Class Selection Information

TIPS FOR CLASS SELECTIONS

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If you have signed up for multiple weeks, you will go through each class sign-up process separately. You will need to decide which week to prioritize first. (As a general guide, Guitar/Contemporary Folk Week classes often fill up the fastest and Traditional Song Week the slowest. Otherwise, we can’t really give you guidance.)
If you are selecting a double-length class (that spans two consecutive periods), signing up for the class in the first period, automatically enrolls you in both parts. You can leave the second period blank. These classes cannot be split.
We do recommend selecting an alternate class for each period, regardless of your first choice’s status, as if the status of that class has changed in the time it takes to submit the form, you’ll want the system to consider any alternate. If you successfully get into your first choice, the system will ignore your alternate.
Full payment is due by May 31 and you’ll be able to make payments through your User Page.

Please take some time to read through the Program Information section, found on the first few pages of the full catalog. Then, have a look at the section for your week.
If you are participating in Mando/Banjo or Fiddle week, you can select classes from both programs to fill your schedule. Same goes for Guitar and Contemporary Folk.
If you need to change the week(s) that you originally chose, you will need to email a change request to us by February 27, if you want to be able to select classes for that week in our system. The change must be made before you select classes.
Many students find that leaving a class period open (no class) gives them plenty to work on, and use the free period(s) for practice or rest.

There WILL be some classes that fill up right away with pre-registrants. With such a short form, this could mean less than a minute. But don’t despair, as we have a waitlist system!
Throughout the spring and summer there can be a lot of roster movement, with folks being moved into a class from a waitlist, as others change classes. Please track changes on your User Page (if possible).
If you are placed on a waitlist for a class that has already filled up, and want to know WHERE you are on the waitlist (and length of the waitlist), please email us (gathering@warren-wilson.edu). Please be patient with replies, as we may have a higher level of communications with our office, in the week or so after March 7.

You can request registration changes (housing, classes, etc.) through the “Change Request” button on your User Page. Change requests are processed in order of submission.
If you are unable to select your classes online, you can contact our office for assistance, but those who select classes by phone, text, email, or mail, will be registered after the day that registration opens. This means that you will have less of a chance of getting the classes that you want.
Anyone needing accommodations to select classes or make a payment, please reach out to us.
If you are unable to register at the day or time that registration opens, due to a schedule conflict, we recommend asking a family member or friend to do it for you. Be sure to give them the link to this page, your tested login information, as well as an alternate for each of your class choices.
If pre-registrants haven’t selected your classes by the time general registration opens on March 16, you will lose your advantage as a pre-registrant and class slots will be assigned to everyone on a first-come, first-serve basis.

If need assistance, you can email (gathering@warren-wilson.edu), text (828-298-3434), or call (828-298-3434).

We can reply much quicker to emails and texts.

We respond to messages in the order that they’re received.

We are watching all communication methods and sending messages via multiple methods only slows us down.