dining and Reslife websites for information on housing and dining during Winter Session.

If you are currently on leave, please contact your class dean for approval to return for Winter Session 2025. If approved, your class dean will issue a DAF to the Registrar's office and we will process your request once that has been completed, and we have your completed request.

Students who have incompletes in the fall term and do not submit work before the first day of Winter Session are not permitted to participate in Winter Session. Students will be contacted by their class dean and dropped from Winter Session; tuition charges will be reversed and no late fees applied. Please discuss this schedule with your advisor when you request approval to register for Winter Session.

IMPORTANT POLICIES FOR REGISTRATION:

• Please note: Students should expect readings and assignments to be due during the winter break, prior to beginning Winter Session.
• Because students will be completing (and often handing in) assignments and readings prior to the start of class, Winter Session does not include an add/drop period.
• Winter Session does not have an add/drop period, as classes cannot be added after noon,  December 13, 2024. However, students can drop a class on the first day of class and have it removed from the transcript. A $100 late transaction fee will be charged for all add, drop, withdraw, or swap transactions after the close of registration (Friday December 13 at noon). See Tuition and Aid for additional information.
• Students may not request an incomplete for a Winter Session course.
• Payment in full is due within two business days of enrollment for all students, including those receiving financial aid.
• Students may receive a 100% tuition reversal for withdrawal until January 6, 2025 but will owe a $100 late transaction fee.
• Withdrawals received on January 7-10, 2025: 75% tuition reversal and $100 late transaction fee.
• Withdrawals received after January 10, 2025: no tuition reversal AND a $100 late transaction fee will apply.
• Students may not withdraw after January 17, 2025.
• Housing and Dining information will be published when it becomes available.
• Winter Session courses may be taken for credit only; auditing courses is not permitted in Winter Session.
• Students who use student loans to pay for Winter Session should discuss the implication of the withdrawal on student loans with the Financial Aid office.

Withdrawing from Winter Session Courses

POLICIES & PROCESS

• A $100 late transaction fee will be charged for all add, drop, withdraw, or swap transactions after the close of registration (Friday December 13 at noon). See Tuition and Aid for additional information.
• Students may receive a 100% tuition reversal for withdrawal until January 6, 2025, 75% tuition reversal for withdrawals received Jan 7-10, 2025 and no reversal for withdrawals January 11-17, 2025. A $100 late transaction fee will apply.
• Winter Session does not have an add/drop period, as classes cannot be added after noon,  December 13, 2024. However, students can drop a class on the first day of class and have it removed from the transcript. A $100 late transaction fee will be charged for all add, drop, withdraw, or swap transactions after the close of registration (Friday December 13 at noon). See Tuition and Aid for additional information.
• Students may not request an incomplete for a Winter Session course.
• The deadline to withdraw and receive a W grade is January 17, 2025.
• Students who received student loans to pay for Winter Session should discuss the implication of the withdrawal on student loans with the Financial Aid office.
• Winter Session course may be taken for credit only; auditing courses is not permitted in Winter Session.

You must submit a request to drop a course using the "Change my registration" form found in your Portal. If you simply stop attending, you will receive a grade.

Switching courses:

Please note that the deadline to swap courses is December 13, 2024 at noon. A $100 late transaction fee will be charged for all add, drop, withdraw, or swap transactions after the close of registration (Friday December 13 at noon). See Tuition and Aid for additional information.

To withdraw from one course and add another, submit the "Change my registration" form found in Portal. Winter Session does not have an add/drop period. However, students can drop a class on the first day of class and have it removed from the transcript. Please note that a $100 late transaction fee will be charged for all add, drop, withdraw, or swap transactions after the close of registration.

Your advisor must approve the added course before the switch can be made. Please see the Calendar for withdrawal deadlines and tuition liability.