Korea University modified the registration process starting from Fall 2018. Two weeks prior to the official course registration is the Preferred Course Listing period, when I was able to choose and reserve the courses that I need. This also replaced the waitlist during the registration period.
Preferred Course Listing (beginning of August for Fall) Students can reserve or pre-register up to 19 credits, but 12 credits are the minimum for full-time. Each course has a limit of seatings for all class classifications (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, exchange student, etc.) The system has a function that shows how many exchange students pre-register for each course. This allows the professor to decide whether or not to open up more spots and for the students to know how competitive of a battle they are anticipating. However, this does not guarantee that the students will enroll in the courses officially, because if there are more students pre-register than the limit, they would have to register again for the courses during the registration period on first-come-first-serve basis. But on the bright side, if the amount of students pre-register for the course is less or equal to the limit by the end of the Preferred Course Listing period, then all of those students are automatically registered for that particular course. In my case, I pre-registered for 6 courses: BUSS 313, BUSS 311, BUSS 407, BUSS 342, BUSS 238, BUSS 475. By the end of the Preferred Course Listing period, I was automatically registered for BUSS 311 because the limit was 8 seatings for exchange students and only 6 students reserved. Course Registration (mid-August for Fall) As mentioned above, there is no longer a waitlist so if the limit fills up, students will not be able to register for the course. In this case, they would have to wait until the add/drop period, during the first week of school. It is first-come-first-serve basis, students can register one course at a time (it could take a few seconds or even minutes to load) and the system runs on Korean Standard Time. Thanks to the Preferred Course Listing, I was already registered for BUSS 311 and only needed to add 3 more courses. Once the system opened up, I clicked as fast as I possibly could on the course that I needed the most first (BUSS 342), then second (BUSS 407), then third (BUSS 313). There was a tab that allowed me to register using my preferred courses, which saved me time, every second counted! Crucial tip: strong internet. Fortunately, I registered successfully for the courses, as pictured below. **BY THE WAY** I was definitely luckier than majority of fellow exchange students and regular students. Some students could not even register for any course at all during the initial registration period and had to sign up in person during the add/drop days for KUBS AND the add/drop period for all K.U students. But it is most likely that you will get the courses that you need during the add/drop period. In order to lessen the struggle, I recommend that you..
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