diff --git a/participant.inc.php b/participant.inc.php
index 2b765b1..e24fcbe 100644
--- a/participant.inc.php
+++ b/participant.inc.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 ?>
 <?
 require_once('register_participants.inc.php');
+require_once('user.inc.php');
 function registrationFormsReceived($reg_id="")
 {
 	if($reg_id) $rid=$reg_id;
@@ -49,10 +50,8 @@ function registrationDeadlinePassed()
 
 function studentIndividualStatus($userid) {
 	global $config, $conference;
-	if($config['participant_student_personal']=="yes")
-		$required_fields=array("firstname","lastname","address","city","postalcode","phonehome","grade","dateofbirth","schools_id","sex");
-	else
-		$required_fields=array("firstname","lastname","grade","schools_id");
+	$required_fields=user_fields_required('participant');
+	$required_fields[]="grade";
 
 	if($config['participant_student_tshirt']=="yes")
 		$required_fields[]="tshirt";
@@ -61,13 +60,19 @@ function studentIndividualStatus($userid) {
 	$r=mysql_fetch_object($q);
 
 	foreach ($required_fields AS $req) {
-		if($req=="dateofbirth") {
+		if($req=="birthdate") {
 			if($r->$req=="0000-00-00" || !$r->$req)
 				return "incomplete";
 		}
 		else {
-			if(!$r->$req)
+			if(!$r->$req) {
+				$fp=fopen("data/logs/incomplete.log","a+");
+				$str="user id $userid incomplete on required field: $req, user[$req]='{$r->$req}'\n";
+//				echo $str;
+				fputs($fp,$str);
+				fclose($fp);
 				return "incomplete";
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return 'complete';
@@ -331,24 +336,24 @@ function participant_status_completion_details($u,$regId=null){
 	if(!$regId){
 		return array(
 			'namecheck' => 'incomplete',
+			'students' => 'incomplete',
 			'tour' => 'incomplete',
 			'spaward' => 'incomplete',
 			'safety' => 'incomplete',
 			'mentor' => 'incomplete',
 			'project' => 'incomplete',
 			'emergencycontact' => 'incomplete',
-			'students' => 'incomplete'
 		);
 	}
 	return array(
 		'namecheck' => namecheckStatus($regId),
+		'students' => studentsStatus($regId),
 		'tour' => tourStatus($regId),
 		'spaward' => spawardStatus($regId),
 		'safety' => safetyStatus($regId),
 		'mentor' => mentorStatus($regId),
 		'project' => projectStatus($regId),
 		'emergencycontact' => emergencycontactStatus($regId),
-		'students' => studentsStatus($regId)
 	);
 }
 
diff --git a/testapi.php b/testapi.php
index 3404f2b..4b147eb 100644
--- a/testapi.php
+++ b/testapi.php
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ include "common.inc.php";
 		window.location.href='api/dates/'+o.value;
 		return false;
 	}
+
 </script>
 <style type="text/css">
 	div.subset {margin: 2em}
diff --git a/user.inc.php b/user.inc.php
index a60cfe6..f1d91e6 100644
--- a/user.inc.php
+++ b/user.inc.php
@@ -320,10 +320,7 @@ function user_get_role_fields($role){
 			}
 			break;
 		case 'participant':
-			$fields = array('grade', 'schools_id', 'medicalalert', 'registrations_id');
-			if($config['participant_student_personal'] == "yes"){
-				$fields[] = 'dateofbirth';
-			}
+			$fields = array('grade', 'schools_id', 'medicalalert');//, 'registrations_id');
 			if($config['participant_student_tshirt'] == "yes"){
 				$fields[] = 'tshirt';
 			}
@@ -385,7 +382,6 @@ function user_get_field_info($noConference = false){
 		'foodreq' => array('label' => 'Special Food Requirements', 'group' => 'Personal Information'),
 		'tshirt' => array('label' => 'T-shirt Size', 'group' => 'Personal Information'),
 		'medicalalert' => array('label' => 'Medical Alert Info', 'group' => 'Personal Information'),
-		'dateofbirth' => array('label' => 'Date of Birth', 'group' => 'Personal Information'),
 		'emergencycontacts' => array('label' => 'Emergency Contacts', 'group' => 'Personal Information')
 	);
 	if($noConference){