Twice a year, a frenzy hits Rice campus, flaring up in 15 minute intervals of panic, frustration, and occasionally, triumph. While some Rice students have a calm registration experience ("I registered for next semester in 30 seconds. Gee, that was easy."), others are not so fortunate.
The tension begins to slowly build as you wait for registration time to arrive, checking Schedule Planner every few minutes to see how many spots are left in your desired classes until:
Now what? You check on your "back-up" classes. Also full. Great. You open up the course catalog and stare blankly at the drop-down menus. If you're an academ, you immediately rule out any subject that requires a lab, knowledge of computer coding, or upper level math. If you're an S/E, you immediately rule out any subject that may force you to read something other than a textbook, write a paper longer than 3 pages, or anything with a class size small enough for the professor to notice when you skip it every other week. So that leaves you with... hmm... uhh... well.... You'll just come back to this later. Right now, your registration time is about to be up and you've got to register for an LPAP within the first 5 seconds to have any hope at all!
You sit tensed at your desk, right hand poised on your click pad to hit register as soon as the time on your phone (most accurate clock you could find) flips over to the new minute. And YES, it's your turn!, it's your time!, nothing can stop you from getting this LPAP!!!
But wait! There's a wait-list! Surely seniors who are registered for more than one LPAP will eventually drop one and you'll be able to get in. Yeah! Problem solved! Except:
Okay, so admittedly you're over-reacting. It's just an LPAP. You'll get it next year. ... Probably.
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