Use URL http://www.latech.edu/registrar/racingform.shtml to view the table in the General Information section of the Summer Racing Form for drop/resign "W" dates associated with the various sessions of the Summer Quarter 2008.

Critical Registration Dates for Summer and Fall Quarter 2008...

NOTE 1: ONLY continuing Louisiana Tech University students (those enrolled for Spring Quarter 2008) are eligible to participate in Early Registration (Apr. 28 - May 16) for Fall. This excludes Visiting and Transient admission categories as well as newly admitted/readmitted students.

NOTE 2: New Freshmen, New Transfer Students, and New Graduate Students, admitted for Summer 2008, with a signed advising form, and an updated Registration Access Code, may register May 21-28, 2008. A Mini-Orientation Session and General Registration/Tuition & Fee Payment is available on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 for new undergraduate students (graduate students will see their advisor) to complete the initial registration and tuition/fee payment process. New students will then:
     • see an advisor, obtain their BOSS PIN number (Keeny Hall 207), and complete their initial registration in the BOSS Self-Help Registration Center (Keeny Hall 207).
     • complete tuition/fee payment with the Comptroller's Office (Keeny Hall 103).
     • obtain their TECH ID through TECH Express (Student Center) and activate their TECH e-mail account (at the Computing Center, Basement Wyly Tower).

IMPORTANT: There are five separate and distinct sessions of classes during the Summer Quarter, with up to three sessions overlapping at any one time. Students must read their schedules carefully to ensure they start classes on the correct day, date, and time. All Summer Quarter class and calendar information is available on BOSS at URL http://www.latech.edu/registrar/racingform.shtml

NOTE 3: New Freshmen admitted for Fall 2008, will register during one of the New Freshmen Orientation sessions scheduled for the Summer. New Freshmen should contact Undergraduate Admissions (1-800-LATECH1) as soon as possible to sign up for an Freshmen Orientation and Registration session.
     New Transfer Students admitted for Fall 2008, will register during one of the Transfer Orientation sessions scheduled for the Summer. New Transfer Students should also contact Undergraduate Admissions (1-800-LATECH1) to schedule a Transfer Orientation and Registration session.

NOTE 4: New Freshmen and Transfer Students (undergraduates) admitted for Fall 2008 and did not attend an Orientation Session during the summer - a Mini-Orientation session will be held on Tuesday, September 2, 2008, at 4:00 p.m., followed by General Registration/Tuition & Fee Payment on Wednesday, September 3, 2008.
     Graduate students MUST see their advisor to complete their initial Plan of Study before proceeding with their initial registration and tuition/fee payment process.

New students will then:
     • see an advisor, obtain their BOSS PIN number (Keeny Hall 207), and complete their initial registration in the BOSS Self-Help Registration Center (Keeny Hall 207).
     • complete tuition/fee payment with the Comptroller's Office (Keeny Hall 103).
     • obtain their TECH ID through TECH Express (Student Center) and activate their TECH e-mail account (at the Computing Center, Basement Wyly Tower),.

NOTE 5: All returning TECH students who have been out of class more than one quarter must be readmitted and advised before they will be able to use BOSS Web Registration. They will also need new TECH ID cards.

Late Registration & Tuition/Fee Payment

Registration: BOSS from any internet connection and/or the BOSS Self-Help Center (Registrar's Office, Keeny Hall 207), same instructions as NOTES 2-5 above.

Tuition/Fee Payment: BOSS from any internet connection or the Cashier's Office (Keeny Hall 103)

For the full Summer Quarter: Thursday, May 29 thru Monday, June 2, 2008:
Each Summer Session has a separate set of dates, viewable in a table available on BOSS at URL http://www.latech.edu/registrar/racingform.shtml. The $50 late penalty does not apply during Summer Quarter. This is also known as the "no grade" Drop/Add period.

For Fall Quarter: Thursday thru Monday, September 4 - 8, 2008: A $50 late penalty applies during this period. This is also known as the "no grade" Drop/Add period.

BOSS Web Registration (menu option "Drop and Add Classes") remains "LIVE" for all eligible students through the end of the Late Registration ("no-grade" Drop/Add) period each quarter. Students attempting to drop all of their classes (resign) during this period must do so through the University Registrar's Office.

Summer Quarter 2008: BOSS Web Registration (Drop/Add Classes) will be turned off at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, June 2, 2008.

Credit Balance Refund Checks

For Summer Quarter: will be available in the Cashiers Office, 103 Keeny Hall, Thursday, June 12, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

For Fall Quarter: will be available in the Cashiers Office, 103 Keeny Hall, Thursday, September 18, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Sign up for electronic deposit of your refund thru your BOSS account (menu option "Electronic Deposit of Refunds/Student Payroll").