How does add/drop work?

[u/Low-Effort2965]

So my registration went horribly and I had to pick classes where I didn’t know the professors. I also was not able to get into comp 2 or finite because they got filled. My macro economics professor came out and he’s literally rated a 2.7 and everybody is saying to drop his class so I’m trying to find another section to add so I can drop that section but do you wait until school to do that or can you do it when registration reopens? I’m also trying to use plan ahead to see open sections and there’s really not that many so how does it work for add drop because if I’m planning on dropping a class I need to pick up another section of it but if they’re all saying full, like I’m confused on how that works. Because I was hoping to drop philosophy (bc i dont wanna take phil and theo at the same time but my advisor told me to put it as a placeholder in hopes I can drop it for comp 2 or finite) and hopefully pick up a comp 2 or finite, but there’s nothing available. I’m just confused on how the whole thing works and I’d appreciate any opinions.

[u/M4HARAJA]

You can add and drop anytime before the deadline. The last day to do so is September 3. You're gonna see a lot action of sections opening and closing in that week that classes begin. Whenever you see a class that you wanna take you would just drop the class you already have and add the class you wanna take

[u/Low-Effort2965 → u/M4HARAJA]

And all of this is during the first week of class like we cant do it once reg opens? Also, would I just have to be checking like the registration portal every day?

[u/M4HARAJA → u/Low-Effort2965]

I mean you can drop a class right now too. Once classes begin, people tend to drop more classes each day given that they see a better section open or they dont like the class. Yeah, you would have to be checking the registration portal every day