How to Register for Classes: A Guide to SOLAR '26

Watch this video for a step-by-step guide to using SOLAR, Reed's online registration platform. SOLAR will open at 9 a.m. PT on Monday, August 17, at which point incoming students will register for their first-choice courses for spring and fall. Starting at 9 a.m. PT on August 18, they will register for their remaining spring and fall courses. Reed College is an institution of higher education in the liberal arts devoted to the intrinsic value of intellectual pursuit and governed by the highest standards of scholarly practice, critical thought, and creativity. Its undergraduate program of study, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, balances breadth of knowledge across the curriculum with depth of knowledge in a particular field of study. The goal of the Reed education is that students learn and demonstrate rigor and independence in their habits of thought, inquiry, and expression.