<p>Does anyone know the difference between a "closed" class and a "full" class? I tried to enroll in classes using GOLD today, and even though there are seats open in the lecture, the discussion sections are all "closed" so I can't enroll. Anyone else have this problem?</p>
<p>You can only register for classes during designated “pass times”. The next pass time begins on 9/21 at 5pm. During these times classes open up and you can register. If you are a freshman you should have signed up for some classes during the pass time at orientation.</p>
<p>I am a transfer student and my pass time started today at 6:30.</p>
<p>it’s quite an outrage. I believe when the first class in the section says “full” all the classes below it are closed. Virtually every subject is full, and I tried to register literally moments when my pass started. I still have a few days left but this is ridiculous. community college had more choice than this. regent officials give themselves million dollar bonuses yet can’t guarantee students decent classes…or any classes?! and then when one finds a class that seems interesting and has a space open - of course, it’s limited to a specific major.</p>
<p>i got to register in time for some critical classes but ucsb forgot to clear my prereq (eng1a &1b) so i couldnt register and by the time they finally got back to me the classes were full</p>
<p>also attended the transfer orientation too and they didnt even mention this to me (i think my advisor was a student)</p>
<p>seems pretty cluster*****y but i guess this is the reality of public education</p>
<p>Yeah I was trying to enroll in English and Comparative Lit classes and it was saying I didn’t have Writing 2 satisfied, even though I do. So I tried to enroll in Writing 2 to see what would happen and it said I couldn’t enroll in it because I’ve already taken it! It was so frustrating. I had to call the Writing Department today and have the block cleared, for some reason GOLD just didn’t have it in their system. And now most the classes are filled.</p>
<p>and of course most of the departments have no general email, only specific people. so i have to call, and then they tell me to email individual professors and ask if they’ll let me into their class?! but i only have three days, what professor is going to have the time to respond to an email within three days when they have 500 students in all their classes??</p>
<p>UCSB is ranked what - 25 or something in the US? hard to believe. my community college had better student support.</p>
<p>now im enrolled in classes that have nothing to do with my major, and couldn’t care less about it.</p>
<p>“Closed” means that for whatever reason the department/professor has closed enrollments for the course. This doesn’t necessarily mean there are no spots, you just can’t enroll right now. It will sometimes change back to open, or you might be able to crash the course.</p>
<p>if you are a first year or first quarter crashing is only a possibility for classes after you’ve registered for the minimum number of units needed to receive aid. for full i believe it is 12. in order to receive whatever financial aid that was granted, you must be registered for a specific number of units prior to the day the quarter ends. im not sure, i think it’s early or middle september. definitely before the date fees are due.</p>
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<p>No one is messing with you. The admin KNOWS the classes are full. New students have the LOWEST priority when picking classes. this makes sense; seniors need their classes more than juniors, and sophomores need their classes more than freshman; this is how things work at EVERY COLLEGE. Stop complaining and work with the system.</p>
<p>The ignorance here makes my blood boil.</p>
<p>yet everyone pays the same fees, so many students…say, science majors, are expected to take women studies and physical activities because they have a late passing registration date? shouldn’t major-specific classes be given priority to students IN THOSE MAJORS? </p>
<p>how about this - UC fires half their regent directors and use the millions saved in offering more classes and stop jacking tuition. quite an outrage that many students can only get 1 class specific to their major…if they’re lucky. oh, and stop paying college sports coaches millions in annual salaries.</p>
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<p>In fact, they are. You just happen to be a new student (or someone with few units), and so you are given the lowest priority out of all the people who are in your major.</p>
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<p>This is incredibly ignorant. Let’s address your points one by one. </p>
<p>Top administrator salaries only account for 2% of the UC budget…increasing the general budget by 1% will have little to no effect for 99% of students. </p>
<p>The median graduation time at UCSB is exactly 4 years, so complaining about your classes’ availability for you is not particularly relevant considering most people do get the classes they want regardless. </p>
<p>College sports actually generate significant amounts of revenue for nearly all DI schools. Some schools, particularly in the South, rely significantly on sports to fund their academic programs.</p>
<p>In any case, if you are so dissatisfied with your scholastic experience here at UCSB, then I suggest you transfer to another university. But please understand what is actually going on before being so zealous.</p>
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<p>this was never emphasized during orientation, and many students - especially transfers - are technically juniors, so why do freshman ethnic studies majors get to take up all the spaces in say…history? if anything, new students should be given a series of guarantees that allows them to access courses related to their majors, rather than pay for classes no one wants to take. </p>
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<p>the “top” UC administrators have increased their salaries by a factor of four in the last five years. why is this? has their performance increased during the california budget crisis? the UC payroll is more than 50% of the ENTIRE UC budget. providing obscene, exponentially increasing salaries for a select individuals while cutting/firing/laying off staff who make sensible salary (50-150k depending on position). According to the nexus - UCSB’s online newspaper, 4,000 employees were fired while the top employees raised their total salaries by 200 million dollars. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.dailynexus.com/2010-11-10/higher-costs-uc-payroll-strains-budget/[/url]”>http://www.dailynexus.com/2010-11-10/higher-costs-uc-payroll-strains-budget/</a></p>
<p>public education should be for the benefit of the public and the electorate.</p>
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<p>You’re being a bit contradictory. </p>
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<p>I understand why courses should be major exclusive during this pass time. Its to ensure new students will get necessary classes for their first quarter. Thankfully, my major advisor reserved 4 core classes and 7 electives for transfer students. So I had no problem getting classes in my major. They should open up in the next pass time for everyone else outside the major </p>
<p>I agree though that registation was tricky. I feel bad for people who couldn’t get any classes they needed in or out of their major</p>
<p>At this point in registration (around Pass 2 time) is it even guaranteed for you to get enough classes to be considered a full-time student, period? Originally I wasn’t worried about this, yet my mom - rather stupidly - instilled some fear in me that I won’t even be able to get 12 units.</p>
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<p>im being hyperbolic. not only was it impossible for a lot of people to find classes in their major, many classes were totally closed. i basically had to force myself to register for an ethnic/cultural studies class to meet the 12 unit requirement. </p>
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<p>my student adviser just circled classes in my major I should take, and passively said at least one of those classes will be available. i don’t understand how your adviser reserved 7 electives for transfer students (me), that never happened in my interaction.</p>
<p>what is the deal? i thought this was a world class school? my community college is better organized than UCSB.</p>
<p>For some reason you seem to be dissatisfied when all but the newest students are quite satisfied with their registration experience. The average time to completion at UCSB is 4 years, which is far better than average.</p>
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<p>hmm, right - must be my fault that virtually every class in my major was full, and all decent half-interest electives were closed. seems many people have had a frustrating experience with the registration process, especially if their pass date was in late august.</p>
<p>-.- Don’t ***** about a pass date being in late August. Mine is in September.</p>
<p>Although I am frustrated with the current registration problem, I’m not surprised. What would one expect from a college as large as UCSB is - they can’t accommodate to every single student on a personal level. Shortcomings like this are just a part of life - we just have to get used to it. I did at first expect to get at least a GE or two that piqued my interest; now I know better when it comes to registering late. Take this experience and build on it for the future.</p>