<p>Bookbagging does not affect seat availability in a class. It’s just a way for you to plan our your schedule without needing to repeatedly take or relinquish spots in different classes as you move things around. Your spot is not secured (or even accounted for in the system) until you register and ACES assigns you a spot, that only happens if there are still seats left when your registration request is processed. </p>
<p>One thing I will caution though, when you finish bookbagging, do verify your schedule using ACES. That’ll tell you if there are any problems with prerequisites or permission numbers that would prevent you from registering. Permission numbers will need to be obtained directly from the professor or the departmental office before registration or you won’t be able to enroll in that class.</p>
<p>Thank you! So if I got back from my vacation five days after bookbagging starts, I would not be at risk of losing classes to register for, right?</p>
<p>Nope, just make sure that by the time your registration window rolls around you have your schedule planned out with at least 1-2 courses that you can switch around as backup. Also, if you have a later registration window, you should probably keep an eye on the enrollment of the classes you want throughout the registration process.</p>
<p>Oh ok thanks again! Wait, people register for classes at different times? I thought everyone was able to enter ACES at the same time for an equal opportunity at a seat in a class.</p>
<p>Nope, everyone in the same year is assigned to one of three registration windows that open on consecutive days based on the last two digits of his/her student ID (the number you can find on ACES that’s not your uniqueID, netID, or Dukecard #). Your registration window will rotate every semester based on the repeating sequence of 3–>2–>1. </p>
<p>However, everyone in the same registration window will have an equal opportunity to nab the seats that are available when that window opens.</p>
<p>The only exceptions are:</p>
<p>1) seniors and rising seniors all register at once</p>
<p>2) varsity athletes always have first registration window</p>
<p>Not very, I never even saw them again after the first time. I think they are supposed to help your advisers to get to know you and your goals better since you usually don’t get to meet with them until you get to school and probably are well into first semester. </p>
<p>Just know that the stuff you write down will probably change a lot over time. As long as you don’t completely blow it off, you don’t need to spend more than an hour or two on it (if even that much).</p>
<p>Piggle, I wrote just a few sentences for each question. I answered them thoroughly, quickly proofread them and then submitted. It said a max of 250 words per question, but I was probably closer to 150-175 words.</p>
<p>Also, can someone tell me why we have like 3 or 4 ID numbers. Duke ID, Student ID, Net ID. Why can’t they just give us one?!?!?! And do we use all of them on a regular basis?</p>
<p>The two you use the most are NetID and Unique ID. You can basically think of your NetID as your log-in name for everything Duke: BlackBoard, e-mail, computers in the library, ePrint, ACES, adding food points, and pretty much anything that requires a log-in. You use your Unique ID less frequently, and normally on forms for the university or different organizations (for example, tent rosters for K-ville). For exams using Scantron, your exam is linked to your name by your Unique ID. </p>
<p>Student ID is used far less frequently than the other two. The only time I really remember actually using it was during housing assignments this past Spring. I’m pretty sure it is different from your Unique ID because the last two numbers of your Student ID determine which registration window you are in, so they have to be allocated evenly if that makes sense. You’ll have yet ANOTHER one once you get to school, as your “DukeCard number” is the one you use to order from Merchants on Points.</p>
<p>^ lovely innit, some places used to get around this problem by using your SSN…until people realized what a dumb idea that was and well, now we have this. It’s not that bad though. Your netID is easy to remember (initial + number) and your UniqueID and DukeCard number is printed on the back of your DukeCard (which you should always carry). Your student ID is (almost) never used.</p>
<p>I haven’t read the entire thread before posting this, but I have a headache so don’t want to be blamed for it. So…All people accepted to Duke, can you tell us what the undergraduate admissions department really looks for in a student? Not the common stuff on the website…some stuff a bit more refined. I would also like people accepted to Duke to list their SAT/ACT scores in addition to EC’s.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance. If this has already been asked somebody give me the post number(s).</p>
<p>Wait, so if registering for classes hasn’t started for anyone yet, how is it that a lot of classes are being shown as almost full on the course catalog page?</p>
<p>Yes, any open seats will be available for freshmen students at this point. Keep in mind however that there is still drop/add in august during which people will tend to move around a bit.</p>