That is the problem: I don't know when the start date is! Last year it seemed to have been the 8th, but I'm not sure if it stays consistent from year to year.
I should note that a scholarship seems to automatically place you right at the beginning of the enrollment schedule, so if anyone with a scholarship could contribute their date I would be most grateful. (I had a scholarship last semester [my first semester here at SFU] but I only managed a 3.2 GPA because I was completing all my gen ed requirements. Darn math!)
I talked to an advisor and enrolments are level 1 to 8. Level 1 and 8 people get first dibs, they are people with scholarships, first years, and people who are about to graduate. Then they move to level 2 and 7, then level 3 and 6, and finally people who get the unwanted courses (like me) are level 4 and 5... Don't ask for a formula, there isn't any... She just told me to take GPA boosters and get a minor.
It only matters if you're trying to get into easy or popular courses. My registration dates were horrible for years and I've never had a problem getting into compsci, math, science, or philosophy courses.
Hey guys just in case if you are wondering what the first day of enrollment is in the future, there's a pretty surefire way of knowing I think: it's the very 1st day of the work study registration period. Look for the day in the e-mail with your registration date and you should see. So eg for this semester's e-mail you can see that the work study registration begins on Nov 7.
I've been checking to see if this was the date for I think 3 consecutive semesters with my friend who has an open scholarship and it's been right every time. So it's not exactly scientific but it might still be right.
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11:30 AM, November 22, 2011
i have it even worse. my gpa is ~3.3 but i only have 30+ credits and no scholarship
That is the problem: I don't know when the start date is! Last year it seemed to have been the 8th, but I'm not sure if it stays consistent from year to year.
I've been checking to see if this was the date for I think 3 consecutive semesters with my friend who has an open scholarship and it's been right every time. So it's not exactly scientific but it might still be right.