Online registration is tentatively scheduled to be available to Cerritos College students in the fall.
Any new student who attends a Cerritos College orientation before the summer session will be used in a test group to try out the new online registration.
Each orientation has 45 students and 12-15 orientations will be held. An estimated 540 to 675 students will be used in each test group.
Disabled students at Cerritos College will also be participating in the test groups.
Ben Pendleton, who works in the Admissions and Records office, helped set up the online registration.
About the new registration program he said, “It’s more convenient for students. They can see their schedule as it develops.”
Pendleton also said that it’s easy for students to do. They would just go to the Cerritos College web site, www.cerritos.edu, click on a link for online registration and begin.
Another helpful feature of the system is its search capabilities.
With the search function, if a class is full, students can type in the course name and immediately a list of all the times and days for that class are shown.
Some students are glad that Cerritos is offering online registration.
“It’s good because you can see how many people are enrolled as you register,” biology major Lilian Castaneda said.
However, some students are wary of the new system.
Biology major Janei Dominguez is worried that it might not be as effective as the touchtone registration because it’s still in its test stages.
Dominguez also pointed out that some campuses that use an online registration system have a time limit for registering.
“At other schools they only give you 15 minutes to register, then you’re kicked out of the system. On the phone you have as much time as you want.” Dominguez said.
Another point Dominguez brought up is that many of the computers around school will be occupied because students without Internet access at home will have to use school facilities to register.
Dr. Erlinda Martinez, the vice president of student services, started the whole online registration program. At the last board meeting held, Martinez was proud to announce that online registration was almost available for all Cerritos College students.
