<p>I want to register for Japanese I in the fall, but it's closed already. How likely would I be able to get into the class by, for example, talking to the teacher or something to that extent, if at all? (I'm an incoming freshman since they don't let waitlist, I'm currently registered for something else.)</p>
<p>Never hurts to try</p>
<p>Is that what you do though? Talk to the teacher in question?</p>
<p>Yes, teachers have the ability to let you into their class if it's full.</p>
<p>Yep -- teachers have the ability to extend the class size within reason. (Obviously if the room can't accommodate an extra seat, or if the class is coded as a seminar and it's already at capacity, then the professor obviously can't do anything).</p>
<p>Email the professor now, let him/her know that you're interested in taking the class but explain your situation that as an incoming freshman, you're not allowed to be on a waitlist before you enter. Ask if there's any chance of getting into the class? The professors are usually fairly honest and will tell you straight off the bat if there's no chance (there's always movement) so that you don't waste your time a) going to that class unenrolled or b) wasting your time in a class you're just using as a "filler" so that you can enroll in something else you want/need. The best bet is to drop by the first class period, stick around for the duration, and talk to the professor afterward.</p>
<p>So that means seminars cannot exceed capacity?</p>
<p>So basically there is no hope for me to enroll in a already
full (and most likely will stay full) seminar?</p>
<p>I think seminars are pretty much capped because that's how they guarantee a certain class size for optimal student professor interaction. But that's just my theory.</p>
<p>Seminars are completely size capped -- if you add one student on top of a full capacity seminar then it loses its coding as a seminar, so professors won't do it. It really screws kids over thinking they're fulfilling a seminar requirement...</p>
<p>So if it's coded as a seminar, it's full, and it's at its capacity (which I'm sure it will be), there's no way of getting into the class unless someone drops.</p>
<p>Eh, I dunno, my history 49s seminar last semester had an extra person or two because the professor just didn't give a crap. ask anyway.</p>