<p>Hi, guys! Since all the classes I was going to register for are closed I am going to attend each of them untill somebody drops the class and ask teacher to let me stay.
My question is do I still need to register for those classes or is it impossible to do?
I am asking since I have never done this before.</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>It depends on your college’s system. Since the class is closed, you should attend each day and let the professor know your intention. Then, I would stalk the course on web registration system until someone drops. At UNC, you can attend each class all you want, but you’re the one in charge of adding upon someone else’s drop. Good luck - I’m sure it’ll turn out fine.</p>
<p>Right now you should register for classes that are still open. Build your entire schedule assuming that the classes you are registering for now are the ones you will be attending. </p>
<p>Then make sure that you understand the procedure for closed classes at your college. At some colleges registration will open again as soon as one student drops, and the spot will go to the first person who signs up for the class. (If that’s true at your college, you should check the status of your classes several times a day in the first week of classes.) </p>
<p>At other colleges, a class that’s closed for registration stays closed forever. At my undergraduate college, the registrar maintained a waitlist for every course that was overenrolled. When both the class and the waitlist were full, the course got closed for registration. </p>
<p>The instructor may not have the authority to let you into a closed class even if they wanted to. At the colleges I attended, the registrar controlled registration and it was up to the dean’s office to approve overrides to the standard policy in special circumstances. (For example, transfer students who could not participate in pre-registration may be granted a spot in an upper-level course required for their major.)</p>
<p>You absolutely need a backup plan in case you don’t get into the closed classes.</p>
<p>I don’t know what your college is like, but at mine you can get extraordinary results by shooting off a few emails and then dropping into the department office right before lunchtime.</p>
<p>If you can’t fast-talk your way in, then at the very least make sure the professor knows you are interested in the class and stalk that online system.</p>
<p>At my college, department chairs have the power to overfill classes that are under their jurisdiction if they feel it would be appropriate to do so. So, when I wanted to get into the Intro class for Theatre, all I did was give the chair of the Theatre and Dance department a call, and I was able to be added. Also, a lot of classes have waitlist functionality. </p>
<p>However, as you can see from other posts, this varies widely by college. I’d recommend filling your schedule with open classes, and then e-mail or calling the registrar’s office at your school. They’ll have the details on how things work at your college. </p>
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I’m always surprised how widely UNC-system schools differ. First with the Common App, and now with the registration system. I always assumed they would operate under similar protocols.</p>
<p>In some colleges, if a class is closed, you can still take it. You just need to let the professors know, and if they accept you, they will place you into it. Or you can ask your adviser if they can give you an over-enroll code…it’ll let you into the class and you get full credits (but seating is not guaranteed for these).</p>