I understand that registering for classes online is easier and less of a hassle than going through the long lines of the registration desk. But what I dont understand is why must they do it at midnight. All i can think of are people just waiting at their computers like runners at the starting of races waiting for the starting gun to fire off. When that gun goes off and when that clock strikes midnight, it is just one mad rush to sign up for your classes and be the first one in that class.
For quick finger people who get their classes done before the other racers, they ensure their place in the class. But for the stragglers of the weaker racers like myself whose internet crashes and won't let them enroll at midnight we have to hope that there are enough spots left open in the classes that we want. I had all my classes added to my wish list and ready for enrolling and once the clock struck midnight, I hit Enroll. First my internet was taking forever, then i got out of it and restarted from the beginning. Then it went to a screen saying this web page cant be displayed.
What registration should be is first come first serve by getting in with your counselors like high school. Not at midnight over the internet because this has happened to me twice now.
Monday, November 2, 2009
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Sorry you had issues with registering! The whole site was down until about 3 in the morning, so it's nice it wasn't entirely your fault!=] This is exactly why I don't think we should have such important issues online: there's just too much that can go wrong.
ReplyDeleteI think you have a valid concern here, Devin. When I was in school ("old days"), we had to go line up at the registrar's office...sometimes very early in the morning. It was first come, first serve to a certain extent, with upperclassmen getting priority.
ReplyDelete(I'm glad you go into that highly popular ENGL 111 class!)