CHEM 599
Research for and Preparation of PhD Dissertation
Tutorial.
Fall 2026: 69 sections. All of them are open. The oldest of these readings was 7 minutes ago.
Grades
3.98
Average grade awarded in CHEM 599. Not a student rating: this is what the grades were.
In the A range
98%
of the 87 letter grades
D, F or W
0.0%
of every letter grade awarded, plus withdrawals
Taken pass/no pass
0%
nobody in the record took it pass/no pass
The registrar's own records: 87 grades over 11 terms, Fall 2021 to Fall 2025. Every instructor is pooled here.
What is inside that record
No summer session is in that record.
The table below splits them, and term averages across those 11 terms ran 3.90 to 4.00.
Historical grades for ALEXANDROVA, ANASTASSIA N, across recorded terms. The course summary above includes all professors.
No grade history is available for this professor in this course.
By instructor
| Instructor | Predicted GPA | Raw | n | Terms | A range | Workload | Fall 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOLBERT, SARAH H reviews ↗ | 3.98 | 4.00 | 77 | 11 | 100% | - | Open, 2 seats left |
| SLETTEN, ELLEN MAY reviews ↗ | 3.87 | 3.80 | 10 · | 5 | 80% | - | Open, 9 seats left |
Why Predicted is not the Raw average
“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department, so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.
Grade records describe outcomes. For what a course is like to take, read student reviews written on dibs below or follow the separate external review link.
Workload and assignments
Work types reported in BruinWalk reviews of this course, across recorded instructors and terms. They may differ from this term's syllabus.
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In Falls
Ran in 5 of the last 5 Falls.
From the terms dibs holds, which start in Fall 2021 and exclude summer. A department can run a course in a quarter it never has before.
From the registrar's catalog
Tutorial, to be arranged. Each faculty member supervises research of PhD students and holds research group meetings, seminars, and discussions with students. May be repeated for credit. S/U or letter grading.
Sections in Fall 2026
Seat counts as of : the oldest of these 69 readings. Seat readings are snapshots, not live availability. Their timestamps show when dibs last checked.
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Tut 1 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
1 seat left. 9 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 2 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
7 seats left. 3 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 3 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
7 seats left. 3 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 4 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
7 seats left. 3 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 5 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
8 seats left. 2 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 6 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
3 seats left. 7 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 7 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
5 seats left. 5 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 8 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
8 seats left. 2 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 9 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
8 seats left. 2 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 10 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 11 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
7 seats left. 3 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 12 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
5 seats left. 5 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 13 Time TBAOpen
Deeds, E.J.
3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 14 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 15 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
7 seats left. 3 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 16 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
7 seats left. 3 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 17 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
7 seats left. 3 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 18 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 19 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 20 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 21 Time TBAOpen
Garcia-Garibay, M.
3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 22 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
3 seats left. 7 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 23 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 24 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
5 seats left. 5 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 25 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
8 seats left. 2 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 26 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 27 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
6 seats left. 4 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 28 Time TBAOpen
Kappel, K.
3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 29 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 30 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
7 seats left. 3 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 31 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
5 seats left. 5 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 32 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
5 seats left. 5 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 33 Time TBAOpen
Lindert, S.
3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 34 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
7 seats left. 3 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 35 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
5 seats left. 5 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 36 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
7 seats left. 3 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 37 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
8 seats left. 2 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 38 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
5 seats left. 5 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 39 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
8 seats left. 2 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 40 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
8 seats left. 2 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 41 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
6 seats left. 4 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 42 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 43 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 44 Time TBAOpen
Sautet, P.
3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 45 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
2 seats left. 8 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 46 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
6 seats left. 4 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 47 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
6 seats left. 4 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 48 Time TBAOpen3.87predicted, this instructor · 10 grades ·
9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 49 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
6 seats left. 4 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 50 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
7 seats left. 3 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 51 Time TBAOpen
Schwalbe Koda, D.
3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 52 Time TBAOpen
Williams, D.S.
3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 53 Time TBAOpen
The Staff
3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 54 Time TBAOpen
The Staff
3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 55 Time TBAOpen
The Staff
3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 56 Time TBAOpen
The Staff
3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 57 Time TBAOpen
The Staff
3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 58 Time TBAOpen
The Staff
3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 59 Time TBAOpen
The Staff
3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 60 Time TBAOpen
The Staff
3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 61 Time TBAOpen
The Staff
3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 62 Time TBAOpen
The Staff
3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 63 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 64 Time TBAOpen3.98predicted, this instructor · 77 grades
2 seats left. 8 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 65 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
5 seats left. 5 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 66 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
5 seats left. 5 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 67 Time TBAOpen
Weiss, S.
3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 68 Time TBAOpen3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades
6 seats left. 4 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Tut 69 Time TBAOpen
Zhou, H.
3.91predicted, all instructors · 87 grades7 seats left. 3 of 10 enrolled high risk
Final enrollment, averaged across each term's sections: between 10 and 13 a term over 11 terms, summer excluded, most recently 11 in Fall 2025. That is the shape across years, not this term, which is above.
From the people who took it
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Seats over time in Fall 2026
How each lecture has filled since dibs first saw it. This course runs 69 lectures; the legend under the chart picks one.
A dot is a reading where something moved: the seat count, the status, or the waitlist.
What a flat run means, and where a line starts
Flat between dots means it did not drift, it held and then jumped, and a line starts when dibs first saw that lecture rather than reaching back before it existed. A lecture that has never moved draws a flat line across the whole window, and one with two or three readings draws a line joining them, which is too few to read a trend from.
Tut 1 · Alexandrova, A.N. · 9 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 9 over about 1 month
Tut 2 · Andrews, A.M. · 3 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 3 over about 1 month
Tut 3 · Athavale, S. · 3 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 3 over about 1 month
Tut 4 · Backus, K.M. · 3 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 3 over about 1 month
Tut 5 · Barber, V. · 2 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 2 over about 1 month
Tut 6 · Bouchard, L. · 7 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 7 over about 1 month
Tut 7 · Caram, J.R. · 5 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 5 over about 1 month
Tut 8 · Chanfreau, G. · 2 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 2 over about 1 month
Tut 9 · Clarke, C.F. · 2 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 2 over about 1 month
Tut 10 · Clarke, S.G. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Unchanged over about 1 month
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Tut 11 · Clubb, R.T. · 3 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 3 over about 1 month
Tut 12 · Conway, S. · 5 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 5 over about 1 month
Tut 13 · Deeds, E.J. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 1 over about 1 month
0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.
Tut 14 · Deming, T.J. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Unchanged over about 1 month
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Tut 15 · Diaconescu, P.L. · 3 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 3 over about 1 month
Tut 16 · Doyle, A.G. · 3 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 3 over about 1 month
Tut 17 · Duan, X. · 3 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 3 over about 1 month
Tut 18 · Fay, T.P. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Unchanged over about 1 month
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Tut 19 · Eisenberg, D.S. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Unchanged over about 1 month
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Tut 20 · Feigon, J.F. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 1 over about 1 month
0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.
Tut 21 · Garcia-Garibay, M. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Unchanged over about 1 month
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Tut 22 · Garg, N.K. · 7 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 7 over about 1 month
Tut 23 · Gelbart, W.M. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 1 over about 1 month
0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.
Tut 24 · Gutierrez, O. · 5 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 5 over about 1 month
Tut 25 · Harran, P.G. · 2 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 2 over about 1 month
Tut 26 · Houk, K.N. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 1 over about 1 month
Tut 27 · Kaner, R.B. · 4 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 4 over about 1 month
Tut 28 · Kappel, K. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 1 over about 1 month
0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.
Tut 29 · Kavner, A. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Unchanged over about 1 month
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Tut 30 · Koehler, C.M. · 3 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 3 over about 1 month
Tut 31 · Kwon, O. · 5 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 5 over about 1 month
Tut 32 · Lawson, M. · 5 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 5 over about 1 month
Tut 33 · Lindert, S. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 1 over about 1 month
Tut 34 · Liu, C. · 3 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 3 over about 1 month
Tut 35 · Loo, J.A. · 5 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 5 over about 1 month
Tut 36 · Maynard, H.D. · 3 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 3 over about 1 month
Tut 37 · Narang, P. · 2 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 2 over about 1 month
Tut 38 · Nava, M.J. · 5 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 5 over about 1 month
Tut 39 · Neuhauser, D. · 2 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 2 over about 1 month
Tut 40 · Petrovic, S. · 2 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 2 over about 1 month
Tut 41 · Quinlan, M.E. · 4 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 4 over about 1 month
Tut 42 · Rodriguez, J.A. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 1 over about 1 month
0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.
Tut 43 · Rubin, Y.F. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Unchanged over about 1 month
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Tut 44 · Sautet, P. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 1 over about 1 month
0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.
Tut 45 · Schmitt, D.L. · 8 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 8 over about 1 month
Tut 46 · Schwartz, B.J. · 4 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 4 over about 1 month
Tut 47 · Shafaat, H. · 4 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 4 over about 1 month
Tut 48 · Sletten, E.M. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 1 over about 1 month
0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.
Tut 49 · Spokoyny, A.M. · 4 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 4 over about 1 month
Tut 50 · Tang, Y. · 3 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 3 over about 1 month
Tut 51 · Schwalbe Koda, D. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 1 over about 1 month
Tut 52 · Williams, D.S. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 1 over about 1 month
0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.
Tut 53 · The Staff · 0 of 10 enrolled
Unchanged over about 1 month
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Tut 54 · The Staff · 0 of 10 enrolled
Unchanged over about 1 month
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Tut 55 · The Staff · 0 of 10 enrolled
Unchanged over about 1 month
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Tut 56 · The Staff · 0 of 10 enrolled
Unchanged over about 1 month
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Tut 57 · The Staff · 0 of 10 enrolled
Unchanged over about 1 month
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Tut 58 · The Staff · 0 of 10 enrolled
Unchanged over about 1 month
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Tut 59 · The Staff · 0 of 10 enrolled
Unchanged over about 1 month
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Tut 60 · The Staff · 0 of 10 enrolled
Unchanged over about 1 month
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Tut 61 · The Staff · 0 of 10 enrolled
Unchanged over about 1 month
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Tut 62 · The Staff · 0 of 10 enrolled
Unchanged over about 1 month
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Tut 63 · Tinoco Valencia, A · 1 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 1 over about 1 month
0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.
Tut 64 · Tolbert, S.H. · 8 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 8 over about 1 month
Tut 65 · Torres, J. · 5 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 5 over about 1 month
Tut 66 · Weiss, P.S. · 5 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 5 over about 1 month
Tut 67 · Weiss, S. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 1 over about 1 month
0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.
Tut 68 · Wollman, R. · 4 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 4 over about 1 month
Tut 69 · Zhou, H. · 3 of 10 enrolled
Filled by 3 over about 1 month
How readings and alerts work
A reading and an hourly record are different things, and most charts here hold more of the second missing than present. dibs has taken readings of a section since long before it began keeping an hour-by-hour log of when it looked, so the empty stretches are dibs saying it was not keeping that log yet, not that it looked and found nothing. That is the age of the record and not a fault.
Seat counts show the last successful read, not live availability. Refreshes can be delayed by request limits or upstream interruptions. Watched sections receive priority, but an hourly update for every section is not guaranteed.
The registrar can change a seat count between our checks. Alerts depend on dibs detecting an opening and completing delivery; a quiet watch does not prove that no seat opened. Check the registrar before enrolling.