As the next academic quarter approaches, a familiar wave of stress rolls over students at UCSD. It’s time to tackle a task that inspires both anxiety and frustration: course enrollment. At the heart of this chaos lies WebReg: the university’s enrollment tool, which has gained a reputation for being more of a hindrance than a help.

Enrollment is often a daunting task. Major requirements, credit limits, professor reviews, and preferred class times all need to be meticulously balanced, often alongside external commitments like work or internships -- not even to mention the stress of navigating waitlists, scrambling for last-minute class swaps, and juggling conflicting courses. WebReg adds unnecessary layers of complexity, forcing students to turn to other sources of information, frequently refresh their waitlist statuses, and navigate through a system that feels outdated and unintuitive.

The exciting process of planning one’s academic future often turns into a logistical nightmare for many. The enrollment process can mean multiple weeks of uncertainty, and can be critical to the trajectory of a student’s degree.