I put a note at here to make sure I know how to take courses in CMU in next semester. Major reason is that I failed for 3 times before I could actually take courses in the past. I've finally succeeded so I want to note down why.
Here are couple of important things you need to know.
1, Make sure you get finance first. I succeed this time because get finance and make sure the form is there on the person who is responsible. You can download the form at here
2, Fill in the non-degree registration form. You can download the form at here. If you got finance first, this should be easy. After you fill in the form, your name should show up in ACIS . It should happen right after you submit the form and clear everything.
3, So what if you do it some time later than 10 days after the semester? Then, your life will start to be very hard. Because, one, it starts to be period of time where a lot of students will go to the HUB. Then, the HUB's staff will **assume** you have done most of the procedure. This is quite understable for them to do so. Of coursce, for you it means a very hard time to add/drop at a certain time.
4, Ask the graduate coordinators from the departments, both Sharon and Stacey are nice people.