Registration, The Last Sight
Registering courses is one of the toughest moments in a journey of a student who studies at the University of Bahrain. First, any student have to add the subject that he wants in the Early Registration Period. Then, when the Add/Drop period begins all the students can view their timetable online. Most of the times students do not get all the subjects (or sections) that they registered.
This Semester, I registered early as usual through the Internet but I could not add all the courses that I want because I should take 7 courses but the maximum courses that one can register online is 6. Therefore, I had to go to the registration building and write the courses that I want in a special form. I was not sure that those forms were credible because of the large number of forms in the box which was allocated for them.
In the registration night, after few months of the previous registration, I was waiting for the beginning of the online registration to see whether I got all the subjects that I wanted or not. I was expecting to have some troubles as usual because it became a tradition that I don’t get the desired courses.
Hours ran fast while I checked the Online registration system more than a hundred times. the clock began to tick faster than before and I knew that the schedules will be online anytime. I expected that the servers will be down as a result of the masses of students who want to use the registration system. Moreover, my mind was wondering, "What would happen if they gave me six subjects only?" soon these question marks disappeared because I checked the online schedule and I had them all.
I was happy but at the same time I was not. it was the last registration that I witnessed and I felt that I need some action before I graduate.
The next day I went to the university to stamp the timetable for the last time in my life ( Hopefully), I finished the procedures faster than my expectation which disappointed me. I wanted to wait six or seven hours in the Queue, but I did not. I wanted somebody to tell me that I have to make somebody sign at a couple of papers, but nobody made me. I wanted to see many people that I know and complain, but unlike every year it never happened.
Anyway, I left the university after I met few guys.
The next day while I was checking the courses I discovered that a new elective course, which I wanted, was opened. I tried to replace it with one of the courses (I hate Linguistics), but a message appeared:
I could not change anything online because I have seven subjects. Normal students should have between 4 - 6 courses per semester. Therefore, I had to go to the university again to replace the course. A large smile was drawn across my face because I could write in my Auto-Biography (After I become famous, or old) that I suffered in registering a particular course which affected my emotions negatively or crippled my career. Other people would have written in the newspapers about this incident or blamed the students council for not solving it (Thanks God they are gone, or haven’t they?).
Anyway, I went to the registration at the University campus after a few days and went to the registration specialist who gave me the course that I want with absolute ease.
I shall miss the Add/Drop period for a long time. 
University begins tomorrow……..
