My Experience On The First Day Of Class In College

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On the first day of class for the fall or spring semester, is kind of a stressful day for most students because students are trying to get to their classes on time, while other students are going to a class that they are waitlisted for, hoping that they can get in to the class. The students who were in the class do not have to worry about what number they are on the waitlist or whether they are able to be added to the class. I feel bad for the students who are on the waitlist because it is a class that they need, but they can’t take since the class is full. Also, they have to wait until the next semester to take it. Getting in to a class can be hard. Therefore, one expectation that I have had about college that turned out to be true is how it can be a challenge to get into some of the classes when registering for classes.
It was the summer of 2014, my registration date and time was drawing near. Every day until it was time for me to register for my class I would go on to the Pirates Net website and check my date and my time until the
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The first window was being used for registration, so I can register for my classes to build a schedule for the semester. The second window was being used for that had the sections for the class. I registered for four classes and it did not include a math class. I wanted to take a math class so I would continue to better my math skills, since I had just graduated from high school. The only class that I did not get into that I wanted was a math class. All the math classes were full and waitlisted. Last semester when I was registering for my classes, I was searching the math section and looked at the availability for the class and they were all waitlisted. I have gone a year without a math class. This is my third semester of college and I was finally able to get into a class that I needed, a math class. It only took me two semesters to get into a math

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