<p>one of the most hectic things i have EVER seen.</p>
<p>just a couple of questions</p>
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<li>how the hell could EVERY CLASS be closed or restricted? i mean, first thing that comes to my head is "UT accepted way too many students"</li>
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<p>all the undergradaute studies classes dont even have a waitlist on em</p>
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<li>why does my major require me to take a class that its only restricted to a certain department? EX. i require intro to psychology but ALL the classes are reserved for psychology majors</li>
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<p>right now my parents are pretty *<strong><em>ed, i was only able to get into 1 of my required class and 4 waitlists. and now im being pressured by them and theyre telling me things like
"go a community college"
"blah blah blah this school is retarded"
"they need to be more organized"
"why the *</em></strong> did they accept so many students if they dont have space for any classes"</p>
<p>im getting a little frustrated as well, does anybody have any idea whats going on?</p>
<p>Have you been to orientation yet? Usually some of the classes open up again on the Fridays of orientation weeks so you could probably check again next Friday to see if any are open.</p>
<p>Freshmen level classes open up additional slots each registration day. They tell you this at registration.</p>
<p>Also, it would have been better to go to an earlier orientation too.</p>
<p>The UGS classes are pretty much all closed between orientations because they have to reserve enough spots for every single freshman. And what I heard about psychology and several other classes is that at first they’re restricted by major and then later they open up to everyone once all the majors have had a chance to register. </p>
<p>I’ve gotten off two waitlists and into two previously closed classes since I first registered, so there’s really no need to worry, it’ll be fine. I only have two of the original classes I registered for at orientation, the rest were swapped. I’m hoping you actually ended up registering for more than one class, though, because I think the general rule of thumb is to assume you won’t get off your waitlists (because there’s always that chance you might not).</p>
<p>exactly how many slots open up during registration?</p>
<p>I somehow got into Psychology today, but I ended up dropping it to change something and now I cant re-add it 
I shouldve used that drop if added button. Whoops</p>
<p>First off, calm down! It’s really not that big a deal. You can check your chances of waitlisted classes on the waitlist page. Check every friday morning at 8am to see if classes that you want open up in the course schedule, since it’s still very likely that they will. Just make sure you’re registered for 12 hours right now so that you can pay full tuition price, even if it means being registered for some random class right now.</p>
<p>The first week of class is add/drop period and everyone will be shifting around their schedules again so you may have a really good chance of getting off waitlists or classes opening up. Even if you’re number 20-40 on the waitlist, there’s still definitely a chance. I got into psych my first semester since I was in a biology FIG. And for another class I was waitlisted at 38 and got down to 2. </p>
<p>Earlier orientations get first chances for classes obviously so there’s fewer spots left for later orientations but that doesn’t mean that you’ll get the worst classes. You’re only doing your basics right now anyway and you have a full 2 years to complete them so don’t sweat it. Just do another class that you need now and do the other class later, when, your priority goes up. </p>
<p>Upperclassmen will always be able to register first then it goes down and in every class status you are, priority rotates. So at orientation people with last names A-G or so go first, then its H-something, etc. For spring registration, H-something will go first. Orientation is EXTREMELY well organized and if you’re registering there, you really shouldn’t have a problem if you do what they tell you.</p>