<p>I'm a freshman and I started in Fall 2014. For Spring 2015 my registration doesn't begin until December, whereas other people have already started (Nov 10 was the opening day). By the time it gets to me, there will literally be no classes left. Is there a way I can request a sooner date? It seems very unfair that just because I am newer at the school I am dead last in the registration procedure. I was thinking about going to the admissions office, is there some sort of claim I could make to have them move my registration date sooner?</p>
Professors (or students w/ experience): Can you request a sooner registration date in community coll
<p>I am familiar with one CC. If you complete their online matriculation video (about 30 minutes to 1 hour), they reward you with an earlier slot- similar if you sign up for their Honors College.</p>
<p>Don’t despair either way, you can often add the class just before add/drop date by attending the class as if you were registered. Often space opens up as students adjust their schedules and you can add.</p>
<p>Definitely go in to counseling and see what you can do. Often there are ways, and you will not learn them if you do not ask (or study the college website).</p>
<p>At the community college I am familiar with, no, there is no way to get an earlier registration. Students with more credits are given the earlier registration date because they are getting closer to completion and will need more specific required courses to graduate. As a first-year student, you will have time to get those courses when you have priority next year.</p>
<p>As Itsjustschool notes, it is not unusual for there to be a lot of dropping and adding through the first week of classes, so if you don’t get your ideal schedule at first, there is a good chance that you could still get what you want with a little persistence and patience, unless it is a very high-demand course like anatomy and physiology for pre-nursing majors.</p>
<p>Are classes like psychology 3 (critical thinking and psychology) and biology 10 (fundamentals of biology) classes that fill up quickly? Those are the two I’m mainly concerned about.</p>
<p>The classes i’m taking are
Contemporary Health
Art 101
Film 110
Psych 3 (Critical thinking)
Math 180 (Pre calculus)
Biology 10 (fundamentals of bio)</p>
<p>It completely depends on where you are attending. These are pretty generic classes and usually there are many sections of each offered, but I can’t give an opinion because every school will be different.</p>
<p>Priority registration (statewide for California cc’s) is more or less in the following order.
First group - Veterans, current and former foster youth, students in Disabled Student Programs Services and Extended Opportunity Programs & Services (all who must be in good academic standing and have a student education plan). Second group - students in specific college athletic programs and honors students. Third group – continuing students who maintain satisfactory academic progress and are in good standing (and continuing students with more credits will have a priority over those with less). After that group, registration takes place for those who are not in good standing, followed by students who are on academic or progress probation, and last by students who have exceeded 100 credits. Some CC’s give new students who have completed student academic programs the same priority as continuing students, but that varies from cc to cc. </p>
<p>If you feel you belong in one of the priority registration groups, contact your school administration office. </p>