<p>My son started with 13 units so he didn’t add another class. How many classes you take depends on how hard the classes are. Initially, it seemed 3 four unit classes would be a breeze, but CSC 101 was a lot of work, so it was good he kept with the 13 units. Plus it was his first time away from home and there were a lot of distractions, making it hard to fully concentrate on schoolwork.</p>
<p>My daughter registered this morning. One thing we found is that you cannot really waitlist for a class if it conflicts with the schedule for another class you have on been admitted to. In our case she is #1 on waitlist for an honors speech class that overlaps with the standard speech class. According to both the Honors dept and registrar she will never get in because the computer will see she has a conflict with the time for the new class when the waitlist opens and it will bypass her. Seems odd to me that they don’t have a system that offers you the choice of which class you want if you clear a waitlist and have a conflict. Also odd that they let you get on the waitlist if a conflict will prevent you from ever getting off of it.</p>
<p>Mariner: My son has been it the situation you describe, but it still made sense to get on the waitlist. Say you are 10th on the waitlist for a desired class. You can watch to see how far up you move on the waitlist. If you make it to 1st or 2nd, you can then drop the confiicting class so you won’t get bypassed because of the conflict. Being that high up on the waitlist, your chance of getting in is pretty high especially if you crash the class. The teacher will usually take “crashers” in the order they are on the waitlist. Both my sons have usually succeeded in getting into classes through crashing (especially when they are high on the waitlist).</p>