School completely screwed students next semester with registration

[SarcasticDwarf]

I am a grad student in Library and Information Science. My university has both on site and online students (the majority are online students).

Well apparently all the on site students are screwed for classes next semester. Registration opened at 10am and I registered at 1pm. I was able to get into three of the four classes I needed to get into. Now as of 9pm there are exactly TWO on site classes open, one of which I do not meet the prerequisites for and the other conflicts with my schedule. Yeah, that's right...just hours after registration opens (and there have to be people who have not registered) there are essentially no classes open.

Why is this? Well apparently they are short three professors. Combine this with them trying to offer both the five old core courses and the four new ones (started this semester) and we are all screwed.

I should note that a number of online classes are avaible but you tend to both learn less and do more work. That and a $2,000 "special fee" make them too much for me.

Argh!!

 

[George P Burdell]

Wow, that sucks!

 

[CraKaJaX]

Let me guess.

UCF?

 

[Leros]

Was that the one class you needed to graduate?

Will you be able to access the regristrar again before next semester starts? I know my college has registration for a week in November, then registration opens up again a week before next semester starts.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
Let me guess.

UCF?

nope, UW Milwaukee

 

[Mr Incognito]

That sucks.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: Leros
Was that the one class you needed to graduate?

Will you be able to access the regristrar again before next semester starts? I know my college has registration for a week in November, then registration opens up again a week before next semester starts.

You can register at any point between now and then, so getting access is not a problem. The problem is that there are simply no classes I can even take to fill my schedule.


The class is required to graduate, but I will not be graduating until next fall.

The way I had planned it was to take two of my four core classes and two others. Right now I am in the one core I had planned to take and my remaining core which I had not planned to take until the fall. That core is at the same time as the second elective course so now I am only enrolled in three classes.

 

[Skunkwourk]

You think thats bad. In my 4th year I wasn't able to get into a class thats only offered once a year and it was a major class for the major. No idea why they didn't offer it throughout the school year. So guess what, I had to become a 5th year senior. Another full year of school waiting just so I could finish that last class and complete my major. Fortunately during that extra year I completed another major and ended up with 2 degrees but still. I was supposed to be a graduating senior, and I couldn't even crash the class after being given priority registration.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: m0mentary
You think thats bad. In my 4th year I wasn't able to get into a class thats only offered once a year and it was a major class for the major. No idea why they didn't offer it throughout the school year. So guess what, I had to become a 5th year senior. Another full year of school waiting just so I could finish that last class and complete my major. Fortunately during that extra year I completed another major and ended up with 2 degrees but still. I was supposed to be a graduating senior, and I couldn't even crash the class after being given priority registration.

I can see myself having to take an extra semester because the classes are simply not offered. I will *NOT* be happy if that is the case.

 

[Auryg]

My school guarantees graduating in 4 years, mainly because of crap like this. It's ridiculous. A school should be flexible enough where kids can take what they need.

 

[kranky]

It's completely ridiculous to expect a student to stay another semester or year just to get one required course. I would make a stink until they gave me a waiver. I did just that my senior year.

 

[daveymark]

according to ATOT college doesn't matter anyway

 

[TecHNooB]

Originally posted by: daveymark
according to ATOT college doesn't matter anyway

Why does college matter? You only use 2.1% of what you learn in school anyways. And 0.1% once you get promoted to CEO

 

[Injury]

I would hunt down the professors TODAY, ASAP and talk to them. Tell them exactly what you told us. They can sign you in to classes but they are less likely to do it if you just show up to the first class and waste their class time explaining.

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: Injury
I would hunt down the professors TODAY, ASAP and talk to them. Tell them exactly what you told us. They can sign you in to classes but they are less likely to do it if you just show up to the first class and waste their class time explaining.

I've done that a few times because the registrations people are basically clueless about a great many things.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: Injury
I would hunt down the professors TODAY, ASAP and talk to them. Tell them exactly what you told us. They can sign you in to classes but they are less likely to do it if you just show up to the first class and waste their class time explaining.

I've done that a few times because the registrations people are basically clueless about a great many things.

I did it at my last university (undergrad) but it seems to work differently here. All registration is online and the class sizes are set in stone as once the semester starts it is rare for more than one person to drop a class.

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: Injury
I would hunt down the professors TODAY, ASAP and talk to them. Tell them exactly what you told us. They can sign you in to classes but they are less likely to do it if you just show up to the first class and waste their class time explaining.

I've done that a few times because the registrations people are basically clueless about a great many things.

I did it at my last university (undergrad) but it seems to work differently here. All registration is online and the class sizes are set in stone as once the semester starts it is rare for more than one person to drop a class.

Never know until you try. Drop a class or not, I've had professors hear my story and tell me that they can't guarantee I'll have a chair, but if I show up to the first two weeks of class and nobody has dropped yet they'll sign the form. Sure enough there was at least one empty chair everyday. Nobody dropped, but I never missed a class and always had a place to sit.

The most important lesson I took away from college is that nothing is set in stone. Not a class size, not a grade... nothing. All you have to do is make as much noise as it takes to be heard and you'll at least get an answer you are more satisfied with, whether it's what you wanted or not.

 

[jagec]

At least registration opened at a decent time. Here they were so strapped for profs one year that they opened registration at 6AM, and people basically had to get up at 5, fill out all their class info online, and then start holding down the Refresh button at 5:55 to make sure they got in to their lower-level classes.

Luckily I transferred here as a junior, so I was spared those indignities.