Illinibucks

       Registering for classes can be a very stressful time for a student because of the large population of students fighting for a limited number of seats per class. In other words, positions in certain classes are difficult to come by due to the 1. Popularity of the course 2. Small number of enrollments allowed 3. Seats reserved for major. Now, if the university decided to create a type of money and call it an, "Illinibuck" and allow the students to use these bucks to bypass the limitations of registration, there might be even more demand for these popular classes. The campus would have to come up with a price to put on these "Illinibucks" because they could be very useful to the students. There are a lot of lazy students out there who want to do the bare minimum to get by. Not only do they want to enroll in the easiest classes, but they do not want to sit around and wait until an opening in a class opens up for them to enroll. The way I see it is there are 2 different types of students, with a group that blends with both groups. There are students on campus who are here to gain a better education, and to have a good time while doing it. There is a second group of students who came to this university to learn, learn, learn. I already explained the use that the first group could get out of the Illinibuck, but the second group I mentioned could also use them. For instance, a student who is really committed to bettering their lives by taking extremely difficult courses, that prepare the student for the real world. A student like this may be majoring in engineering, or double majoring in finance and accounting. Whatever the case may be, this student will most likely have an agenda of what classes they must take each semester in order to graduate. An Illinibuck might come in handy if this student couldn't enroll in a class that he/she needed in order to graduate. An Illinibuck would give this student the opportunity to jump ahead of the others who signed up for this class, and in turn, allow this student to have a seat in the class. I think there would be a high demand for these Illinibucks on campus.
       If it were me personally, I would definitely use these Illinibucks to get into certain GenEd courses that fill up entirely too quickly. I have been trying to take FSHN 120 since I got on campus as a freshman, however every time I attempt to register the class is always full. In my case, I got through my four years without Illinibucks so with that knowledge, if I were to take more classes, I would have a low demand for the product. However, an incoming freshman who does not know the system of registering here at the university might demand Illinibucks highly.
       If Illinibucks were priced too high, many students would avoid purchasing them, and registration and events of similar nature would go on as they do today. On the other hand, if Illinibucks were priced too low, students would purchase them left and right. The students would definitely take advantage of the low price to better their schedule each and every semester. This might in turn cause chaos with advisors, because of the high number of students using Illinibucks to jump to the front of registration lines. Confusion could definitely ensue.