<p>Java covered how the wait lists work well. As he mentioned, when professors take roll the first day of class, some of them will put everyone who is there, but not signed up, on the roster. I was never actually dedicated enough to try to get a class that way, but I saw it happen in some of the classes I was in.</p>
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<p>lots of kids take 12-14 credits. As inchoative said, know how many credits you are coming in with, and how many you need to graduate, and therefore how many you need to average each semester.</p>
<p>You have to take 12 to be a full time student, so halfway through the semester, should you find yourself in the position where you want to leave a class and take a “W”, you cannot do that unless you will still be taking at least 12 credits. Obviously no one plans to take a W, just something to keep in the back of your mind.</p>
<p>The Kines classes are a good idea. They are very hard to get, but spots do open up in them during add/drop. They are fun classes, you can take like tennis, kayaking, canoeing, rock climbing, etc.</p>