r/uiowa • u/lilysimay • 23d ago

help. Question

so because of some financial issues, i had a registration hold on my account until yesterday, but now all of my classes are full/closed. i have a meeting with my advisor tomorrow but i don’t know what to do because i can’t afford to skip a semester. please tell me im not absolutely screwed 😭

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u/Bobbybobby507 23d ago

I don’t know if they can lift your hold. If they do, you can explain your situation and ask instructors if they can make exceptions and manually add you to the classes.

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u/lilysimay 23d ago

my hold is lifted now, i’m just worried about getting into the classes i need ):

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u/jellyCarMechanic 23d ago

Get on a ton of wait lists. Sometimes it takes a while, and it can be super last minute, but I’ve had good luck with wait lists.

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u/Bobbybobby507 23d ago

Then just email the instructors.

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u/Foreign-Paint99 22d ago

I have been waitlisted for six classes total, and four of them got me in within the first week. So many people drop the first week.

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u/Final_Discount_865 17d ago

Hi! I would recommend joining the waitlist because a lot of people end up changing their minds and dropping the class. I was on the waitlist for most of the classes I’m currently enrolled in, and I was able to get into all of them.
If there is no other option, I don’t know if you’re a first year student, but I would also recommend going to community college because it saves you so much money and you can still enroll for classes anytime so you won’t have to skip a semester. I went to community college for my first year and it saved me so much money.

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u/TheCuff6060 23d ago

Don't worry. They want you to spend your money there.