Registration. Possibly the most stressful parts of the
College experience are the days when you wait until the clock strikes 12 and
you race to get into your classes. The weeks leading up to this event are what
I like to call the scheduling weeks. The only question you hear is, “Do you
have your schedule figured out yet?!”
Personally, registration, and school supply shopping are my
favorite parts of school, but for others, registration can be a panic filled
night that has the ability to end with horrible results.
This is what my registration night looked like. Two of my
four roommate and I were sitting in the living room, computers on our laps
checking and rechecking our multiple schedule mockups. Mind you, we had
hunkered down at about 10pm. The next step involved going through the different
courses that we needed and figuring out which ones we should attack first. (We
are all juniors, so the seniors had had first pick on the courses). Once we had
planned our counterattack, all that was left to do was wait.
The clock slowly ticked on and our anxiety began to grow.
Facebook was filled with nervous students anticipating the second hands final
stroke until midnight. And then it happened. Our Internet began to slow down!
All three of us frantically clicked away to other websites trying desperately
to make the registration page reload. By this time our countdown was nearly up
and the race to the “apply course” button was about to begin. Finally, the page
opened and the room became silent and still. The three of us focused on our
computers and the fate that the small boxes we were clicking would have on our
futures.
At last, at about 12:15am, the siege of myqueens had ended.
We were registered for our classes and sat back in our chairs reveling in our
victory. Within seconds, our phones began to blow up with the one question on
everyone’s mind, “Did you get your classes!?!”
Regardless if you go to Queens or not, I am sure that the
experience explained is very similar at your University. The stress, the panic
and then the relief when it is all finished. If you have registered for the
spring term already then I truly hope you got into all of the courses you had
planned to, and if you are currently gearing up to register, then good luck to
you. “Hoo-Rah!”