choose your own topic-choosing classes

I chose classes yesterday and it is probably one of the most stressful things ever and I think a lot of other students would agree with me! Along with a lot of other students I'm sure, I had this whole schedule written out and ready to go and then checking those classes last week, a lot of them weren't open. My major is psychology and all but one class out of all the classes I have to take for that major were full. Then on top of that, the gen. eds that I had planned on taking were also full! So now I have to take harder gen. eds that I do not understand and could affect my GPA even though those classes have absolutely nothing to do with my major. I believe this is absolutely ridiculous. I think they need to set up a different system when it comes to picking classes. I went to complain about this, asking what exactly comes into play when who chooses at what time. They told me that it goes off of your completed credit hours. I took 14 first semester and then 16 this semester which is why I am choosing so much later then a lot of people I know, since they took 16 first. I think that's a good way to set it up except for the fact that some people who I know are failing there classes and barely trying yet they are choosing way before me. Which to me doesn't make sense. I think that a student who has a higher GPA and tries harder should choose classes before a student who has maybe 2 more credit hours and is going to pick classes and just slack off in them. I know I am not the only student who is disappointed and stressed out when it comes to choosing classes. It's another thing to add to your stress. I believe grades and GPA should come into play when deciding who chooses classes at what time therefore they are not punished.

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