<p>I go to College of the Canyons, a community college, and I plan on transferring this year. Sometimes I am afraid of not getting classes but always manage to squeeze into them. I actively suspect a handful of people who are scamming the school for financial aid and in doing so also qualifying for other benefits; for example, getting priority registration. One girl I know is driving a $40k BMW, lives in a upper-middle class neighborhood, and yet is able to get this priority registration. She is quite open about this and it is no secret. All I want to know is where I can report this financial aid fraud because every time I see a class fill up it is disheartening to know that people just like her are scamming the whole system. Even if it is just her, it is not just me she is cutting but everybody else. Do not say it is not my business because “one injustice anywhere, is injustice everywhere.” as quoted by MLK.</p>
<p>Simply being on financial aid does not appear to give registration priority:</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.canyons.edu/offices/Admissions/registration.asp[/url]”>https://www.canyons.edu/offices/Admissions/registration.asp</a></p>
<p>One just needs to simply register with Mesa(only financial aid need students) and they acquire priority</p>
<p>You’re probably not going to like this but 1) I really doubt a class will ever run out of room and 2) it really - isn’t - your business. Here’s why: You don’t seem to have any actual proof that this is going on. If there isn’t actual proof of an “injustice,” then you can’t say with 100% certainty that this is even happening. She could’ve inherited the car or even the money in which to buy the car. You don’t have actual proof that she’s scamming financial aid if you’ve shared all your information. I would personally stay out of it.</p>
<p>I too would stay out of it. But, it seems unfair that financial aid students get priority with registration. That is the system I would work to change.</p>
<p>Stop counting other people’s money. You may not know the true facts. If someone driving a $40k BMW has fallen on hard financial times, it is not likely they would share the details with you.</p>
<p>MYOB.</p>
<p>Is that the only way to get priority in registration? Does GPA or seniority really have no bearing?</p>
<p>It is an extremely unjust system they have setup here. Seniority, GPA, and merit count little toward getting an earlier registration date. Special priority students (Mesa students, athletes, dsps, veterens[small population so doesnt matter], etc.) get first pick in all courses. The thing is, people are working the system by getting diagnosed with adhd so that they can acquire “learning disabled” priority registration. I know there are those that actually need it and have no intention of line cutting in mind but it is very disillusioning to know that people (yes Ive considered it myself) can go get diagnosed with adhd and get priority reg… I have a 4.0 gpa and pulled off 62 units in my first year at this community college and I am struggling to get classes.</p>
<p>Sour grapes.</p>
<p>Life is not fair, nor was it ever meant to be fair. Not in the specs.
Its pretty hilarious that you are quoting MLK jr to try & make your point.
Do you think that priority registration would even make most peoples list of things to care about?
You admit you may be afraid of not getting classes, but always manage to squeeze into them.
So this isn’t even anything that affects your day, except for whipping yourself into a tizzy about it.
Hopefully with a little more perspective and compassion you will learn that there are plenty of things that are more important in the long run & where you can make a difference.</p>
<p>I sympathize with this poster. Not about BMWs or financial aid or priority registration or ADHD or any of that stuff, but it’s an expression of anxiety, fear about somehow being taken advantage of or feeling like “the system” is rigged against you. I think most people have felt something like this at some point in their lives. You see it on this forum most often in the guise of calling out “financial aid scammers” or perceived admissions advantages for underrepresented minorities. </p>
<p>It’s really seated somewhere deeper, that somehow the OP is going to work hard, and have to work even harder, and then still be cut out of the rewards for all that hard work. It’s fear, it’s scarcity-thinking and trying to keep the unworthy from pushing to the front of the line to get a scoop from the porridge pot that doesn’t have enough for everyone.</p>
<p>More beneficial for the OP is to look within and examine what that anxiety is rooted in. That would be a far more enlightening and beneficial inquiry than speculating about a complete stranger’s car. But glad to see the OP has been getting the classes he needs and is doing well in them. (By the way, my daughter spent a good chunk of time finding a way to slip into even the most popular and packed classes when she was in college. Usually this involved watching the class registration website almost hourly for someone to drop the class, and she would swoop in immediately to grab that seat! No bitterness, just being attentive and persistent. ;))</p>
<p>I would agree many people would benefit from therapy, but posting on one of the other threads could get him more helpful advice directed to his needs rather than misplaced anger directed at his fellow students.</p>
<p>'rentof2, yep you definitely precisely described what I am feeling right now. I saw myself more as a “whistleblower” than a resentful jealous guy who would go out of his way to screw someone over. Anyone else here would be just as angry and willing to do something if they knew people were cutting in line. So put down your pitchforks and realize that the system is not as much as a meritocracy as you would like to believe.</p>
<p>I think the main thing though is to appreciate that this is not such a big deal and that you are doing fine based on your own efforts… and don’t waste precious energy on monitoring the behavior of others. It’s not altruistic whistleblowing when there is an element od self-interest. Systems are never ever perfect and fair. That’s an impossibility. This is not very important stuff, so let it go and move on with less fear.</p>
<p>If you have proof that these things are going on, have you presented that info to your school?
What was their response?</p>
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<p>With 62 units, you have priority A, according to <a href=“https://www.canyons.edu/offices/Admissions/registration.asp[/url]”>https://www.canyons.edu/offices/Admissions/registration.asp</a> . Since you were able to get your classes when you had fewer units (priority B, C, D, F, G), then do you really think it will be more difficult for you to get classes now?</p>
<p>As far as special registration priority goes, you are probably not looking at an individual case of fraud, but at a system that may perhaps be legally gamed by more students than it was originally intended to help. But changing the system would likely involve a political battle, rather than whistle blowing.</p>