FAQ for Students
- How do I get credit for my Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or A-Levels?
- I had my AP scores sent.聽 Where鈥檚 my credit?
- How do I get a certified copy of my transcript or diploma (Apostille)?
- How do I transfer credit from another institution?
- Where is my transfer credit?
- I have a question about my Degree Audit
- What are the deadlines for adding, dropping, or making a course pass/fail?
- What is this error when I try to add a class?
- When I try to register it says that I have holds preventing registration.聽 What does that mean?
- How do I order a transcript?
- My legal name has changed. How do I update my 乐播传媒 record?
- I鈥檓 planning to receive a BS degree.聽 How do I change my degree from BA to BS?
- How do I register for an independent study?
- How do I get proof of my enrollment?
- I鈥檓 trying to add a course and need an override from the instructor, but I鈥檝e reached out to them and haven鈥檛 gotten a response.
- I didn鈥檛 get optimized into a course that I wanted and my petition wasn鈥檛 selected.聽 What do I do?
- The instructor鈥檚 given me an override but I鈥檓 getting a registration error that won鈥檛 let me register.
How do I get credit for my Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or A-Levels?
I had my AP scores sent.聽 Where鈥檚 my credit?
It can take up to ten business days for us to receive your electronic scores from the College Board, and another three-to-five business days for us to process the scores. If it鈥檚 been more than two weeks since you received confirmation from the College Board that your scores were sent, please email us at registrar@bates.edu to check in.
How do I transfer credit from another institution?
You must submit a completed and course description for each course you鈥檇 like to transfer.聽 Please have the relevant 乐播传媒 department chair review your application prior to submitting it to the Registrar鈥檚 Office. If the Registrar鈥檚 Office determines that the course is eligible for transfer, the credit will be posted to your 乐播传媒 record upon receipt of an official transcript showing a grade of C or better. Click here for more information about how transfer credit works at 乐播传媒.
Where is my transfer credit?
If you submitted a completed and course description for the course and received notification that it was approved, please be sure that you鈥檝e sent an official transcript from the other institution showing a grade of C or better. Transfer credit is typically posted to your 乐播传媒 record within five business days once we have all of your materials.
I have a question about my Degree Audit
Please email your question to registrar@bates.edu. Include your name and 乐播传媒 ID.
What are the deadlines for adding, dropping, or making a course pass/fail?
Please refer to the Student Dates and Deadlines calendar that can be found on the student advising portal (/dof/student-advising-portal/) in the 鈥淚mportant Dates and Deadlines for Students鈥� section. You can add this calendar to your personal Google calendar by clicking the blue plus sign in the lower right hand corner.
When I try to register it says that I have holds preventing registration.聽 What does that mean?
You can view your account holds via the Students menu in . Under the Current header, choose Holds, then review the information about the hold(s) on your account. Once you resolve the hold(s) that are preventing registration, you鈥檒l be able to register.
How do I order a transcript?
Choose the 鈥淥rdering your own credentials or academic records鈥� option and follow the prompts to place your order. You can order electronic or paper transcripts through this service, and there is no charge to order a transcript.
Current students should use their 乐播传媒 email account to place their order. Alumni should use a current personal email account to place their order.
My legal name has changed. How do I update my 乐播传媒 record?
Email registrar@bates.edu to make arrangements to come to Libbey and complete a name change form. You will need to provide official documentation of the change (passport, court order, social security card, drivers license) when submitting the form.
I鈥檓 planning to receive a BS degree.聽 How do I change my degree from BA to BS?
Complete the form. All students are awarded a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree unless they indicate a change to a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree.
If your plans change and you no longer wish to complete the BS degree requirements, you can submit a new copy of the same form to change back to BA.
How do I register for an independent study?
Please use the independent study registration form available on the forms page.
Please be sure that all fields on the form are answered completely. If adding the independent study will put you over the maximum allowable credits for the semester, you will need to drop a course before we can add the independent study to your record.
How do I get proof of my enrollment?
You can request an enrollment verification via the Students menu in . Under the Records header, choose Enrollment Verification, then follow the prompts to request a verification via the National Student Clearinghouse.
I鈥檓 trying to add a course and need an override from the instructor, but I鈥檝e reached out to them and haven鈥檛 gotten a response.
The Registrar鈥檚 Office isn鈥檛 able to override prerequisite errors, let you into a course that鈥檚 full, or grant instructor permission overrides. If you aren鈥檛 having luck reaching the instructor, you might check to see if they鈥檝e posted office hours and drop by to see them during that time. You might also ask if the department chair has any advice for reaching the instructor. If you aren鈥檛 able to secure an override that鈥檚 needed for you to add the course, you鈥檒l need to pick a different course.
I didn鈥檛 get optimized into a course that I wanted and my petition wasn鈥檛 selected.聽 What do I do?
If you see a spot open up in the course during add/drop and the course doesn鈥檛 require instructor permission, you can try to snag that open seat.
If the course requires instructor permission and the instructor grants you an override, you can add the course at any point during add/drop.
If the course is full and you don鈥檛 have permission to register for the course, you鈥檒l need to pick a different course.
The instructor鈥檚 given me an override but I鈥檓 getting a registration error that won鈥檛 let me register.
If you received the automatic notification that the override was applied, confirm that the information in that message is correct. If it鈥檚 not, follow up with the instructor to ask them to issue a new override. If you didn鈥檛 receive an automatic notification, the override hasn鈥檛 been applied yet and you should follow up with the instructor to ask them to put it on so that you can register for the course.