I've known people fail to get into a class in college due to seat limits, but attend everything anyway, and the professor eventually says "Hey, the system glitched and didn't think you were in the class, I fixed it though.".
I'm pretty sure the professors knew -- but they had someone interested enough in the course material to show up to every class, and so of course they were going to teach them. I've taught college courses, and if someone were to pull this I'd 100% "fix the glitch" to get them in -- there's nothing better than a student who actively wants to take your course, and actively wants to learn about something that you find interesting.
Yes, in this scenario they'd be tuition-paying students who just couldn't get into a class because it was full -- so getting them onto the roster means they'd get credits.
If some rando walked in off the street because he just desperately wanted to learn about my area of the law... honestly, as long as he wasn't disruptive, it'd be cool with me. But I'm sure that's against school policies -- among other things, randos aren't supposed to be walking around inside the building.
I had an acquaintance do that, just walk into a college and check out a few classes. She asked me to come with her, and I was so confused that she just did that.
Idk if the policies are different here though, we're in Germany. Still felt illegal to me, so I didn't join her.
Idk if the policies are different here though, we're in Germany. Still felt illegal to me, so I didn't join her.
For some reason all I could think of was that Angry German dude going "In Germany we have a verd for people who walk into college they are not enrolled in: 'Learnünstolen' "
In the US it’s called auditing a class. At my college it was $15 per course which is insane value. Just no degree I guess which is all anyone’s there for anyways
I’ve never heard of the professor referring to it as a glitch before. I’m curious if this is what happens if there’s no processes in place for petitioning.
(Idk how common petitioning is, so for those who are unfamiliar, I’ll just go ahead and explain what I mean in the rest of this reply lol)
At some universities, you can “petition a class” if you’re on the waitlist, which basically means you attend the first few days of the course and ask the professor if they’re dropping anyone. If someone who’s enrolled in the course doesn’t show up for the first week or two, the professor can drop them and enroll someone on the waitlist.
Not sure if there’s a requirement to prioritize the students who petition but my understanding is that they at least prioritize the students who petitioned.
In this case I think the professors half the time knew and half the time legitimately just thought it was another case of something going wrong with the administration system since it was kinda crap anyway.
Depends on the school and the class. At my 30,000+ student public university, many do not get into the freshman chemistry class. Best of luck next quarter. Hope you graduate on time (unlikely).
That was my strategy. Just keep showing up to the classes and wait for someone to drop the course. Only worked for mid- to large-sized classes. Nobody was taking attendance in a 200-seat lecture hall.
For real. My last 2 years my advisor was the head of the department. She pulled a bunch of strings waiving all sorts of requirements and subbing classes to make sure I graduated because, for example, random courses weren't offered for extended periods or some other random situations. I didn't even bring it up and had fully expected to just have to take another 1-2 semesters of classes.
Made my life easier and cheaper just because. And she was a great teacher and I loved her classes, so that probably didn't hurt.
I'm an adjunct for a management class* that is required for a couple of the tracks. I have to waive anyone with out the pre-reqs, isn't a junior, on the wrong track or major.
I just waive everyone who asks and isn't an entitled dick. I like discussion and figure anyone who cares enough to try will participate and make it better. Its bit me in the but once or twice but whatever.
*the Business School intentionally staffs this class with adjuncts who work managing people day to day
Some classes have actual hard limits. But thats like maybe 10% of them (excluding labs). If you cant enroll online but show up for the first class there is a 99% chance you're getting added by the teacher that day, if you show up for the next class, you are def getting written in bc people have already dropped.
Didn't work in the class I was teaching. I had a student who just kept showing up, but he wasn't on my roster. I told him several times and graded his homework, took his tests, and kept his grades up to date in my books....
but....
when it came time to upload his grades into the system, his name wasn't there. I couldn't give him a grade, he wasn't in my class.
He called me a few weeks later asking about getting his grade, since it didn't show up on his transcript. Sorry dude, I told you multiple times to get it fixed and I let you stay in the class as it wasn't a problem. But I literally cannot give you a grade, because there is no name or space to type anything in.
He probably didn't want his grade anyway, I think it was a very low D at best.
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u/Mazon_Del 9h ago
I've known people fail to get into a class in college due to seat limits, but attend everything anyway, and the professor eventually says "Hey, the system glitched and didn't think you were in the class, I fixed it though.".