It's that dreadful time of year again. It's the moment that gives every Baylor student anxiety. It's that time where your "refresh" button almost breaks and your fingers have never typed faster. It's April, meaning it's time to register for fall semester classes.
Every semester, you think the process will get better.
Every semester, you think you won't have to be waitlisted for three classes.
Every semester, you truly and honestly think you won't have to take that horrendous 8 a.m. course.
And yet, every semester, you will undoubtedly experience the most stressful process imaginable.
Rory Gilmore from "Gilmore Girls" is probably the dictionary definition of stress when it comes to anything college.
Without further ado, here are the 11 stages of registering for classes at Baylor, as told by Rory Gilmore.
1. When your alarm goes off at 5:50 a.m. so you can register at exactly 6:00 a.m.
2. When you log on to BearWeb 5 minutes before your registration time and realize there's only one spot left in the class
3. When you frantically look up potential professors on BUBooks to make sure you're not making a terrible mistake
4. When you realize the only available professor has a rating below 70 on BUBooks
5. When you promised yourself you would NEVER take another 8 a.m. and can visualize yourself crying every morning next semester when you realize it's inevitable
6. When it's one minute before you're allowed to register and your heart starts racing from anxiety
7. When you type in every CRN number when it's finally time to register, but you're immediately waitlisted
8. When you resort to choosing a list of random classes and realize that this was nothing like you originally planned
9. When your friends text you to say they got all of the classes they wanted
10. When you realize your crush actually registered for the same class as you, and next semester won't be so terrible after all
11. When you finally come to terms with your schedule and mentally prepare for next semester