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Waitlist/Enrollment HELP PLZ

anonsxc
edited August 2008 in General
I'm on the waitlist for 2 classes, I need to fill in 1 more class and everything I want seems to be filled

what is generally a good spot for waitlist, I'm in 78th for lecture and 10th for tutorial for KIN143

and 95th for a distance ed course

I'm assuming those are terrible placings? should I try and find other courses to fill my last spot, ( I want to take 4 courses but only enrolled in 3 ) or will I most likely get to enroll... any tips, I'm a new student


I'm having trouble finding a course to match my WQB degree requirements, I'm specifically looking for a B-sci, the only 2 I want I'm already on waitlist, what happens if I take more than the required ammount of a certain Breadth? does it just go to waste or is it accounted for under "unassigned Breadth"
what are some easy B-sci courses

Comments

  • randomuser
    edited August 2008
    You can always pick another class as a last ditch effort, and then drop it in time before the reduction in course load penality...if you are able to get into the course you want.

    Or at that point youll have a better idea of whether you will get into the course. This semester my plan was to pick 3 classes I didnt even want to take, then wait until the first week of class, when most people drop their classes, to see if I could get in then, then drop the 3 I didnt want. I would be replacing my dropped classes with classes I want, so my overall class load wouldnt decrease. That way I'd have the five classes I wanted...but my strategy is for a department with no waitlists.

    I'm not sure what you mean by exceeding a certain amount of breadth. Will this bring you over your general elective requirements, thats the only determinent of whether taking the class would be a waste. You just need to satisfy the breadth, while satisfying your group b and a requirements for lower division.
  • anonsxc
    edited August 2008
    like Its only required of me to have 2 b-hum, so what happens if i take 3?
  • anonsxc
    edited August 2008
    ok ill simplify it a little

    I only have 3 courses right now I really want 4, all the ones I want are filled up, should I be worried or chances are a spot will open up?

    just wondering what I should do
  • peter8912
    edited August 2008
    6chr0nic4;34701 said:
    ok ill simplify it a little

    I only have 3 courses right now I really want 4, all the ones I want are filled up, should I be worried or chances are a spot will open up?

    just wondering what I should do
    Quit school and go work at McDonald's

    JK. McDonald's sucks, KFC is better.
  • collegestudent
    edited August 2008
    if you're 95th on the waitlist you won't get in. i didn't even know waitlists held that many spots :S

    for the kin, i'd wait till the first week of classes and keep checking if a spot in any tutorial opens. but still unlikely.

    if i were you i would register for an open class, and if one of your preferred (but full) classes opens, just swap the 4th class for your preferred one. that way you're in 4 classes for sure.
  • randomuser
    edited August 2008
    6chr0nic4;34700 said:
    like Its only required of me to have 2 b-hum, so what happens if i take 3?
    This is where you're confusing me. Does the third one satisfy your lower division group a or b requirements? That is the real question you need to be answering. The breadth requirements basically just guide what electives you can take. As long as the third b-hum is applicable to your lower division group a or group b requirements you're fine.

    Maybe I should ask you the question: If you take this third b-hum class, will you end up with 3 extra credits, in general, trying to satisfy your requirements to declare your major?

    For example, since I'm in the social sciences, I took way over my required b-soc, but these extra b-soc satisfied other requirements, like the ones needed for my group a, or even group b. In the end I still had 60 credits, satisifed my breadth, and my lower division requirements. So it was of use to me.
  • Guest1
    edited August 2008
    ^Now I'm a bit confused, haha.... I'm looking at my courses and some I want to take in the future and it looks like I'll be taking a bunch of B-Social Sciences, more than the 2 required for sure, but that won't effect me negatively will it? It's just extra courses that just so happens to be Breadth courses as well.
  • randomuser
    edited August 2008
    This should be the priority in how you select your classes:

    First, and foremost, you need to look at what is required for your major, to get your bachelor degree. This will consist of 120 credits, unless you are doing honours. In the overall picture, this is what you need to satisfy

    Second, your major allows some space for choices of electives;therefore, your second priority is to satisfy the breadth, and WQB requirements, while satisfying the overall requirements for your major

    So, before you even chose your courses, you should have looked at what courses you HAVE to take to graduate, the ones where you have no option. Some of these will fulfill your WQB and breadth requirements already. After figuring out how many WQB and breadth requirements you still need to satisfy after your core courses, then you figure out what electives will satisify these.

    Taking extra breadth is nothing in the bigger picture, the bigger picture is finishing the courses that are required of you to graduate. Whether you can do this in 120 credits is on you, its your money and time if you exceed the credits you need to graduate.
  • Guest1
    edited August 2008
    ^Thanks, I've pretty much got it all figured out (unless I change my mind on my major =p) so I've pretty got all my required courses and QWB courses picked out with plenty of room for more electives (which is good in case I dont' get the classes i want due to my enrollment date)
  • anonsxc
    edited August 2008
    ok so I've got my priorities mixed up, I was told by my advisor to look at the WQB requirements since im first year

    I'm majoring in political science, and I'm restricted to taking any other policitcal science courses aside from pol100 and some other 100 level courses, for other poli sci majors on the board, did the 1st year of your course selection consit of the 1 required pol class and the rest filler since you are restricted from taking the other required one because of the pre-req requirement?
  • IVTIVT
    edited August 2008
    6chr0nic4;34700 said:
    like Its only required of me to have 2 b-hum, so what happens if i take 3?
    your arms will fall off.

    this whole situation could have been avoided if you had planned ahead
  • siuying
    edited August 2008
    if you don't plan to help out you could atleast say something constructive.. otherwise if there's not much to say.. how about consider not saying anything at all?

    anyway.. as far as i know.. there's nothing wrong with taking 3 courses for your first semester.. i wouldn't be bothered with the WQB requirements as they can be satisfied throughout the year.. if you're only able to get into 3 courses.. just think of it as an easy start for the year.. but make sure that those courses are helping you free up the restrictions

    nothing happens if you take 3 b-hum courses.. you'll still fulfill the requirements and the extra one can be counted towards as an elective..
  • randomuser
    edited August 2008
    6chr0nic4;34735 said:
    ok so I've got my priorities mixed up, I was told by my advisor to look at the WQB requirements since im first year

    I'm majoring in political science, and I'm restricted to taking any other policitcal science courses aside from pol100 and some other 100 level courses, for other poli sci majors on the board, did the 1st year of your course selection consit of the 1 required pol class and the rest filler since you are restricted from taking the other required one because of the pre-req requirement?
    Don't go to advisors for anything, but to confirm you're on the right track, seriously...

    I think what he/she was trying to get at is this: Breadth can be satisifed throughout your education career. If you look at the WQB requirements however, I think it says in there at one point, some of them have to be fulfilled before your declare your major (before you reach 60 credits). I think this is because, some of the WQB need to be lower division, and some upper division.

    I'm not sure about your other question as I'm not a POLI major, but if the other courses have a pre req of POLI 100 then I suppose so.
  • anonsxc
    edited August 2008
    hmm, ill try and fill my last spot with something decent thats open and hope i get enrolled for the waitlisted classes then

    if someone could answer the 1st year poli sci major question that would be greaatt

    but yeah thanks a lot for everyones help


    just curious randomuser, do you post on other boards? I notice you frequent this one quite a bit, its pretty dead tho in general
  • randomuser
    edited August 2008
    i looked at the requirements of poli 150, and it doesnt require poli 100, so the answer to your question is no

    i dont post on other boards, i used to when i was a teenager who liked online games...but I really have no time to, i shouldnt even post on here really with the limited amount of time i have

    i just like one addiction here and there

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