<p>I am on a wait list for a Criminology class (122 of 154). I understand that there is a very high chance I will not be enrolled in this class, but what should I do since the class is full? Should I delete my wait list request and remove myself from the wait list? I really want to take this course, but if I can't, I would like to be prepared for the class I do end up in. How would I even go about removing myself from the list and re-obtaining the class I selected to drop should I make it into the Criminology class? The SIS demos show how to add and change, but not change a request or what happens when a class becomes full.</p>
<p>Show up on the first day of class and introduce yourself to the lecturer. Tell them your situation. There are ALWAYS drops even weeks into the semester and if you are low enough on the waiting list you can enroll after the requisite number of drops.</p>
<p>^ Seconded TomServo. There are always always drops, especially for lower division classes. I would stick it out if I were you. I’ve always gotten into my waitlisted classes, even if I started out at #9.</p>
<p>Also, each school system does enrollment differently so us telling you how to drop and add would be useless.</p>
<p>The details of how to add or drop a class differ with each college.</p>
<p>If it’s possible in your school’s system, I would recommend staying wailisted for as long as you can, and then attending the other class that you would take if you don’t get into the waitlisted one. If you think you won’t get into your alternative choice because its full, I would switch to that class and then take this one at a different time, or enroll in both (if possible). If your alternative choice is still open, then stick tight in this class to see if there’s any movement on the waitlist. </p>
<p>Your odds of getting into the class depend on where you are on the waitlist and how big the class is, but you never know. Just make sure you know what the deadlines are to add a class, etc, so that you don’t end up not getting into the class you are waitlisted for and then miss the deadline to add your second choice.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice! I’m just nervous, because I’m not very high on the wait list and the alternative is a psych class-I would have two psych classes in the same semester if this were to happen. That being said how long should I wait it out? I don’t want to fall behind on whatever class I end up in, because I was waiting on another and I’m not sure when to rent textbooks for the start of term.</p>
<p>No one can really tell you how long to wait it out because it depends on the situation.</p>
<p>If you can manage attending the lectures for both classes until the add deadline (see if your school has a certain deadline when you can no longer add a class), then I would stick it out until then. If you don’t get into the class that you waitlisted for, then add the second class (I’ve taken two psych classes in the same term and it was no big deal). If you haven’t hit your limit in units yet, you may be able to add both at the same time (one you’re enrolled in and one your waitlisted in) and then you can always drop one of them depending on whether or not you get into the class (make sure you know when the drop deadline is).</p>
<p>If you can’t keep up with the work for both classes (you have to turn in assignments, you have to start studying for the tests, you have to buy the textbook, etc) and you’re pretty sure you won’t get into the class (or if there’s a chance you might not get into the psych class), just enroll in the psych class. Is 122 your waitlist position? How big is the class? You never know with waitlists, but unless the class is like 400 students or something, it does seem unlikely. But there is the chance that people before you on the wailist would stop waitlisting, which could also bump you up on the list. Is it possible to take this class another semester? If your enrollment times are determined by the number of units, you may have an earlier time and have a better chance of getting into the class.</p>
<p>Ideally, you’d stay on the waitlist until the add deadline, and then enroll in the psych class before the deadline if you don’t get in, while attending both classes just in case. If that’s not possible, then it’s up to you when you should give up or when it’s not worth it anymore.</p>
<p>That’s a pretty low spot, but sometimes classes don’t even use that to determine. I know someone who was second in line for waitlist on the first day of class, but then the professor literally drew straws to decide who would get in. He didn’t.</p>