Waitlists. Late-night stress. Failed class enrollments. Concerned parents. Bad schedules. Glitchy technology. Overworked instructors.
These are some of the problems that plague course registration at UNC-Chapel Hill — particularly for students who want, or need, to take chemistry and biology labs and other popular STEM classes.
“It’s a very intense part of going to school at Chapel Hill,” said Arianna Smith-Barnes, a second-year nursing student. For nursing majors, there are a number of prerequisites a student must complete as an underclassman before officially applying for the major — including high-demand courses like microbiology and anatomy…