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a philosophical waitlist

Hey there!

I’m a first year student who’s going to be joining in September. Being a little ambitious I decided to enrol in the PHL210Y1 Y course on 17th and 18th Century Philosophy, but ROSI is giving me this mysterious “Waitlisted for rank of 42 for 200 total spaces”. I’m just wondering what exactly this means and why I can’t just be approved to join the course when there are obviously spaces for it.

Thanks so much for your help, you guys are angels. I’ll totally volunteer next year when I’m more acclimatized to the Utor environment.

Cheers,

Vish

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Hey there, your guardian angel is speaking. (Now can you please give me some Twinkies and a big fat burrito?) Unfortunately the statistic you read on ROSI is right – and now there are even 50 students on the waitlist! Basically what you read is that the class is full, over 200 students want in, and so you will be on the waitlist for the course until someone drops it. You dig? Unfortunately there’s not much you can do except hope and wait that someone will drop the class. That may not even happen though! It’s up to you what you should do next.

xoxo, Askastudent

2 Comments

  • Steve

    Hey Vish,

    Rank of 42 for 200 places means that when you joined the wait list, *242 students* wanted to be in it, including you.

    (But at the time of aska’s writing, the wait list was 50, so 250 students wanted in.)

    Anyway, for you to get into the course, 42 students need to give up their spot and drop the course. Make sense? It does happen, especially in the first week of classes, but 42? Slim.

    (of course, that was an old post, so the info is meant for a general audience.)

  • Masked Advisor

    Wait until the waitlist gets removed, then keep checking the course for a spot to open up. At that point, it’s first come first serve again! Offer a reward for someone to give you their spot if they drop.

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