<p>Is it hard to petition for a math class. It’s a lower division course, trigonometry. How many people are there usually battling over one seat? If have six chances(classes) to try for, what do you think my chances are?</p>
<p>Which CC are you talking about? Each CC has its own petition process.</p>
<p>It is probably middling difficult to petition a trig course unless you have done whatever is considered the equivalent already at another college or in HS. Often CCs don’t have a lot of procedures to challenge math beyond some of the algebra sequences, so that can be a problem.</p>
<p>As for the number of folks waiting (“battling”) for a seat in a class–that also entirely depends on the college and course. Some classes will have lots of spaces, other will have a short waiting list of a few people, and some classes may have literally 40+ students waiting to get into a class that is already full.</p>
<p>The procedure to get into a class that is full is usually done by waiting list order–or if that is not available, by the date of an email contact with a professor (I have met professors who keep track of this BUT others do not). </p>
<p>There is NO way to tell you what your chances are because you have not provided enough information and on top of that, your grammar is so poor that I can not entirely parse your question anyhow.</p>
<p>Sorry, I did not reread my post. I go to Saddleback College but since it does not show online how many total seats there are in the class, I don’t really know my chances of getting a spot. What I was really looking for was; in your own personal experiences, have you been successful in petitioning for a class? Specifically a math class</p>
<p>One generally doesn’t “petition” to get INTO a class. One “petitions” to get permission to skip that class in the sequence and/or get credit for the class because the student knows the material, can pass a test to prove they know the material, etc. </p>
<p>I think you are asking how to get into the class once it is full (and perhaps being on the waitlist, but not necessarily). It is a numbers game (how many spots open up vs. how many students are waiting) and a bit of a professor’s tollerance for an over-full class. Some professors are more the merrier (or know there will be lots of drops as the semester progresses anyhow) and others don’t want to bother once the class cap has been reached. </p>
<p>Since this is absolutely a specific college/professor based question, you need to post this where Saddbleback students can read it and/or contact the professor in question directly.</p>