<p>I will be attending a community college for Fall 2010 as a freshmen, however i have previously attended the college before as a high school student so they do not want to give me the priority admission they give all other incoming freshmen. Is there anything I can do? Right not because my enrollment appointment is so far back it looks like my only option is to try and petition every class I take for the semester. </p>
<p>Would this be a wise choice? What would you do? </p>
<p>And have you ever had any experiences petitioning a class? </p>
<p>Help please.</p>
<p>I don’t know exactly your college’s procedures, but it seems highly unlikely that you can petition your way out of a semester’s worth of classes. Maybe I don’t understand your question. </p>
<p>Petitioning a class is a process of gaining credit and/or waiving that class in a sequence. Thus, if one is ready for Math 4, one may petition the class prior (Math 3) to prove they are ready to jump into the higher course. Usually the student does NOT receive any actual unit credits, just gets to pass-on to the next higher in the sequence.</p>
<p>It sounds as if the problem is just being stuck as a lowly college freshman with 0 credits (you have college credits, but were likely some sort of dual-credit and counted as high school credits?) is only a problem in that you are not able to register for your choice of classes until near the end. Is that correct? </p>
<p>Because it seems if you did Math 3 in high school that the school will let you jump into (for example) the “Math 4” class. Right?</p>
<p>So - if the problem is a crummy registration time, it is unlikely that trying to petition some credits (because you won’t get actual units anyhow) will change your low-freshman (zero) status.</p>
<p>In any case, this is a question that can ONLY be answered by your college because the answer will be very college-specific.</p>
<p>Oh it’s probably different with every college, but in the college where i am attending petitioning is enrolling in a class after someone who was enrolled in the class before you leaves. This is for when a class you need is full.</p>
<p>What I am asking is if it is possible/smart to do it for all of your classes.</p>
<p>But thank you, I should have made that clearer.</p>
<p>Ah. Thanks for the clarification.</p>
<p>Definitely try to enroll during registration for classes – those will be your Plan B options that you lock down. Then on opening day go and petition the classes you want with the following caveates:</p>
<p>1) You likely need to show up physically to the classes you already enrolled in to keep that spot (profs call rollcall and auto-drop noshows) - so don’t leave to petition another class if it means getting removed from the class because of missing rollcall</p>
<p>2) If you can, look to see how long the waiting list is and calculate your chances. For a 40-max student class if the waiting list is 10+ people you are unlikely to get in no matter what. If the waiting list is over 20 for a 40-max class, don’t waste your time. Profs can only take on a few extra students and at some point it just isn’t going to happen.</p>
<p>3) Look for unpopular times - 8am classes or night classes - they tend to be less full.</p>
<p>4) Depending on how over-enrolled your school is, you may be able to get into all or none of your classes. Be sure to talk to some upper classmen at your school to find out which is more likely.</p>
<p>5) Only drop your Plan B classes (that you already got into) once you have an Add Slip/Permission/Petition for one of your first choice of classes approved.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Wow that was really helpful! I hadn’t thought of number 3! That’s probably what I’ll end up doing for the fall semester. Thank You.</p>