Priority Registration at Barstow Community College
Priority registration helps you get the classes you need—when you need them—so you can stay on track to earn a degree, certificate, transfer, or advance in your career.
Barstow Community College assigns all students a registration tier, which determines when you can enroll for the next semester.
Priority registration does not apply to the summer session.
Who Gets Priority Registration?
Students enrolling to complete an educational goal (degree, certificate, transfer, or career advancement) may qualify for priority registration.
To receive your earliest possible registration date, make sure you complete:
- Orientation
- Assessment/Placement
- A Student Education Plan (SEP)
Registration Tiers
Tier 1
These students receive the earliest and equal registration priority:
- Active-duty military members or veterans who are California residents
(Veterans keep priority for 4 years after discharge.) - Student parents with a child under 18 receiving more than half of their support from the student
- Current or former foster youth, up to age 25
- Verified homeless or formerly homeless youth, up to age 25
- Students eligible for DSPS (students with disabilities)
- EOPS students
- CalWORKs students
- Tribal TANF recipients
- Students receiving services from Rising Scholars Network programs
Tier 2
- Student athletes
- Associated Student Government (ASG members)
- Students with 60-90 completed units and a declared & approved educational goal
- Participants in the following district-approved programs:
- Barstow College Promise
- Transfer Academy
- Shades of Sister
- RESET
- MESA
Tier 3
- Students with 45-59.9 completed units and a declared & approved educational goal
- Active-duty military family members
- Dependents using veterans’ education benefits
Tier 4
- All other fully matriculated students (completion of orientation, assessment, comprehensive SEP), including:
- Continuing students
- Returning students
- Newly admitted students
Tier 5
- Students who do NOT qualify for priority registration:
- Students who are not fully matriculated
- Students who have completed 100+ units
- Special part-time or full-time (concurrent) students
- Other students who did not meet priority requirements
Contacts for Priority Groups
| Active-duty/family members | ftirwin@barstow.edu |
| Foster Youth | nextup@barstow.edu |
| Homeless or formerly homeless | housinginsecurity@barstow.edu |
| ACCESS (DSPS) | access@barstow.edu |
| EOPS | eops@barstow.edu |
| CalWORKs | calworks@barstow.edu |
| Athletes | athletics@barstow.edu |
| ASG | studentlife@barstow.edu |
| Barstow College Promise | promise@barstow.edu |
| Transfer Academy | transfer@barstow.edu |
| Veterans/Dependents use benefits | vets@barstow.edu |
| MESA | mesa@barstow.edu |
| All other questions | welcome@barstow.edu |
Losing Priority Registration
You may lose priority registration at your next registration cycle if:
1. You are on academic pause for two consecutive terms, as defined in BP/AP4250.
2. You have earned 100 or more degree-applicable units at Barstow Community College
This limit does NOT include:
- ESL courses
- Noncredit basic skills courses
- High-unit majors approved by the Vice President of Academic Affairs
Barstow Community College notifies students at the end of each semester of enrollment:
- Academic Standing, including whether they are placed on academic pause
- Total number of units completed at BCC
