[Bioundgrd] Fwd: S'05 Sloan Course Bidding Guidelines

[Janice Chang]

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>Sloan Subject Prioritization
>Bidding System  Guidelines, Spring 2005
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>http://sloanbid.mit.edu
>[NOTE: DISABLE POP-UP BLOCKING SOFTWARE IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY 
>NAVIGATE THE BIDDING SYSTEM.]
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>Please read the following carefully:
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>User ID:
>* Your MIT ID number
>
>Passwords:
>*  Leave the password blank when you first enter the system  - even 
>if you've bid before!
>*  Create a new password under 'Personal Information' once you are 
>in the system -- write it down.
>*  Passwords are case sensitive and up to twenty characters in length.
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>The allocation of seats in subjects within the system favors Sloan 
>over non-Sloan students as well as seniority of students.  The Sloan 
>School's bidding process for classes is a two-round system; 
>non-Sloan students are eligible to participate ONLY in Round II. 
>There is also bidding for closed Sloan classes in a Waitlist-only 
>Round, open to all students.
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>BIDDING SCHEDULE:
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>Round II - MIT-wide
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>Opens at 9:00 a.m.,  Tuesday, December 21
>Closes at 5:00 p.m.,  Thursday, December 30
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>Round II results posted on Wednesday, January 5 on the bidding website
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>Waitlist-only Round
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>Opens at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 5
>Closes at 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 12
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>Section Swap Survey:  http://sloanspace.mit.edu SES-All Sloan folder
>Opens at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 5
>Closes at 3:00 p.m., Monday, January 31 (Registration Day)
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>*  The Sloan Spring 2005 Course Schedule is on-line at http://sloanbid.mit.edu
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>*  The bidding system runs 24 hours/day. 
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>*  It is to your advantage to bid early, leaving yourself plenty of 
>time to make changes during the bidding round. Waiting until the 
>last few hours of Round II to bid may leave you unable to access the 
>system.  All bids are tallied simultaneously at the close of the 
>round.
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>*  Make a printout of your bids - it is important to have a 
>'receipt' of your bids.
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>*  Prioritization is mandatory for all Sloan elective subjects.  Any 
>Sloan subject which has a Restriction is listed accordingly and is 
>unbiddable by students outside of these programs.   The bidding 
>system will give you an error message if you attempt to bid for a 
>restricted course.
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>*  You are given 1000 points to allocate as you choose, with a 
>bidding credit limit of up to 54 units of Sloan courses.
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>*  The bid point range for any given subject is 1-1000 points.  Bids 
>of 0 points will not register.
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>*  Bid for both first-half (H1) and second-half (H2) subjects during 
>Round II bidding.  There isn't an H2-specific bidding round.
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>*  You may begin with a clean slate of 1000 points at any time 
>during the bidding round if you drop every subject and/or bid you 
>have committed.
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>*  You may bid for specific sections, but multi-section bidding for 
>the same subject is prohibited. There are, however, several options 
>for section re-assignment in the event that your bid for a specific 
>section is unsuccessful.  These options include being placed in 
>another section which meets at the same time, or in any open section 
>of that subject.  This last option can result in your being placed 
>in a section which meets at the same time as another of your 
>successful bids.  The system will not prevent this, leaving you to 
>make the decision as to which subject you prefer.
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>*  All bids are resolved simultaneously at the end of each Round. 
>Don't wait until the last minute to place bids!
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>*  Successful bids become your pre-registration and will appear on 
>your Registration Form.
>
>*  When finished bidding, completely log out of the system, 
>especially if using a lab computer!
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>*  You will receive an additional 1000 points with which to bid 
>during the Waitlist-Only Round.  Points do not carry over between 
>the rounds.
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>*  A list of Sloan Closed Classes will be available on the Course 
>Bidding site, http://sloanbid.mit.edu in early January.  Closed 
>classes must have bids placed toward waitlist positions.  Sloan 
>classes not on this list, i.e., those with seats remaining, can be 
>added onto Registration Forms on January 31.
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>Waitlists for Closed Sloan Classes:
>*  There is no guarantee that seats will become available or that an 
>instructor will choose to use a waitlist.
>*  Waitlists are bid upon competitively, using the same criteria as 
>bidding: levels of prioritization and points bid.
>*  The instructor or TA will email you if a seat becomes available 
>in a waitlisted class.  You must then complete an Add Form to 
>formally register for the course.
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>You can bid toward waitlists, as follows (READ CAREFULLY!):
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>Round II
>*  Courses which fill in Round I will allow waitlist bidding in Round II.
>*  An unsuccessful bid placed on a class in Round II will 
>automatically create a waitlist position.
>** BIDS PLACED FOR WAITLISTS IN ROUND II ARE HIGHER THAN BIDS PLACED 
>IN THE WAITLIST-ONLY ROUND.  Carefully consider how important a 
>waitlist position in a particular class is to you.
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>Waitlist-Only Round (Bidding for waitlist position of closed classes)
>January 5, 9:00 a.m. - January 12, 3:00 p.m.
>*  After Round II bids are resolved, the system re-opens to allow 
>bidding only on closed class waitlists.
>*  No adding or dropping of classes will be permitted during this 
>round; this is done on and after Registration Day.
>*  All students will receive an additional 1000 points in the 
>waitlist round exclusively for waitlist-only bidding.
>*  Remember that waitlist bidding began in Round II and has higher priority!
>*  Courses filling in Round II will only have waitlist bidding 
>during the waitlist-only round.
>*  Non-credit classes will only be available for bidding during the 
>waitlist-only round.
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>Section Swap Survey (http://sloanspace.mit.edu  SES-All Sloan folder):
>January 5, 9:00 a.m. - January 31, 3:00 p.m.
>*  Use this site if you have successfully gained a seat in a 
>sectioned Sloan class during bidding but would now like to change 
>sections.
>*  Only sign up for a swap -- do not sign onto a wait list for 
>another section of the same subject.
>*   If you are on a waitlist you do not actually have a seat, so you 
>cannot yet request a swap.
>*  Students are encouraged to find their own swap partners -- enter 
>the info on the swap site!
>*  When seats become available, faculty are encouraged to conduct 
>section swaps prior to taking students from a waitlist.
>*  You will be notified via email if a swap is conducted.  No 
>further paperwork is necessary.
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>Questions?  Please contact the Sloan Educational Services staff listed on
>the bidding web site, http://sloanbid.mit.edu.
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