Students earn registration seniority based on the number of credit hours they have acquired.
But even seniors are behind Chancellor's Honors and James Scholar students, rehabilitation education students, those in the band and varsity athletes. All those groups registered on the first day, Nov. 1. Hundreds of students registering the first day means many classes fill within the first week of registration, denying seniors the classes they want. On the way to the 'Forum' Laura Obenauf smiles nervously and twists some of her red, curly hair around her fingers after her audition for the Illini Union Board fall musical. I'm a freshman, so it's my first audition out of high school.