SDSU, What a Joke!

Im starting to get really annoyed with college. Not because classes are hard (they aren't really) or because i don't want to go, but because registration is a complete and total joke. At least at SDSU it is anyway.

I think they accepted way too many people for the amount of classes there are. I am a television and film major. This fall I should be taking a 16mm film class, a television production class and audio production class along with some GE classes. The average number of seats in those classes is 22. Registration has only been open for approx a week and a half or so and already the average number of seats left is less than 10. And my registration isn't until August 20th. So basically, I have a little less than a month left before I register to hope and pray that 10 seats arent taken up in those classes... the chances of that - slim to none. And that isn't just for classes that I would like because I like the schedule, those are the ONLY sections for those classes.

In other words, there is only 1 section for each of those classes that I am REQUIRED to take before I can get into my major, plus 2 more classes that have to be taken after those 3, and I am supposed to go into the major before junior year.

I am SCREWED. And what is sad about that is that I am on the Dean's List with above a 3.5 GPA, in the top 10% of my college (Professional Studies and Fine Arts), will have 40 units when I am done with Summer School (when the average Sophomore will have between 24-30 units), and I am going to be screwed out of classes I need to take.

I feel like I won't be able to graduate in 4 years not because of my grades or effort, but because I can't get classes because there aren't enough. And my family is paying for this!

And this comes after registering last semester when our online registration system crashed the day of registration. I sat at the computer for 8 hours trying to register. When it finally came back up, Everyone who was to register in that time period got on all at the same time and crashed it more times. By the time I was finally able to get on, my schedule had to be totally repicked because of all the seats that were gone. Instead of SDSU just reissuing registration times, they just let it be a free-for-all which screwed everyone in the end.

There is definitely a need to fix this registration issue and maybe its just SDSU that has this problem. My sister registered a month ago at SFSU. Stephanie registered before school was even over at UCSD. I dont even register until 7 days before class starts. Does that seem right to you?

I am fed up with this bogus system.