Are you kidding me? Students pay up to $50,000 a year and the school can’t provide classes for students during registration? Registration can be one of the most stressful parts of the school year. If you don’t get the classes you need, then you are doomed to graduate in four years.
To say the least, I have not been pleased at all with my experience from registration at Gonzaga. The first issue I see with the system is that it forces all students to stay up to midnight on a school night to register for their classes, or for some people just a class. I think that registration should be moved to 10pm, or at a time more reasonable where students don’t have to sacrifice a nights worth of sleep just to get a few classes. The other issue with the registration system is that there is a limited amount of classes for topics that the university forces you to take. When I tried to register for a 200 level religion class, there were literally zero spots left in any class. If I am required to take these classes, then why would the university not create more time slots for students?
Between the poor time slot that is forced upon the students to register and the limited amount of space in each class, I think it would be safe to call this system a cluster. When I registered I was only able to sign up for two classes, a total of 6 credits…. Then for the next week I have to worry about whether or not my advisor can write me into those classes, which in some cases she can’t. Overall, several parts of this registration system are corrupt and need to be fixed.
Reflection:
I believe this piece I wrote about is engaging because I express a strong voice of mine that shows my true opinion about this topic. The reason why I wrote about this topic is because I find the whole process of registration very stressful, and the reason why it is original is because I use my own examples. The type of opinion I decided to use is involuntary opinion. Throughout my blog post I used personal examples and examples, which is how “What are Opinions” teaches us on how to back up your opinions.