How early did you wake up to register for fall classes

Princess74 · Aug 15, 2005

I was up at midnight on the 14th, (that was my appt date) I got in the classes that I wanted though.

Atleast this spring we should have priority

TRINI_RN · Aug 15, 2005

I was up at midnight that night too. I got in the classes that I wanted though.
Atleast this spring we will have priority

OMG, so I'm not the only registration stalker! :chuckle :chuckle

sunnyjohn · Aug 15, 2005

Wow, students at your school sure don't mess around!

I remember back in the '90's when I first went through college. EVERYONE had to stand in line to register. My school had not yet insituted phone or online registration. There was no early registration and everyone from freshman to senior registered on the same day. We would stand in line for hours!

They had to make a policy that you could not line up before 6 am because people would camp out the night before. Campus police would run you off. Some of my fondest college memories where standing in line with my friends and thousands of other students at registration.

I remember sleeping with my friends on the patio under the pecan tree of the guys dorm 'cause it was as close as you could get to the registration lines without being run off.

Ah, good times!

Princess74 · Aug 15, 2005

Hehehee! Like you said. These TCC people dont mess around.

I can't believe school starts this Thursday. I need to get my butt up there today and get my student ID and parking decal.

TRINI_RN · Aug 15, 2005

Hehehee! Like you said. These TCC people dont mess around.
I can't believe school starts this Thursday. I need to get my butt up there today and get my student ID and parking decal.

I know, I love/hate it though. On the one hand it sooo nice to be in class with students who are just as pumped as you are about learning, on the other hand you have to make sure you're on the ball about picking/registering for classes!

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Aug 15, 2005

Thankfully, at the small private college I attend we don't have that huge of a problem. I am glad to learn that you did get a seat. :)

Fun2, BSN, RN · Aug 15, 2005

When I took A&P 1 thirteen years ago, there were only a couple of classes offered. If you got in, you were lucky! (YES, I REMEMBER THE LONG REGISTRATION LINES, GOING FROM TABLE TO TABLE TO GET ITEMS CHECKED OFF. THEN YOU'D HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR PLANNED SCHEDULE BECAUSE THEY MARKED A LINE THROUGH A CLASS YOU WANTED ON THE OVERHEAD INDICATING THE CLASS WAS FULL!!!!) :madface: :wink2:

As soon as the started phone registration, I did that, then phone or online registration. If priority registration starts at 8AM, and I'm at my computer by 7:45 AM...making sure the class hasn't been canceled, making sure I have the correct section number, and continuously clicking on a variety of pages just to make sure I stay connected on the systerm. I don't want to take the chance of getting automatically signed off, the sever get bogged down, and my class gets full before I can get back in!! lol

crb613, BSN, RN · Aug 15, 2005

At my school our director of nursing came in before summer break & pre-register all of us.Any non-nursing classes that you need you are put into them at this time too.In my first year we all met at a set day/time & were also pre-registered.I go to a small private school so maybe that's why it is done differently here.

Student_Nurse_WV · Aug 15, 2005

Classes fill up so quickly at my school! Registration starts 7am the day your class(freshman, sophmore..)You rush for a spot! I found that if you log in at 6:45 you can register eariler. Sneaky, aren't I? :) Also if I don't get in a class I constantly go and check and wait for a spot to open. I have gotten into lots of classes like that.

oregonrene · Aug 15, 2005

I had been out of school for 17 years when I went back - my first term back I planned to take A&P, not realizing how difficult it can be to get a slot. Because I was a "new again" student, I did not get priority registration and had to register a couple of weeks after everybody else. Well lo and behold, A&P was filled up. :stone I registered for something else instead, and then a week later late at night (it was the day after Christmas, I think), I checked again and ONE spot was available! Which I nabbed right away of course (and dropped the speech class I didn't want to take anyway!). The following term I had priority registration, and you better believe I was sitting at my computer hitting the refresh button at 7 a.m. sharp when registration opened.

But all that hassle sure beats the heck out of standing in line, like we did in the olden days. You'd stand there in a huge line, desperately watching the registrars write "Closed" on the chalkboard next to the classes you were planning to take. :uhoh3:

suzy253, RN · Aug 15, 2005

Pre-registration either via my nursing school or via the internet itself.

Also, sometimes if you just show up on the 1st day of the class you want to attend, there will be no-shows and the instructor might be able to take you on. Then again, if it's full, you're out of luck.