Wait-listed classes?

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So my registration date finally came around after painfully watching the classes I need fill up. I managed to get on the wait-list for chemistry and anatomy...

Each class has 24 people per class, and a 20 person wait-list. I'm number 18 on the wait-list for anatomy, and 15 for chemistry. I haven't had to be on a wait-list until this point, so I am not sure what my chances of getting into the classes are. I have to hope 18 people drop the class for anatomy, and hope that 15 drop out of chemistry. It feels a bit discouraging. However, at least I made it to the wait-list!

Can people with wait-list experience give their advice on this? I just want to know if it's feasible that 18 people may drop..

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Frankly, expecting 18 people to drop is a bit of a stretch. I would look for alternatives.

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I agree with INN_777. If it filled up that quickly and has a set number of people on the wait list, odds are that 18 people will not drop the class. Sorry :( Is there another school near you that you could take those classes at? Why couldn't you sign up when the classes opened?

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May I ask why you did not preregister?

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Our school has priority registration, so veterans, foster kids, disabled, etc. all choose classes first, and then goes by how many credits you have completed. Priority registration begins a week before open registration, and I was allowed to choose classes 3 days before open registration starts. We don't have preregistration. I even went and spoke with a counselor. There's another campus that is part of my college that offers anatomy, but it is an hour and fifteen minutes from where I live. I may have to bite the bullet and drive there twice a week. That class is still open.

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Does your school have a drop date? My school does, it's essentially the day everyone who hasn't paid yet is dropped from the class. This past semester I checked every single day hoping to get into my Microbiology class, about 13 people were dropped and I got in that way. This date is usually closer to the start of the semester.

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We have ten days from the day we register for the class to pay for it. If not, then we are dropped. I will probably just deal with the drive to Grass Valley twice a week. I can't deal with the uncertainty of whether or not I will get the class.

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Wow, I would not like that at all.

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Believe me, I don't. I feel like the system at my college is ridiculous and unfair, but I am thankful that I did have a way into the classes. I'm taking chemistry and anatomy at the college thats an hour and fifteen away, to make the drive worth it.

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