Let's Talk Registration!

Let’s play a Facebook game and talk about what's on our minds. I am pretty sure I speak for all the first and second years when I say that registration is on our minds. Second years registered for classes last week and first years registered this week. Registration is not at all pleasant, but at least it can be painless. Let me explain.

If you want to get into certain classes, with certain professors and at a certain time, registration can get pretty unpleasant. Correction: the process before registration is unpleasant. I spent, to my husband’s dismay, three hours figuring out plan A and plan B for my fall classes. Plan A had all the classes that I really really wanted as electives towards my marketing concentration and with the professors I wanted. I had to compromise on time but I think I still have a pretty nice schedule with Wednesday completely off. Plan B took a little bit longer to come up with. As it was meant to include my alternative classes in case I got waitlisted for my Plan A, it was pretty tough opting for classes that I had little interest in. Luckily, I am a 15-month student so I got to register a day before most of my colleagues and got into all of the classes I wanted. The good thing about second-year registration is that everybody is working towards a concentration and taking mostly electives, so the chances of more than 25 students wanting the same class are pretty slim.

This year, the incoming class had the privilege of registering for classes themselves. I am very curious to see what think about the process and how they are handling it. Most of all I am very curious to see if they learn the most important lesson about registration: be awake and ready to click on the "add classes" button at 7:30 a.m. Sharp!