<p>Has anyone had a professor get an override for them for a certain class? U of M told me I could do that to take classes that I want to but it all depends on the number of seats available.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Yes. You ask, they say yes or no, not too complicated. I had a professor tell one person no and another yes yesterday because one had the advisory prereq and the other didnt and there wasn’t much room left. Some professors resolutely will not override, it seems to me like most will if there are still seats in the room available.</p>
<p>did you mean that most will override if there ARE seats available?</p>
<p>so basically this override system has nothing to do with your advisor or do you also have to get permission from the advisor? Cause if this is just between you and the professor, theoretically you could take any course at U of M provided you have the prereqs (for the ones that require one).</p>
<p>It’s just based on the instructor. The way this works is that if a seat in the class per wolverine access opens up, you’ll get an email saying you have an override to join the class. If you get to the class and no seats have opened up, often if there are literally open desks in the room still the professor will give you an override themselves and let you in. </p>
<p>I guess I assumed that you meant overriding being on the waitlist, in terms of overriding requirements I know some of that has to do with the department and the advising. My adviser had to negotiate with the poli sci department to get me into a junior level class when the school mistakenly thought I was a sophomore. (the joys of transferring). The adviser wanted to just let me in but they needed permission from the department, which they said I would likely not get unless they understood that I genuinely was a junior. I highly doubt you can just take whatever classes you want regardless of policies. Some rules are bendable, some are definitely not.</p>
<p>i see thanks</p>
<p>I wanted to get into a math class that was full. I just asked the department, and the professor allowed another seat to be added. Really not that big of a deal (although Iw as panicking at the time, lol).</p>