<p>My school has an online system where you can request admission to courses that are closed because all the seats are filled. Should you generally only do this if you need to take the course right away, or would it be okay for me to submit a request for a random non-required course just in case some people drop the course or they decide to expand it? </p>
<p>I don’t think it would hurt at all to request permission…although there may already be requests in from upperclassmen who actually need the class and chances are you could be denied. You’ll never know unless you ask! Are you under the maximum credits allowed for a freshman so you could easily add the course if granted permission? Or willing to drop a class you are already registered for? My D (also at your school) asked two profs last semester to be added to a full class- one said no, one said yes…that’s all she needed…
You could wait and ask at orientation- I believe there will be opportunities to meet with various dept. reps. Good luck!</p>
<p>Is this similar to a wait list? A lot of schools have a wait list where you “enroll” in a closed course and then are automatically registered (truly enrolled) as soon as someone drops the class, depending on where you are on the wait list. However, advisors have said that such a practice isn’t advised for rising Freshman since Freshman have so many requirements both in and out of their major that it is likely that they do not NEED that one course more than say, another general ed or a pre-req for their major. </p>
<p>If you’d really like to take this course and cannot wait until next semester, then go ahead, but I don’t think it is necessary. </p>
<p>I think it’s different from a waitlist, because there are some closed courses that have actual waitlists and this one doesn’t seem to. The instructor can’t actually add people to the course, but students can add themselves if they get permission to enroll. I’m not allowed to do anything to my schedule until August 20 (there are weird restrictions on freshmen registering for classes), but I have a specific class in my schedule that I would drop if I got into this closed course. I have transfer and AP credit for most of my distribution requirements and seven classes in my major, so I’m trying to take several classes related to my major. </p>
<p>They may be holding spaces for students in a certain major or who need the class to graduate or some other requirement. You can always request permission. If you get in, you get in. If you don’t, then it doesn’t matter.</p>