FYAR FAQs

During summer First-Year Advising and Registration, new incoming first-year students are advised by an experienced staff or faculty advisor. Then, in August, the instructor of your ELN 1010: First-Year Advising Seminar will be assigned as your advisor.

That person will be your instructor and advisor until the end of the ELN 1010 class. If you are ready to declare your major, you can do so at the end of the semester of ELN 1010. Shortly after, you’ll be connected with a faculty advisor in your major.

We do not assign student advisors until August. The primary reason is that we have quite a few advisors for the ELN 1010: First-Year Advising Seminar experience who do not work in the summers. We would not want a new student like yourself to try to contact them and receive no response for 1 or 2 months. If you need to know of your advisor for other reasons, please let us know so we can more directly respond to your question.

You will already be registered for your first semester classes when you meet with an advisor. During your virtual session, you and the advisor will work together to make schedule changes if you need to do so.

New first-year students do not register themselves for classes. You will already be registered for courses when you meet one on one with an advisor. At New Student Orientation, your ELN 1010 advisor will clear you to register for classes.

New transfer students will work with the Transfer Student Coordinator to register for classes.

Yes. You have to complete this as one of the steps to be registered for classes.

Yes. You need to meet with an advisor to discuss your schedule and make changes if you need to.

New students can edit their schedules through drop/add week, which is the first week of classes for each semester. The deadline for half-semester classes is different than for full semester classes. We recommend that you bookmark the Academic Calendar to track important deadlines like this.

We understand that some students may have personal conflicts for virtual advising, which is why students have six weeks to participate in the process (June 10th – July 17th, 2026). We will offer early morning and evening sessions, Eastern Standard Time, as well as Saturday sessions to best accommodate students as well. Students need to access the internet just one time during this period.

You can also email fyar@elon.edu to discuss your options. Please provide us details on the concerns about attending a session between June 10th – July 17th, 2026.

For this registration process, we will not be providing priority registration times as accommodations.  Because of the way the system is set up, this accommodation is not applicable for this semester’s registration.  In future semesters, you will be able to request priority registration times; these accommodations are approved if supported by documentation.  Reach out to the Office of Academic Accommodations and Accessibility at accommodations@elon.edu if you have further questions about this issue.

For students who have limited access to technology as a daily resource, please call us at 336-278-6500. Or when able, email us at fyar@elon.edu.

Be sure to report potential college credits in the Academic Course Interest form.

Additionally, review our webinar: How AP/IB and College Credits Transfer to Elon. This information is located on our Resources & Tutorials section of FYAR on our website.

Lastly, we will review these results as well to ensure students are not enrolled in the same class for which they have already earned credit.

You must complete a placement “test” for both Math and World Languages to provide you the best starting point for these subjects. Information will be available in Acorn and will be sent via email.

Complete the Survey in Elon Bound regarding incoming college credits. This will help both with pre-enrollment of courses and will help your virtual advisor guide you best.

Contact Information Technology whenever a tech issue pops up. The Contact IT button provides contact information for IT as well as the Live Chat function.

We offer World Languages in: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Students with other World Language experience, including English as a second language, should contact languages@elon.edu. American Sign Language is not a qualifying World Language.

You can earn World Language Proficiency by:

• Placing into a World Language class number 2000 or higher
• Earning credit through Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or College credit at the course number 1020 or higher
• Placing into a 1000 level class at Elon and completing through the 2nd level (1020).

You can ask questions during your virtual advising session.

But you can always call the Office of Academic Advising at 336-278-6500.

You can also email fyar@elon.edu to ask questions specifically about First-Year Advising & Registration.