Hey aska! do you know if anyone’s successfully gotten their registrar to enrol them into a course that’s full? especially if it’s for their major? Thanks in advance!
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hey there,
it’s definitely possible. however, you do need to have some kind of extenuating circumstance for your request to be considered. see, i bolded that bit because “i just really want to take this course pretty please also do you even know who i AM” is not an extenuating circumstance. so stop asking, CARL.*
by far the most common reason a student might be enrolled in a course they can’t access – for whatever reason – is through the dean’s promise, which is something that people often misuse, so i’ma just explain it right now for you.
it goes like this: the dean’s promise is for graduating students who need a specific course to complete their program requirements and graduate on time. if that one course is full, and you won’t graduate unless you take that course, then the registrar’s office at your college/faculty can try to get you in.
HOWEVER, if the course is one of a group of courses that you can take to satisfy a requirement, if you’re looking to fill a breadth requirement which can be completed through many courses, or if you’re in any other situation where you have more than exactly one course option, the dean’s promise does not apply. it’s basically a last resort (also, it has a deadline of August 1st, so keep that in mind).
in some cases, it is also possible for the department to enrol students in a course, but again, that’s on a case-by-case basis.
the long and short of it is this: if you have a unique situation, it doesn’t cost you anything to swing by your registrar’s office and plead your case. throw it against the wall and see what sticks, is what i say.
cheers,
aska
* just kidding, carl. you know we’re good.