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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">Round II
Institute-wide Course Bidding for Fall 2006 classes begins tomorrow,
Wednesday, May 10. In preparation, please review the following
important bidding information. This information, the Fall 2006 Course
Schedule and more detailed course information is available on the
bidding web site (https://sloanbid.mit.edu) under Course Information
Resources.<br>
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<font color="#FF0000"><b>CourseFest: </b></font><font
color="#000080"><b> https://coursefest.mit.edu/cfest/</b></font><font
color="#0000FF"><b> (MIT Certificate
required)</b></font></font></blockquote>
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</b>CourseFest is a multimedia catalog of Sloan elective course
offerings. This virtual library brings to life course
information beyond a catalog description through faculty presentations
of courses overviews. It is an excellent tool when preparing for
pre-registration via course bidding. Use the Sloan course
schedule to find the most current list of instructors and
offerings.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"><u><b>Course Bidding
Schedule</b></u><b>:<br>
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Round II - Institute-wide<br>
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</b>Open 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 10<br>
Close 5:00 p.m., Monday, May 22<br>
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<font color="#FF0000"><i><b>Round II results posted on Monday, July
17<br>
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<b>Waitlist-only Round & Section Swap Site - Institute-wide<br>
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</b>Open 9:00 a.m., Monday, July 17<br>
Close 5:00 p.m. Monday, July 31<br>
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<font color="#FF0000"><i><b>Waitlist results posted on Friday,
September 1<br>
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<font color="#0000FF"><u><b>Course Bidding Instructions<br>
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</b></u><b>https://sloanbid.mit.edu<br>
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</b></font><font color="#FF0000"><b>Passwords:</b></font></font><br>
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<li><font face="Arial">If it's the first time you're using the
system, use your MIT ID# as both your login and password.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">Create a new password under 'Change Password'
once you've entered the system -- write it down.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">Passwords are case sensitive and up to twenty
characters in length.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">If you have used the system before and have
forgotten your password, please use the password retrieval tool on the
login page.</font></ul>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#FF0000"><b>Make informed bidding decisions: (more information
on specific classes to come...)</b></font><br>
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<ul>
<li><font face="Arial">See<b> Announcements</b> upon entering the bid
system for any updates or changes to the schedule.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">Fall Course Schedule: Seat availability
in each round will be a large indicator of how to distribute bidding
points.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">CourseFest: link to this under Course
Information Resources, view brief faculty videos providing overviews
of elective offerings, as well as written course overviews, course
evaluations and syllabi.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">Course Evaluations are also available at Dewey
Library Reserve Desk. Note that Special Seminar course numbers
change each semester and data may not be available.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">Survey the market: Talk to your
classmates!</font></ul>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#FF0000"><b>Bidding Basics:</b></font><br>
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<li><font face="Arial">Every student gets 1000 points each term to bid
on classes.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">The bid point range for any subject is 1-1000
points.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">Bid now for both H1<u> and</u> H2
classes.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">The system will not allow you to bid for units
exceeding your credit limit.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">If you drop a bid during an open round, you
will be refunded all points placed on that course.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">Check that you have bid successfully by
reviewing your work under 'My Bids & Courses'.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">Make a printout of your bids prior to exiting
the system - this is your receipt!</font>
<li><font face="Arial">All bids are resolved simultaneously at the end
of each Round. Don't wait until the last minute to place
bids!</font>
<li><font face="Arial">Successful bids become your pre-registration
and will appear on your Registration Form.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">When finished bidding, completely log out of
the system, especially if using a lab computer!</font></ul>
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color="#FF0000"><b>Sectioned Classes:</b></font><br>
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<ul>
<li><font face="Arial">You have three choices when choosing a
sectioned class - read them carefully.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">You may bid for only one section per
class.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">The bidding system allows you to create a
conflicting schedule; review your results carefully -- you may not
have gained the section for which you bid.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">If you receive a section that you don't want,
your options are:</font></ul>
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<blockquote>1.<x-tab> </x-tab><font
face="Arial">to enter the section swap site, opening July
17;</font></blockquote>
<blockquote>2.<x-tab> </x-tab><font
face="Arial" color="#000000">to drop the bid and rebid points on a
waitlisted section(s).</font></blockquote>
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color="#FF0000"><b>Course Pre-Requisites &
Restrictions:</b></font><br>
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<li><font face="Arial">The system will not allow you to view courses
restricted to students in other programs.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">Prerequisites: do not waste bid points if you
don't have the necessary pre-reqs. Pre-requisites are listed in the
MIT Course Bulletin, available on https://sloanbid.mit.edu. You may
first want to email an instructor to discuss your particular
situation.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">'P' restriction requires instructor permission,
which should be obtained prior to bidding. Without instructor
approval you may be asked to leave the class, wasting bid points.
Courses requiring instructor permission include:
15.371J</font></ul>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#FF0000"><b>Section Swap/Waitlist Round,</b></font><font
face="Arial" color="#0000FF"><b> July 17, 9:00 a.m. - July 31, 5:00
p.m.</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font
face="Arial"><u><b>Swaps</b></u></font><br>
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<ul>
<li><font face="Arial">Use this site if you have successfully gained a
seat in a sectioned Sloan class during bidding but would now like to
switch sections.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">If you are on a waitlist you do not actually
have a seat, so you cannot request a swap.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">The system will check every 6 hours for a match
to your swap.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">You will be notified via email if a swap is
conducted. No further paperwork is necessary.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">If your request is not accommodated by the
conclusion of the round, you must speak directly to the faculty member
when classes begin in September.</font></ul>
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face="Arial"><u><b>Waitlists</b></u></font><br>
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<ul>
<li><font face="Arial">After Round II bids are resolved, the system
re-opens to allow bidding only on Waitlists.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">Courses filling in Round II will only have
waitlist bidding during the waitlist-only round. A list of
closed classes will be posted on the Sloanbid website under 'Course
Information Resources'.</font>
<li><font face="Arial" color="#000000">** All students will receive an
additional 1000 points in the waitlist round exclusively for
Waitlist-only bidding.</font>
<li><font face="Arial"><b>Non-credit classes 15.443, 15.549 will only
be available for bidding during the waitlist-only round.</b></font>
<li><font face="Arial"><b>First-year MBA electives, 15.401 &
15.810 will only be available for bidding by second-year MBA students
during the waitlist-only round.</b></font>
<li><font face="Arial">Waitlists are bid upon competitively, using the
same criteria as bidding: levels of prioritization and points
bid.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">The instructor or TA will email you in the fall
if a seat becomes available in a waitlisted class. You must then
complete an Add Form with faculty signature to formally register for
the course.</font>
<li><font face="Arial"><b>There is no guarantee that seats will become
available or that an instructor will choose to use a
waitlist.</b></font></ul>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#FF0000"><b>Pre-Registration for non-Sloan MIT
courses:</b></font><br>
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<ul>
<li><font face="Arial">WebSIS, http://student.mit.edu is open for
pre-registration for non-Sloan MIT courses from May 1 - 31</font>
<li><font face="Arial">Bid for a full Sloan course load to maximize
your options.</font>
<li><font face="Arial">Note the level of non-Sloan classes; G or
H = graduate, N = undergraduate.</font></ul>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#FF0000"><b>Need Help???</b></font><br>
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<ul>
<li><font face="Arial">Questions about course bidding policy and
procedures:</font></ul>
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</x-tab>Scott Alessandro, E52-108, x3-6296,
salessan@mit.edu</font><br>
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<li><font face="Arial">Technical Issues/System
Performance:</font></ul>
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</x-tab>MichaelMappes,E52-PH,x3-8443,mmapp@mit.edu</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000080">_________________________________</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000080">Scott Alessandro</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000080">Associate Director, Sloan Educational
Services</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1"
color="#000080"><b>Massachusetts Institute of
Technology</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1"
color="#000080"><b>Sloan School of Management</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000080">Room E52-108</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000080">50 Memorial Drive</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000080">Cambridge, MA 02142-1347</font></blockquote>
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color="#000080"> </font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000080">Telephone: 617.253.6296</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000080">Facsimile:
617.258.9181</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000080">Email: </font><a
href="mailto:salessan@mit.edu"><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000080">salessan@mit.edu</font></a><font face="Arial"
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><a href="http://mitsloan.mit.edu/"><font
face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000080">http://mitsloan.mit.edu</font></a></blockquote>
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