We plan for the academic calendar the way retailers plan for holidays. Before fall verification opens, we load-test the document upload portal, confirm SIS interfaces and hold-release automation are healthy, and expand storage and bandwidth for tens of thousands of record submissions. Monitoring thresholds are tightened during peak weeks so a slowdown is caught before students notice, and patching is frozen until the surge passes. We also staff extra support coverage during move-in, flu season, and finals, when both medical visits and counseling demand spike. The result is that enrollment holds clear on time and your front desk is not fielding complaints about a crashed portal.