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How to Register on WESS

1. Obtain academic advisement so you are prepared to choose courses that are appropriate to your program. Visiting Students should contact their home college/university for advisement.
   
   
2. Check your Eligilibility to Register.
   
   
3. Identify the 5-digit CALL NUMBER of each course for which you wish to register.
   
   
   • The CALL NUMBER appears to the right of the course and section number. (Check the course section at wfs.montclair.edu; click WESS - Web Enrollment Services for Students, click Course Sections, click Select Term 2011 SUMMER, click Submit, under Select Subject click specific subject, click Submit, under Select Course, click Submit). The CALL NUMBER is the number you will enter to add and/or drop each course.
     
     
   • Check for any course section notations, prerequisites/corequisites, special fees, or restrictions. This information appears below the course and section number. To identify prerequisites for those courses that carry a prerequisite note, check the course description at wfs.montclair.edu; click WESS - Web Enrollment Services for Students, click Course Catalog, under Select Subject click specific subject, click Submit, scroll to course.
     
     
4. Log on to wfs.montclair.edu; click WESS - Web Enrollment Services for Students, click Enter Student Services.
   
   
5. You will be required to enter your Student Identification Number (MSUID CWID). If you use your Social Security number, WESS will automatically change it to an 8-digit MSUID/Campus Wide Identification (CWID) number.
   
   
6. You will then be required to enter your 6-digit Personal Identification Number (PIN), and then click Login.
   
   
7. Students with existing PINs: Please note that all PINs have changed from four to six digits. If you have previously established a four-digit PIN, please enter that number followed by two zeroes. For example, if your existing PIN is 0711, your new six-digit PIN is 071100.
   
   
8. New Students and Students who have yet to establish a PIN: A six-digit PIN has been initially assigned to you. Your initially assigned PIN is the date of birth that is on file for you. For example, if the date of birth that is on file for you is July 12, 1986; your assigned PIN is 071286.
   
   
9. Students who forget the changed PIN that they created should log on to wfs.montclair.edu: click Enter Student Services, and next click on I Forgot My PIN. You will need to enter your Student ID number and PIN answer. You may also come in to the Office of the Registrar and present two forms of identification, one of which must be photo identification.
   
   
10. Upon successful entry of a valid Student ID Number and PIN, click on DROP and ADD CLASSES (listed below the heading "Registration").
    
    
11. To process adds and/or drops, Select Term (Summer or Winter).
    
    
12. To add a course use the Add Class Section. Enter the 5-digit Call Number for each course you wish to add in the appropriate boxes, and then click Submit. WESS will confirm your add(s) or give you a message stating why you cannot add a course. If necessary, you can then continue to choose other courses. If you have been given either a Permit or Authorization from an Academic Department to register for a course, you must register for the course immediately. Check your Detailed Schedule to make sure you are enrolled in all courses for which you registered.
    
    
13. To drop a course, select the Drop action in the Action field. Then click Submit. If no options are listed in the Action field, the class may not be dropped.
    
    
14. When drops/adds are complete, review and print your schedule.