How is priority registration assigned in these So Cal community colleges?

<p>I really need to know how priority registration works with these community colleges:</p>

<p>the colleges in the El Camino Community College District (please be specific if the rule applies to only one college)</p>

<p>the colleges in the Los Angeles Community College District (please be specific if the rule applies to only one college)</p>

<p>Pasadena City College</p>

<p>Cerritos College</p>

<p>Glendale Community College</p>

<p>Long Beach City College</p>

<p>Rio Hondo College</p>

<p>College of the Canyons</p>

<p>Santa Monica College</p>

<p>It would be great to know which ones base your registration date on the number of units completed at the community college, in alphabetical order by last name, or if any accept units from another community college towards priority registration.</p>

<p>Also along with that can anyone tell me if Honors Students and any other special groups get priority registration at these colleges?</p>

<p>I tried looking them up, but the only clear one was Pasadena City College and I couldn't find whether Honors Students received priority registration. So I figured, who better to ask than the students themselves? Thanks!</p>

<p>I go to Pasadena City College and I can tell you there is priority registration given to those who have completed large amounts of units at Pasadena City College than others. The priority registration dates are given to those of Pasadena City College students who have higher amount of units then dwindles down to the students who have fewer. As for Honors Students receiving priority registration, no they don’t get priority registration. AP credit and units taken elsewhere (different community colleges or which ever college) don’t supplement for giving higher priority in registration priority.</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure it’s always the number of units. They do have certain exceptions though, military veterans are able to register early regardless of units completed and I think there are a couple other exceptions for performance/hardship. Alphabetical order would be way unfair, I don’t expect any CC to do it that way.</p>

<p>It is naive to think that units only count. Check w your registrar. DSPS goes ahead of you. De Anza College registrar says it is al statewide mandate. At ccsf non-residents go ahead of residents, those on financial aid go ahead of those not supported, and likely lots more. A person with priority is not limited in number of units registered for, any more than anyone else is.</p>

<p>One way to approach the question might be to ask how to qulaify for priority registration; Foothill College in los Altos has a form for students enrolled in honors classes, for example.</p>

<p>always base on the amount of units. no doubt about that. the first semester is always the hardest to enroll into a class</p>

<p>I go to LA Pierce in Woodland Hills. All I know is that students in the honors programs tend to receive priority enrollment.</p>

<p>i’m at college of the canyons, priority registration is done by how many units you already have. so if you have 0 units, u have last priority, if someoneone has 40 units, they have higher priority registration, and will be registered before the ones who have less units. i think its divided into 10 different sections, by units. and within each section, they have last 2 digits of SSN to see who goes first. hope that helped.</p>

<p>I go to El Camino (main campus) and I’m in honors transfer program…we get priority registration which is like a week or two before everyone else can start to register.</p>

<p>Moorpark FTW</p>

<p>First, there’s priority registration and there’s registration ranking. Priority registration students register FIRST, regardless of all other considerations. After that, students are usually ranked by how many units they have, up until a certain point, say, 100 units, at which point they’re booted to the bottom of the ranking.</p>

<p>According to california state law, veterans, disabled, and welfare recipients (calworks) get priority registration. Other programs that are funded by state funds can also stipulate that students who participate in the state-funded program also receive priority registration, as a condition of the state funding those programs. These programs include MESA or STEM (depending on the school), or high-school students in AP classes. </p>

<p>The only programs that usually get priority registration but are not state mandated (the school decides on it internally) are ASG and sports. ASG is usually a small group, so who really cares? Sports usually gets the old standby reasoning of “well, they DO have strict scheduling requirements, and they wouldn’t be able to take classes they need if they don’t get to cut to the front of the line”. Then they fail the class that you would have passed, but couldnt’ get into.</p>

<p>I’m going to COC. I’m trying to get our Honors program awarded priority registration. All this info came up in my digging around. I really don’t know why I’m having such a hard time with this, I mean, if Honors students get it, well, they’re probably more likely to pass a class than a lineman. And then you’d have a few less repeated classes, and less wasted money during a bad budget, and increased transfer rates. And that’s why you’re in school in the first place, right?</p>

<p>Honors students DO get priority registration. Also, “underprivileged” students (ex- low income, low success rate) get priority also.</p>