My roommate and I woke up at 5:30 a.m. on Monday, November 18, 2013. We turned on the lights, opened the window and both made a nice, hot cup of tea. Basically, we did anything that would help keep us awake and alert for what might lie ahead for us. As our laptops warmed up, we openly reflected on what we might be in for. We discussed our worry about not getting into the classes we wanted; the mad rush that might boot us off the website; and, even the slight chance that the internet might fail. We took turns being the positive voice of reason and the negative nelly. It is now 5:58 a.m., and we are both silent, staring at our computer screens. We plugged our pin numbers in on the web site and prepared to press send at 6:00 a.m.
When the clock struck 6:00 a.m.,exactly, all hell broke loose. Both of us were immediately kicked off the web site. For the next half hour we were both frantic. We were refreshing and re-logging on, only to be kicked off seconds later. My roommate began to curse in frustration. She called her friends that were trying to register too, to see if they were having the same problem. They were! I began to pace back forth across the room while pressing the refresh button.
When 7:00 a.m. came around, my pin number was finally accepted. Unfortunately, I was only able to get into one of my classes. I plugged the rest of my choices in and only two of those classes were accepted. In a panic, I picked two random classes that fit in my schedule and were in my curriculum.
At 8:00 a.m., I was finished. I looked over the schedule that I made and it was terrible. I had a 4 hour class that ended at 10:00 p.m. I also got stuck with a terrible, non-english speaking math teacher. I knew I had a long week of corrections to make.
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