You must have a ZERO ($0.00) balance in order to enroll

• Check Corsair Connect to see if you owe any fees
• You can ask about your fees by sending an email from your SMC student email account to: cashier@smc.edu (see form below)

There is a payment deadline

• If your fees are not paid or covered by the payment deadline (check Corsair Connect), you WILL BE DROPPED from those classes

After the payment deadline

• After the payment deadline, fees are due THE DAY YOU ENROLL, or you will be dropped

What about Financial Aid?

• Check Financial Aid early; waiting or asking at the last minute will not prevent you from being dropped

What about SMC Promise and other programs?

• For SMC Promise, contact the Welcome Center
• For High School Concurrent Enrollment, your enrollment fees are covered
• For all other programs, please contact them directly with any questions

Deadlines don't stop, so ask for help, resolve fees and take care of issues early.

Create a MyEdPlan

• Hopefully you have already completed the Key Tasks, and created an educational plan with the help of a counselor. Creating a MyEdPlan a is easy, quick, and FREE!

Contact a Counselor

• Counselors are ready to help, but they are busy. Contact them early to get ahead!

Have a back-up, or two

• Prepare additional courses to meet your needs. You have now made a MyEdPlan and contacted a counselor already, right?

Use Schedule Planner

• Schedule Planner DOES NOT enroll you in courses, but it does help you manage and plan ahead for that all important balance of life - school - work - you!

You can enroll On or After your enrollment date & time

• Check the video below on how to find your enrollment date and time!
• TIP: Always make sure you select the correct term!

What should I do after enrolling?

• Make sure you pay/manage your fees!
  • See the Manage Fees section above.
• Prepare for your classes.
  • Explore SMC GO for tips and resources.

What if I missed my enrollment date and time?

• Enrolling AFTER your enrollment date and time is totally fine.

When is the deadline to enroll?

• You can enroll up until a class begins. See the next section to learn more.

What if the term has started?

• If a term has started, and you want to enroll in the following term, go ahead! (such as it is currently summer, and you want to take fall classes)
• If you want to enroll in the current term, which has already started, you have two options:
  • Contact the instructor (see next section)
  • Search for a late starting class

Open Seat Notifications vs Wait Lists

Here is how they are the same!

• You join through Corsair Connect
• Joining is subject to time conflicts, prerequisites, and any other eligibility requirement
• When a seat opens up, you will be notified to your SMC student email account
  • Check these videos on how to add SMC email to your phone: Android and iPhone
• You DO NOT get auto-enrolled in a vacant seat
• First person to enroll gets the seat

Here is how they are different!

• Open Seat Notifications END two weeks before the start of a term
• Wait Lists BEGIN two weeks before the start of a term
• You must re-enroll in a Wait List if you were previously in an Open Seat Notification
• Wait Lists are limited in how many sections you can join
• Wait Lists give you a ranking, but still, ANYONE on the list can grab a vacant seat

Request a class

• In Corsair Connect, you have the option to Request a Class. Don't be shy...the more students that request it the better chance that it will be added.

Have some backup classes

• This is why having an Education Plan and preparing early is so important. 

Contact an instructor

• Show your interest!
• You can "crash" courses in person for on campus or courses, or virtually by contacting the instructor (watch the video below to learn how)
• After you have joined a Wait List, it is OK to let an instructor know how important the class is to you.
  • It is up to instructor discretion, and class limits, to give 'instructor aproval codes' (a.k.a. add codes)
• Don't contact instructors too early, as seats might open up on their own 
  • Contacting an instructor is also a great way to ask about the class and prepare!

Visit the Admissions website to learn more, including the FAQ section.

Is there a class you are holding on to as a second choice?

• Don't drop and shop...this is a great tip about keeping your course until you know you can get into another one.
• BUT...if you do get your first choice, don't forget to drop your other course.