Originally Posted by BluandExile

5 Of my courses were full........ FMLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL LLLLLLLLLLLLL

At least those 5 courses werent REQUIRED for your program...
as they were for me

ugh the 5 courses i need are full..and i need these since i want to transfer into bio in 3rd year..this is ridiculous i was trying to login since 12 and got in at 2..then most of the courses i need are all full..and now i have no idea what to do cause this is the route i need to take...panicking!

Originally Posted by djRAIN

At least those 5 courses werent REQUIRED for your program...
as they were for me

Actually, they were all mandatory courses for my program.

I couldnt care less about electives.

send polite but firm emails... and hope they respond
i've been doing quite a bit of that tonight

exactly who do you email to get in to a certain course?

I need kin 1y03 and its full already and im in 2nd year life sci. Is there a chance that I might be granted a seat? if yea...who should I contact?

E-mail the department; i.e. go on the mcmaster website and look for the department that governs that particular course. You'll want to look for the e-mail of an academic advisor or something similar.

If you require a course to get your degree you're seeking (it isn't an elective course where you have a choice to take something else that may be open) then usually exceptions can be made so that you satisfy your course requirements. Just because a course is showing up as full does not mean it's full forever.

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Originally Posted by jhan523

All classes reserved seats. I think it's 5% of seats are reserved. They aren't reserved for anyone, but they remain empty in case students that require the course have failed to register in it for some random reason.

I read this in some random McMaster document but it was pretty old so I don't know if this is still true. The document was from the early 2000s.

I dont think this is any longer true. I just recently emailed the department about a course i absolutely NEEDED to be able to graduate on time and i was declined. They said if it doesnt open on solar theres nothing they can do about it. So im sure the seat reserving thing doesnt apply and now im screwed as are a lot of other people im sure.

Originally Posted by deone

I dont think this is any longer true. I just recently emailed the department about a course i absolutely NEEDED to be able to graduate on time and i was declined. They said if it doesnt open on solar theres nothing they can do about it. So im sure the seat reserving thing doesnt apply and now im screwed as are a lot of other people im sure.

No: Sometimes you just get helped by really impatient people who jerk you around. My Math 1A03 prof explicitly stated that Math 1AA3 would appear as "full" on SOLAR but there were plenty of seats for people who wanted to take it, they just had to email the stated person before the stated date. This was during the term as well, when there is a lot less flexibility and most people are already set on Term II courses.
Email them again and go in person. Easy to reject pixels, hard to reject a face.

Originally Posted by Alchemist11

Hm, okay.
Yeah, the course is English BTW Jeremy - it's not mandatory for my program, but it is necessary for me to take eventually for graduate/professional school.

Hopefully more slots open over time.

I'm not sure whether some others I'm taking are going to be full or not. If one is in Life Science, can he/she get into all Life Sci courses by asking/telling the department?

EDIT: Oops, just read Jeremy's post. So even if I'm in Life Science II, for example, Life Sci 2F03, 2H03, 2EE3, aren't 'required', they're just from the course list. And thus I'm not guaranteed those courses? Crap.

I've been able to get in the empty seats for about 5 or 6 full classes so far, and they've all been electives. Most of them were Philosophy, which wasn't required for my Pol Sci degree. Some of them were about a week before classes started, and some of them were a few AFTER classes started! I guess it depends on who you get at the department though. The ladies at the Philosophy office are very friendly.
I would suggest going to talk to them in person, and waiting until SOLAR is closed for all students. If you email them, they might ignore you. And if you ask now, they'll probably say "Keep trying until SOLAR closes"

I don't think anyone should be stressing about full classes right now. School doesn't start for over two months. That's TONS of time for people to change their mind and switch in and out of classes. In my first and second year, I didn't get into a single class that I actually wanted or needed until a few days into the school year. Keep trying on MUGSI, the classes you want will open sooner or later.

any1 know if going to academic advisor or emailing him/her would be better at this busy time?

ty kathy2 u gave me some hope =]

Originally Posted by deone

I dont think this is any longer true. I just recently emailed the department about a course i absolutely NEEDED to be able to graduate on time and i was declined. They said if it doesnt open on solar theres nothing they can do about it. So im sure the seat reserving thing doesnt apply and now im screwed as are a lot of other people im sure.

Oh wow, that's kind of stupid. I would send some major complaints if you don't get into the course. It's not fair if they don't allow you to graduate because that means you have to pay more money. It's like extortion.