First Year Student versus Freshman

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by agzg

Of course, I still registered with the sophomores, because it went by number of credits. As a student in the Honors program, I also got to register early. I never worried about not getting the classes I wanted.

Is this really a problem? Do people not get into classes they want? How does that impact required classes for graduation?

In college, the only class I didn't get into was a grad-level class that was capped at like 8 people so they really weren't letting undergrads in. My graduate program was small enough that everyone got the classes they wanted.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Is this really a problem? Do people not get into classes they want? How does that impact required classes for graduation?

In college, the only class I didn't get into was a grad-level class that was capped at like 8 people so they really weren't letting undergrads in. My graduate program was small enough that everyone got the classes they wanted.

YES.

When I was an undergrad, they gave graduating senior preference, followed by "regular" seniors, then juniors, etc. If a class filled up, you either took it at a shitty time or in a different semester.

I knew the dean of the college of business, though, so I was able to get myself into the full classes anyway.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Is this really a problem? Do people not get into classes they want? How does that impact required classes for graduation?

Yes. I had priority registration in undergrad so I didn't worry about it, but it happened to alot of my friends. Never had it happen in grad school though.

I know that if there was a particular class that alot of students got waitlisted for (like more than 30+ students), the faculty in the particular dept. would try to get another section open for those students (esp. if the class is one that alot of students needed to graduate). If they didn't do that, you were simply out of luck and had to wait until the next time it was offered.

These classes were typically upper-level courses in the more popular majors (I know they had this problem frequently in the fashion, education and journalism depts), where the course was capped at 20-25 students and there were only like 3 sections.