<p>How often do people who show up on the first day of a full class get an add card and become enrolled in the class? I just found out one of the classes I want to take in the summer is full so I will show up on the first day but was wondering if I had a decent shot of getting in. </p>
<p>My counselor told me that it all depends on the instructor and that he or she can choose to add as many students as they want...is this true? I assume you will only be issued an add card if some people end up dropping the class or do classes normally have a few seats left when it's considered full?</p>
<p>So if the instructor agrees to add me then I get an add code and I sit through class the first day and then officially register for the class after the lecture is over? Or does the registration have to be before class starts?</p>
<p>Hopefully the instructor will add me...according to the comments on ratemyprofessors.com he seems like a real cool and nice guy.</p>
<p>usually those teachers that have good reviews on ratemyprof have a bunch of ppl trying to add the class. i remember in my math class this semester over half the ppl in the classroom on the first day were trying to add (we're talking like 70 people in the room total) and he could only add like 4. the original size of the class was suppose to be around 30</p>
<p>Last semester, my history teacher had a 100-limit class, but he added 138 total..</p>
<p>After the first few weeks, 40~50 people disappeared. After the mid-term exam, 20~30 more people disappeared. After the second-mid term, there were barely 40 left in the class... lol</p>
<p>it depends on the class....if it's an eng class that everyone has to take, you may not get in... if it's something more specialized and you are high on the waitlist, you will likely get in.... definately show up on the first day! some instructors can add as many as they want, but some are limited by the school (or at least that is how it was at my cc)</p>
<p>Yeah, the class is actually sociology...what do you mean by the waitlist though? Am I supposed to ask my counselor to be on the waitlist or can I just show up the first day of class?</p>
<p>In most CCs when you register online or over the phone and the class is full you can place yourself on the waitlist. Usually if a class fills up early, and you waitlist yourself, as people change their schedules and drop out of the class your number on the waitlist goes up, in MOST cases it has been my experience that if you register early enough- like a month b4 class or something, you will be in the class b4 class starts. </p>
<p>People on the waitlist get priority for adding the course on the first day of class, then after they have been added if there is still space left the teacher will give out additional add codes for "drop-in" students who are trying to add.</p>
<p>At UCSB they add as many people as can fit in the room according to the Fire Marshal.</p>
<p>And actually they usually add less than that number because the TAs can only have a certain amount of people in their discussion sections (otherwise it wouldn't be fair for them to have to grade like 120 papers each).</p>
<p>the 4 ppl were chosen by lottery because there were so many ppl trying to add i think. some teachers actually do first come first serve so try to get to the class early</p>
<p>Well do all CCs typically have waitlists? I just googled my CC and 'waitlist' but got no matching results...I'm sure my counselor would've at least mentioned it if there was one. Don't know if it matters but I registered for the class in person, not online.</p>
<p>in my cc it says if youre getting waitlisted when you register. the waitlist is actually to compensate for the ppl that are actually registered that dont show up but usually theres more space. never registered for class in person but if they let you i dont think you need to worry about anything</p>
<p>some cc and some classes have wait list. Usually and especially at a commuter school, first week/day parking is horrible and yeah if the profeesor has good reviews the line sometimes will go outside the classroom and down the fall. I had an econ class once and it was full and people standing around filling up the class and the professor asked who wants to add and more than half the people sitting in the class raised their hands. So they did a put your name in a hat and pretty much a month before the final there was only 5 people left in the class.</p>