The Physical Education Program will be utilizing an Athena-based 
selection system called PELOTT (Physical Education Lottery) for 
registration each quarter throughout the 1997-1998 academic year 
including IAP.

For fourth quarter, you will be able to enroll in physical education 
classes from Monday, March 16 through Monday, March 30 at noon, 
from any Athena workstation or from any dialup or Telnet connection
to Athena.

To select classes in order of your preferences:

From an Athena workstation:
1. Type:  add pelott  <RETURN> 
2. Type:  xphedu &  <RETURN>

Over dialup or Telnet:
1. Type:  add pelott  <RETURN>
2. Type:  phedu  <RETURN>

Once you are in the system, a list of Physical Education classes
offered for fourth quarter will be displayed.  You can select up to 
six choices.  You may go back and change your choices until
noon, March 30.

Before midnight on March 30, your assignment will be placed
in a personal file on Athena.  You may access this file by following 
the same "add pelott" and "phedu" or "xphedu &" procedure used 
to enter the lottery.

YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE EMAIL NOTIFYING YOU OF 
YOUR ASSIGNMENT!

Pre-registration and late registration:

* There is no pre-registration except for RAD Self Defense 
and Scuba.  Email crimbite@mit.edu to pre-register for 
RAD Self Defense.  Contact the PE Office x3-4291 to pre-register 
for Scuba.

* Late registrations based on availability will be accepted at the
P. E. Office beginning Tuesday, March 31.  A list of open 
classes will be available on Athena. To get the list:

1. Type:  add pelott <RETURN>
2. Type:  showopen-pe <RETURN> 

Listed below are various important policy and procedural issues
concerning the lottery.

* The lottery will treat all participants equally, regardless of 
  status.

* The lottery will maximize the probability of a participant 
  receiving his or her first choice.

* Making multiple choices or including a subject less likely to be
  overenrolled as a later selection will not reduce the chance of
  receiving your first choice.

* The system will try to give participants their first choice.
  However, if a participant wishes to ensure taking a class this
  quarter, he or she should include among the classes selected a
  subject this is unlikely to be overenrolled.

* If you don't attend the first class, your place may be given to 
 another  person.

* Participants may enroll in only one class per quarter through the
  Physical Education Lottery.  Participants wishing to take more 
  than one class in a quarter will have to select their additional 
  classes from the list of those subjects still open after the lottery 
  is run.  Follow the late registration procedure stated above.

Questions concerning the program should be directed to the P.E.
Office, W32-125, ext. 253-4291.