Dear Students, Registration for Fall classes starts next week, in Vergil. Rising Seniors begin registration on Monday; rising Juniors on Tuesday; rising Sophomores on Wednesday. Please note that the following registration-related information has been relocated from the public-facing web pages of Barnard academic departments: | • | | Barnard faculty are now making course-specific information, such as application requirements or placement exams, visible in Vergil. To see this information, search for a class in Vergil and click on the Syllabus tab. | | • | | Information about department courses specific to Fall 2026 is available at this link. |
THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOUR REGISTRATION TIME | • | | Add Classes to your Planner in Vergil: | • | | Search for courses in the Vergil Course Search and click the “Add to Plan” button| • | | You can search by subject, by department, by GER, by classes with open seats, etc. See screenshots here. |
| | • | | Make sure the Term in the upper-right corner is Fall 2026. | | • | | We highly recommend adding classes to your Planner before your registration window opens. |
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| • | | Complete the Terms and Conditions for Fall 2026 in Vergil: | • | | Log in to Vergil | | • | | Click on the orange tile at the top in order to read and acknowledge the Terms and Conditions, which includes a Financial Responsibility Statement. | | • | | You can do this step before your registration appointment. You will not be able to register until it is completed. |
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| • | | Complete the College’s BEAR survey:| • | | This is a pre-registration requirement and must be completed to avoid a registration hold in Vergil. The deadline was Friday, April 3. If you did not complete the survey, you now have a registration hold. | | • | | To complete the survey and have your hold lifted, check your email to find your unique survey link. | | • | | Please note that holds are only lifted Monday through Friday, and it can take up to 48 hours for a hold to be released. We urge you to complete the survey immediately so that you can register for classes during your allocated time. | | • | | For questions, contact oie@barnard.edu or call 212-853-6304. All holds related to this survey will be managed by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. (Please do not contact the Registrar’s Office, as we will not be able to assist you with this hold.) |
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| • | | Check for Holds that will prevent registration. | • | | If you have a hold, you will see a message at the top of the Vergil pages that says “There is a Hold on your record that is blocking registration.” Click on the “resolve your Holds” link to view the specific hold and how to resolve it. |
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| • | | Contact your adviser: | • | | You are expected to have an advising meeting with your adviser before you register, to discuss class selections and areas of academic interest. | | • | | Your adviser will review and approve your course registration at the end of next week. |
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| • | | Find your registration appointment times: | • | | Look up your upcoming registration times for Fall 2026 in Vergil. Be sure the term in the upper-right is set to Fall 2026. | | • | | Contact registrar@barnard.edu immediately with any questions. |
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THINGS TO KNOW DURING REGISTRATION | • | | REGISTER IN VERGIL: Again this semester, Barnard students will be using Columbia’s Vergil registration system to register for classes. | | • | | Registration will be open in Vergil from Monday, April 13 through Friday, April 17. | • | | You can register from “My Planner”, or directly from the Course Search (using the “Register” button) | | • | | You can see real-time seat availability and class status| • | | Open = there are seats available | | • | | Full = the class is full | | • | | Waitlist = All interested students must join the waitlist (even if the class has open seats) | | • | | Restricted = the class is not open to Barnard students, or there is another reason you cannot add the class (e.g. you have already exceeded the 19-credit limit, the class conflicts in time with another class you are registered for, you have a registration hold, etc.). Look for the hint message that will explain the reason for the restriction. Email registrar@barnard.edu with any questions. |
| | • | | 19 credit maximum: Vergil will allow you to register for a maximum of 19 credits. Permission to register for more than 19 credits can be requested in September. | | • | | To drop a class, click the “Manage” button on a registered class, then choose “Drop Registration.” | | • | | Use the “Swap” feature to switch from one section of a class to a different open section. Click the “Manage” button on a registered class to see the Swap option. (Vergil will not allow you to register for two sections of the same class.) | | • | | Co-requisites: For classes that have co-requisites (such as a lecture with a required discussion section or lab), you will be reminded to add both components of the class. The system will allow you to register for just the lecture and add the other components later if needed. | | • | | Info on registering for “special” courses (e.g. voice lessons, P.E., graduate courses at Columbia, etc.) is here. | | • | | P/D/F Elections: You can elect the p/d/f grading option for one Fall 2026 class in Vergil, either at the time of registration or anytime before the deadline. |
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| • | | WAITLISTS: You can join a max of 3 waitlists at a time. | • | | Some Barnard classes will not have a waitlist option during this registration period. They will appear as Full with no option to “Join Waitlist.” You will have another opportunity to register for these classes in August, when there may be additional seats available and/or a waitlist option. | | • | | Some waitlists will have special instructions, such as a request to explain why you want to join a class, or an application to complete/upload. | | • | | After joining an auto-fill waitlist, you will be able to see your position on the waitlist in Vergil, on the right-hand panel. |
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| • | | WHAT’S STILL IN STUDENT PLANNING?| • | | Your online degree audit| • | | Newly registered courses will be added to your degree audit on a nightly basis. (It is not real-time from Vergil.) Planned and waitlisted classes will not display in the audit. |
| | • | | Your Barnard transcript, which is the official record of your classes, grades and GPA | • | | Although some academic record information displays in Vergil, it is limited to only Barnard/Columbia classes. (Vergil does not reflect transfer credit, study abroad credit, AP/IB credit, etc.) Because of this, you may find that your total credits and GPA in Vergil do not match your Barnard transcript. This is ok as long as your Barnard transcript is correct. |
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| • | | NEED HELP?: | • | | Email Us with any questions | | • | | Drop in to our office at 105 Milbank |
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Best wishes, Jennifer Simmons Registrar |
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