ABRA and Registration
Registration is a two-part process: the bidding period and the add/drop period. An automated bidding algorithm enrolls students in courses based on the number of points bid for courses and a fixed set of criteria described in the Year-Long Registration Guide. Students register via ABRA, the Auction Based Registration Algorithm accessed at https://abra.law.nyu.edu/abra.
After the bidding period, students may make changes to their schedules during the add/drop period. Once the add/drop period ends in September, spring add/drop resumes in December and January. Registering for the entire year during the summer requires careful planning and attention to dates, deadlines, and bidding selections as well as the results of the bidding cycles.
If you begin your coursework in the spring, you may participate in add/drop beginning in December; there is no bidding cycle available.
See the Registration Calendar for bidding cycle and add/drop dates for all students.
If you are a continuing student, participation in the bidding cycles and add/drop is not permitted until you pay any prior account balance, including tuition, housing, and fees. Of course, you may register for courses after you pay, but if your payment is received after the bidding cycles are run, you will not be included in the bidding cycles and your selection of courses will be limited to courses available during add/drop. If a Hold/Stop is placed on your account after you register for the bidding cycles, your course selections will be deleted. After you have made payment, you will be able to select courses during the add/drop period.