<p>So I got a late orientation date (end of July). I know there's a good chance a number of classes I want will be filled. With that in mind, how do waitlists for classes work? If I join the waitlist for a class, what is likelihood that I get into that class? And if I do get into a class off the waitlist, do I just drop a class? How should I plan out the rest of my schedule if I know that I will waitlist a class and take it if I get the override?</p>
<p>I’ve actually had a couple students tell me only a certain number of kids are allowed to sign up for a class per orientation session, so the students in later orientation sessions get a fair chance at having a decent schedule. I do not know how true this is, but there might be some hope that you will be able to schedule everything without a waitlist.</p>
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<p>What more did you need but what mjohns said?</p>
<p>I’d like my questions answered…
“How do waitlists for classes work? If I join the waitlist for a class, what is likelihood that I get into that class? And if I do get into a class off the waitlist, do I just drop a class? How should I plan out the rest of my schedule if I know that I will waitlist a class and take it if I get the override?”
Not one of those questions has been answered. I understand now that classes are released in waves, but there’s still a good chance that some of my classes will be full (one class I want to take has 1 spot left). So I’d like to know how the waitlist works. As informative as mjohns’ answer was, my questions remain unanswered.</p>
<p>There’s no way anyone can tell you the likelihood of getting in off a waitlist for a class. As far as how they work, when I went to orientation, as far as I could tell they didn’t work, at all. One of the classes I wanted was full (they had 2 seats for it !?!), but they said that it should be easy to switch in the first week of school. Just talk to the professor.</p>
<p>If the class you want is open but seats are being held through the summer for other orientations, I think there is a good chance of getting in. My daughter wanted one of the freshman seminars a couple of years ago. The class had open seats but they were held. We checked online every morning, until one day there were available seats and she got in. It took a few weeks of checking.</p>
<p>^I tried doing that myself (which only took two days for seats to open up) but then it told me I couldn’t switch without approval or something like that.</p>