With course registration coming to an end for current Boston University students, some expressed having mixed feelings about the current system, in which students register for classes two BUID cohorts at a time on Friday mornings.

Undergraduate students at Boston University started course registration for the fall 2026 semester March 27, according to the University Registrar website. The last round of course registration for current students will end this Friday.

The current system was implemented by the Office of the University Registrar last October, making this the second semester with Friday registration. Students are assigned specific registration time slots based on the last digit in their BUID number, and a pair of last digits share each start time.

Christopher Affonso, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said his course registration went well, and he got all the courses he wanted. He said the new registration time does not make a big difference for him.

“I was a bit surprised that they did it during the week,” he said. “Honestly, it’s better to have it during the week. I’m waking up anyway for classes in the morning, so I just wake up an hour earlier.”

Samid Alim, a sophomore in CAS, said he does not have a problem with the morning registration time as an early riser, but would prefer a weekend time.

“I feel more comfortable doing it on Sunday since … I feel more prepared,” he said. “Over the weekdays, I feel like I don’t have that much time to [build my schedule].”

BU spokesperson Rachel Lapal Cavallario wrote in a statement to The Daily Free Press that the Friday schedule improved students’ course registration experience.

Students can access advisors and staff for assistance with registration choices or class access issues, while utilizing support services, such as the IT Help Center, financial aid and the Office of the Dean of Students. It also diminishes conflicts with athletic events and religious observances on weekends, Cavallario wrote in the statement.

Cavallario also wrote students’ responses are positive about the Friday morning schedule, which is “faster and more convenient than registering over the weekend.”

However, Kayli Reinoso, a sophomore in the College of General Studies, said she prefers registering on the weekend because students don’t have class at that time.

“I had to wake up extra early and start my day earlier because I had [registration] but I don’t think it was too bad,” she said.

Carlee Sutton, a junior in CAS, said the early morning registration is “definitely frustrating” since she has class at 8 a.m. on Friday.

Sutton said she still gets “nervous to see if I can get all my classes even as a rising senior” because she had the latest time slot.

She also said she has not noticed a big change in accessing academic advisors, as she usually reaches out to them the week before. 

“If I had a question on the day of, I felt my classes would already have been taken,” Sutton said.

Affonso said he has not run into any technological issues while registering, so he has not needed to contact IT but he could see why the ability to reach them would be helpful.

“Maybe [IT faculty] are already there in the early morning, so in which case, that would be helpful,” he said.

Lily Osborn, a freshman in Questrom School of Business, said if students have issues and need help, it would be helpful to be able to contact those faculty on weekdays. She said despite the early timeslots, she prefers weekday registration because students are more likely to be available then.

Sutton said she preferred Sunday registration to the new Friday slot.

“We don’t want to wake up that early just to register for classes, which is already in itself stressful,” she said.