Class registration stress/ can't get into classes...is this common?

[Anonymous]

I have a kid at a large public (non “bespoke” lol) university and she hasn’t had this problem much at all. Despite the laughable snobbery here (which I hope is trolling) “you can’t always get what you want, when you want it” is a perfectly acceptable life lesson, and if they haven’t learned it by 18, they need to learn that pronto.

[Anonymous]

She should try for better classes

[Anonymous]

I went to a top 10 slac and had 8 AM’s all four years. Never dreamed of thinking that a class time meant I “wasn’t getting what I wanted.” It was pre-Internet and those stupid professor ratings as well. We took others’ “ratings” of professors with a big grain of salt.

[Anonymous]

Wry common at state publics….good luck graduating in four years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Professor here.

Do you mean they can't get into any section for the class they want or any comparable class? Or do you mean they can't get into the class they want with the prof they want at the time they want?

The former is problematic, and probably more common at certain schools and for students who are on the lower rung of # of credits.

The later is something you need to just suck up.

If they want more of an edge summer classes could help, because it'll bump their credit count and they'll jump up in line for when they can begin to register.

Yeah, he sucked it up this semester with all 8ams. He was hoping for something better moving forward, or at least 1 choice of: not 8ams, not 5pms, not rated "1" professors....

By "1" you mean "rate my professor"? Please. That's not a real thing.

8ams are often really good teachers. 5pm may be adjuncts, but some adjuncts are really good teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a kid at a large public (non “bespoke” lol) university and she hasn’t had this problem much at all. Despite the laughable snobbery here (which I hope is trolling) “you can’t always get what you want, when you want it” is a perfectly acceptable life lesson, and if they haven’t learned it by 18, they need to learn that pronto.

If I’m paying $85k per year then yes, I will need to get what my child wants. If your child is at some public diploma mill then they get what they’ve paid for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to a top 10 slac and had 8 AM’s all four years. Never dreamed of thinking that a class time meant I “wasn’t getting what I wanted.” It was pre-Internet and those stupid professor ratings as well. We took others’ “ratings” of professors with a big grain of salt.

-+ 10

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a kid at a large public (non “bespoke” lol) university and she hasn’t had this problem much at all. Despite the laughable snobbery here (which I hope is trolling) “you can’t always get what you want, when you want it” is a perfectly acceptable life lesson, and if they haven’t learned it by 18, they need to learn that pronto.

If I’m paying $85k per year then yes, I will need to get what my child wants. If your child is at some public diploma mill then they get what they’ve paid for.

You’re probably a troll, but I know there are a lot of people in the world this repulsive and entitled, so I’ll respond. You’re why professors are retiring earlier than they ever imagined they would, and why diploma mills even exist: you think everything is a business transaction, and your student is a consumer. You and your ilk are responsible for our declining society. I’m 100% certain that I’m raising a better human being than you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Wry common at state publics….good luck graduating in four years.

My kid, at big state public, didn’t graduate in 4 years. They graduated in 3, and it was not difficult scheduling.

[Anonymous]

I loved 8ams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a kid at a large public (non “bespoke” lol) university and she hasn’t had this problem much at all. Despite the laughable snobbery here (which I hope is trolling) “you can’t always get what you want, when you want it” is a perfectly acceptable life lesson, and if they haven’t learned it by 18, they need to learn that pronto.

If I’m paying $85k per year then yes, I will need to get what my child wants. If your child is at some public diploma mill then they get what they’ve paid for.

A “public diploma mill” like UVa or Michigan?

[Anonymous]

It’s common but gets better as they move up in grade and get priority to choose classes earlier in the process.

[Anonymous]

My kid had this issue at a small LAC and lots of parents report the same. There are fewer professors and classes to select from, esp in small majors. Class sizes are small but once they hit the cap, there is no more room. It was not something we anticipated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid had this issue at a small LAC and lots of parents report the same. There are fewer professors and classes to select from, esp in small majors. Class sizes are small but once they hit the cap, there is no more room. It was not something we anticipated.

Endowment size matters.

[Anonymous]

My junior purposely chooses at least one 8am each semester. Says it gets him up and he likes to study after the class.