For advisors

Thank you for helping your students explore and enroll in FIGs. Please follow the steps below to ensure a smooth advising and enrollment process:

1. Introduce the FIGs. — As you meet with students at SOAR, please talk with them about First-Year Interest Groups. Use the catalog on this website to explore. Note that some FIGs have a yellow tag in their description indicating that these are reserved for specific academic programs. Only students eligible for the FIG’s classes will be allowed to enroll (check placement test scores, if student has met QR-A, etc.).
2. Check open seats. — If a student is interested in a particular FIG and you determine that it is a good fit for them, please consult the real-time advisor dashboard to determine whether space is currently available. We account for seats differently than SIS and Course Search & Enroll, so please rely on our open-seats report.
3. Request a seat. — When a student wants to enroll in a FIG, have them fill out the “Choose your FIG” form during or after their advising session.
4. Wait lists. — If a FIG is full, students can join its wait list by using the “Choose your FIG” form. FIGs that currently do not have open seats will be marked as “WAITLISTED” within the form. We contact wait-listed students directly when a seat is available for them.
5. To check a student’s status (Which FIG did they request? Have they been authorized?), please look at the list of students under your advising unit’s tab at the bottom of the advisor dashboard.

Thank you for helping students find a good fit in a First-Year Interest Group!