1. East Tennessee State University
How to Register for Classes
Laine Howard
Associate Registrar

2. Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act
Right to review your academic record
Right to request a revision to your record
Right to control access to your record
Right to file a complaint
These are the rights of the student and not the parent.

3. How to Register
There are two methods of registration: In person in the Registrar’s Office (Burgin E. Dossett Hall, Room 102) 2. GoldLink-Online Registration To get to GoldLink-Online Registration go to the ETSU Homepage at and click on GoldLink.

4. Where to find GoldLink
GoldLink

5. Enter Secure Area

6. Enter User ID and PIN or Click Don’t Know Your E Number
You must enter a capital letter “E” when typing your E#

7. Don’t Know Your E-Number

8. Enter User ID and PIN
Click Login or press Enter

9. Change Your Pin You will need to:
1. Re-enter your Old PIN (6 digit birthday MMDDYY again)
2. Enter a new 6 digit PIN and
3. Enter your new PIN
4. Click Login

10. Forgot Pin

11. Forgot Pin
The first time you login, you will be prompted to enter a security question and answer. This question and answer will be used to allow you to manually reset your pin. Choose a question and answer you will remember.

12. Change your PIN You will need to:
1. Re-enter your Old PIN (birthday again) and
2. Enter a new 6 digit PIN and
3. Click Reset PIN

13. Student

14. Registration

15. Registration Status Registration Status to View 1. Enumber 2. Holds
3. Permits
4. Academic Standing
5. Student Status
6. Earned Credit Hours
7. Curriculum Information

16. Check Registration Status

17. Registration Status

18. How to do an Interactive Course Search
Click Look Up Classes

19. Interactive Course Search

20. Interactive Course Search

21. Interactive Course Search

22. Textbook Information

23. Scroll Down

24. Textbook Search

25. Enter Textbook Information

26. Textbook Information

27. Textbook Information

28. To Register Click Add or Drop Classes

29. Enter CRN Course Reference Number
The CRN is a five digit code assigned to each course.
To register for classes:
1. Enter your CRN’s here
2. Click Submit

30. How to Verify Your Registration
Verify the courses you registered for are correct.
Note: Watch for error messages and carefully read them.

31. How to Add and Drop To Add another class:
Enter the call number in the Add Class box
Click Submit
To Drop a class:
Click on the Action drop down menu (None) and select Drop
Click on Submit

32. How to View Your Concise Schedule
Click Registration
Scroll Down to Detailed Schedule
Select Term
Click on Submit

33. Select Term for Concise Schedule

34. Print and Bring to Checkout

35. To View Grades Click on Student Records

36. To View Grades

37. Your Grades
Grades are not mailed automatically at the end of the term.
If you need a grade mailer, you must request it within 10 days of the end of the term.
You can view your grades on GoldLink.

38. To View Transcript

39. Fee Information Fees are due Aug. 27, 2010.
You must pay or confirm on or before Aug. 27, 2010 by 4:30 p.m. or your schedule will be purged, and you will have to re-register.
After Aug. 27, 2010 a late fee of $100 is charged to those who have not paid fees.

40. Confirm Your Registration
All students must confirm their registration.
If you have full financial aid, covering all your fees or you are due a refund, you must confirm your registration no later than Aug. 27, 2010.
Students who pay their fees complete confirmation when they make payment by Aug. 27, 2010
Confirm through GoldLink or by contacting the Bursar’s office.
You cannot confirm until fees for have been assessed.

41. Are You Ready to Confirm?
You are ready to confirm your registration if:
You are ready to pay with personal funds, or
You have received and returned your Financial Aid award letter to the Office of Financial Aid,
No additional information is requested on the Financial Aid link on GoldLink and
Your “estimated financial aid” on GoldLink is sufficient to cover your outstanding fees.

42. Click Student Account

43. Click Account Detail/Confirm Attendance/Payments and Refunds

44. Student Account
Access your student Account Summary to determine the total amount of your fees.

45. Yes, I will attend

46. Print Your Confirmation number (when you have full Financial Aid)

47. Payment Options

48. Make a Payment or Enroll in Payment Plan

49. Before You Confirm…
If you have applied for and expect to receive Financial Aid, Click on the Student/Financial Aid tab on GoldLink to determine the status of your Financial Aid awards.
If additional information is needed to complete your Financial Aid file, contact Financial Aid immediately at , or

50. Successful Confirmation
Follow the prompts through the confirmation process.
Print a copy of the confirmation screen and retain for your records.

51. Problems With Confirmation
If you receive anything other than a
successful confirmation receipt, contact:
Registrar
Financial Aid
Bursar
depending on the information provided by GoldLink.

52. Dropping Classes
If you decide NOT to attend ETSU after registering for classes you MUST drop your classes on GoldLink to prevent owing fees.

53.
You will receive instructions today on how to activate your ETSU .
Please be sure to check your over the summer. We will be sending you useful and important information.

54. Mailing Address – View/Update

55. Undergraduate Student Advisement
The relationship you develop with your advisor is important to your success at ETSU.
A successful relationship between you and your advisor depends upon shared responsibility.
For more advisement information see:
Undergraduate Student Advisement:
After you are advised and registered for classes, don’t forget to come by Check Out
(3rd Floor of Culp Center, Ballroom right).

56. Questions

57. How to Register for Classes
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