Priority registration is absurd.
At a college where every students is charged the same tuition for classes, giving priority to students based on participation is unfair. Priority registration is granted to certain groups at EC, if in these groups, students able to be among the first to register for classes.
Priority registration not only gives certain groups easy passage to getting classes, but also the ability to get into the “easiest” classes which are always the first to fill up the first few days of registration.
This should be illegal; where’s the college police?
Athletes who have to do nothing but maintain a 2.0 GPA and be enrolled as a full-time student are some of the lucky recipients of the golden passage to a quick exit out of EC.
Right now, some athletes who can barely scratch a 2.5 GPA are transferring at a faster rate than some students who haven’t gotten less than a 4.0 their entire tenure at the college.
Now this isn’t because the students with the 4.0 aren’t getting accepted into colleges, it’s because they can’t get the classes they need to transfer because they don’t have “priority.”
What’s wrong with that picture?
Along with athletes, the student government are also one of the groups who aren’t held to the highest of standard to have the privilege of priority registration.
One group that upholds their members to the highest of requirements is Alpha Gamma Sigma, the Honor and Scholarship Society, which has a 3.0 GPA or higher to even be considered for membership.
Along with their high requirements, this groups is also asked to maintain their GPA throughout their membership. This insures that it’s not a one-time key to priority registration, but a recurring process to stay in the group.
Priority registration should no longer be a gift to students who are lucky enough to be part of some of these exclusive groups, it should be a privilege to those who are able to maintain their membership in the groups.
This would give students who really want to transfer more incentive to join and be more involved in school.
Our campus needs to be a place where only the best is expected, but if their isn’t a change the campus will continue to give priority to students who are not deserving of such a gift and that is not fair.
