So you want to be a Sacramento State student? Being accepted, paying your fees and buying that parking permit are only the first steps. You still have to get your classes.

Sounds easy, right? Maybe it is if you have priority enrollment like athletes and graduating seniors, but good luck to the sophomores who are low on the totem poll. And even some graduating seniors still have to add a class or two that are in high demand.

Unless this is your first day on campus, this probably doesn’t shock you. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has ever had to add a class because the lady on CASPER said it’s full. We all have busy schedules and most of us have to coordinate around work and even families. Arranging a schedule that works isn’t easy to come by, especially when you have a run-in with the instructor who might be a distant relative of the Soup Nazi from “Seinfeld.”

Going to class doesn’t exactly earn high marks in the fun factor; going to a class you aren’t enrolled in is even worse. But although having to write on your lap in a stuffed classroom isn’t the best scenario, it’s better than the alternative — not being in the class at all.

Nancy Tooker, associate dean in the College of Arts and Letters, recommends students enroll on CASPER and not with an add slip. This way, the college can determine the need for the class and the student doesn’t lose their priority of enrollment.

But let’s face it — sometimes that add slip is an unavoidable option. For the most part, it’s up to instructors whether or not to add extra students, but adding to an already full class probably isn’t appealing to professors, either. A heavier workload in multiple classes doesn’t sound like much fun to me. And with the chancellor urging last semester to not exceed recommended class sizes — not to mention the budget cuts facing the California State University system — it’s probably not as easy as it seems.

Professor Barbara O’Connor said she added pretty much anyone, provided there were enough seats. She estimated that her ComS 55 class exceeds 150 students after she added an additional 25 to the class. She added seven students to her ComS 100B class, but said she would have taken more if a larger classroom was available.

While some teachers might add you if you are on the waiting list, graduating or if your name is drawn out of a hat, there are those who refuse. It’s not really a moral boost when the teacher denies students a place in their class without any reason.

Taking night classes and enrolling in summer school might be some ways to avoid the mess of securing high-demand classes. And cutting back on your partying Thursday nights might be a good idea; adding a class that meets on Fridays will be a better bet than the coveted Tuesday-Thursday class.

So if you didn’t get all of your classes, try pinning a picture of the culprit on your dartboard. Whether it’s the professor, the dean, the president or the governor, it might help with some of that pent-up anger. I find that fantasizing about them begging me to sign their paycheck helps. Do whatever works for you.