<p>Blueiguana - that’s a real concern, and it will depend on the school. My LAC guaranteed that students in the sciences would always have a spot in a class required for the major even if it meant opening up additional sections and overloading professors.</p>
<p>Humanities majors weren’t so lucky, since their classes could often be taken in a more flexible sequence. You could also be frozen out of a science elective, and some general ed classes were notoriously hard to get into. Most students couldn’t meet their religion requirement until they were juniors, for example.</p>
<p>Sax’s concern about classes being offered only every other year (or even less often!) is also justified. Plus, there can be a huge gap in the curriculum when a professor goes on sabbatical.</p>