Juliet Becker / Daily Nexus
As pass 3 course registration begins, students must once again brace against the reminders of their lack of priority registration.
There are many reasons for having priority registration, from being a College of Creative Studies (CCS) student to being a student athlete to being part of the Disabled Students Program. However, these different groups are all brought together by their continual flaunting of priority registration.
Second-year English major Jen Nguyen already signed up for all three of her classes on Feb. 9 because of her position on the UC Santa Barbara women’s curling team. Her friends, who have chosen to remain anonymous, have remarked that Jen has mentioned this fact “at least 12 times a day.”
Others, like first-year computer engineering major Philip Nowak, are expected to continue to mention priority registration in every conversation even slightly related to class schedules or CCS.
“Priority registration is the best part of being in CCS,” Nowak said.
According to fellow first-year computer engineering major Kylie Cruz, Nowak has said that exact phrase twenty times in the past week. Cruz genuinely considered whether she was stuck in a timeloop when she realized this. However, the long awaited arrival of her third pass time dissuaded her from this view.
The flaunting that priority registration students engage in is not a victimless crime. The reminders of registration can trigger traumatic memories of waitlists and full major required classes.
Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) is expected to receive an influx of students because of these flaunting-inspired flashbacks.
Despite the fact that priority registration is only applicable during the first pass time, UCSB students are expected to be faced with reminders of their lack of good pass times until two weeks into Spring quarter. For students more sensitive to reminders of pass times, the Daily Nexus recommends completely avoiding topics such as schedules, plans for next quarter and any mention of classwork.
Mewa Larus claims to be one of the good ones who only mention it once or twice a day.
